Anne-Marie Yerks

Fiction Writer

Royal Oak, MI
Michigan US
Email: 
amy1620@att.net
Website: 
amyerks.wixsite.com/home
Twitter/X: 
@amy1620

Author's Bio

Anne-Marie Yerks is a creative writer from metro Detroit, MI. A graduate of George Mason's MFA program, her work has appeared in literary journals such as "Juked," "The Penn Review," and in several anthologies. She is the author of "Dream Junkies" (New Rivers Press, 2016). She has freelanced for many magazines, publishing non-fiction articles about wellness, fashion, real estate, crafts, home improvement, and education. A longtime writing teacher, she loves traveling to literary destinations and occasionally presents at AWP and the Winter Wheat Festival of Writing. Anne-Marie is also a certified seamstress (but prefers the word "sewist"), a fiber artist, and a beginning gardener. Contact her on Twitter @amy1620.

Education: 
George Mason University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Best Small Fictions 2022 (Sonder Press, 2022)
,
Tales from the Dream Zone (Flying Ketchup Press, 2019)
Books:
LUSH (Odyssey Books, 2020)
,
Dream Junkies (New Rivers Press, 2016)
Journals:
Dime Show Review
,
Five on the Fifth
,
Juked
,
lipstickparty magazine
,
Penn Review
,
Review Americana
,
So to Speak
,
Southern Exposure
,
Streetlight Magazine
,
The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
,
Third Order Magazine
Prizes won: 

• Finalist, YARWA Rosemary Award for Young Adult Fiction, 2020.
• Resident, Sundress Academy for the Arts, 2019.
• First Place, New Rivers Press Electronic Books Series. 2016.
• Finalist, Paper Nautilus Vella Chapbook Contest, 2016.
• First Place, Fiction Attic Creative Non-Fiction Award. 2014.
• New Millennium Writings Short Story Finalist. 2010.
• Conference Scholarship, Bear River Writers’ Conference. 2008.
• Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. 2006.
• Conference Scholarship, Cranbrook Writers’ Guild. 2005.
• Iowa Short Fiction Award Finalist. 1998.
• Teaching Assistantship, George Mason University. 1994-1996.
• Departmental Fellowship, George Mason University. 1994.
• Dan Rudy Prize for Fiction. 1996.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Appalachian
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
East Lansing, MI
Raised in: 
Jackson, MI , MI
Michigan
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Last update: Jul 04, 2022