“Be patient towards all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue”
-RAINER MARIA RILKE (1875-1926)
an honorably mentioned author
Hope and faith are my most treasured possessions. Once unwrapped, I feel compelled to give them away.
AWARDS:
– Honorable Mention in the Memoirs / Personal Essay category of the 92nd Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition 2023
– Finalist in the Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest, Women on Writing, February – April 2024
– Longlisted in the Anthology Personal Memoir Competition, Anthology Magazine, Ireland – 2025
PUBLISHED WRITINGS: including pieces published in literary journals in the USA and UK
– My Russian Roots is an anti-war piece written to promote the concept of tolerance. Published in The Jerusalem Post, March 2022
– The Reply, a prose poem published in Cathexis Northwest Press. Pages 64-65, March-April 2024
http://cathexisnorthwestpress.com
– The Unyielding Pursuit of Freedom was published in The Argyle Literary Magazine, May 2024
https://www.theargylelitmag.com/
– On a Mission, a memoir-style essay touching on motherhood, skateboarding, and Tony Hawk – – because when you can fly anything is possible! Published in the recently launched Chicken Soup for the Soul book* “Just Say Yes”, July 2024. Distributed by Simon & Schuster
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Chicken-Soup-for-the-Soul-Just-Say-Yes/Amy-Newmark/9781611591149
*Chicken Soup for the Soul featured “On a Mission” on their July 31, 2024 Podcast, “Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone on a Mission.” One of two stories selected to promote their latest anthology, it is streaming in Apple Podcasts and can also be accessed through the Chicken Soup website.
– The Dancer, a creative nonfiction essay, was published in the British literary magazine, Litro, October 2024. An approximately 300-word piece set with an image and music. I am currently revising this essay into a more developed and significantly longer work.
– My Writing Nest, a micro creative nonfiction piece will be published in the British literary magazine, Mslexia, June 2026
Other works include: Like a Gossamer Scarf in a Gust of Wind, A Glimmer of Light, and Like Gossamer Threads that surround us as Light, a story of three generations of war–a short story that evolved from my honorably-mentioned essay. And in progress are: Pompeii Diaries, Becoming Mother, and As Pure as the Breath of an Angel.
FORTHCOMING BOOK:
– Inspired By Beauty: A Journey Through Time is an enchanting photo/text book exploring art, style, and aesthetics from 18th-century France to the contemporary era. Blending academia with whimsy, the book will include the participation of dress and art historians and will be several years in the making. Those interested can learn more–or follow its progress–on the Book page of this site.
Updates as well as snippets and stories will be periodically posted to my Substack. It would be lovely to meet you there!
https://andreafisherwriter.substack.com/
Thank you for visiting.
