ATKINS WRITES: PUBLISHED WORK.
Alex’s fiction and creative nonfiction explores dark corners, raw emotions, and the tension between beauty and brutality. From award-winning flash fiction to immersive storytelling, her work has been published, recognized, and awarded in the following:
Selected Features & Stories
2025:
Winner! NYC Midnight Prize for Flash Fiction. "The 4:10 to Tarick"
Coming May 2025
Graveside Press. “A Green Thumb”
Coming October 2025
Foofaraw Press. “From HR, With Love” (Co-Written by Marlee Ryan)
Coming August 2025
Graveside Press. “Long Pig”
Coming August 2025
TL;DR Press. "Off the Rack"
https://tldrpress.org/2025/03/16/head-first-into-the-maw-now-available/
2024:
Furious Fiction. "Old Salt"
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/furious-fiction-april-2024-story-showcase/
Elegant Literature. "Rage Against the Sewing Machine"
https://www.elegantliterature.com/sdm_downloads/elegant-literature-032-bad-blood/
2nd Place—Writing Peers. "Dark Work"
https://www.atkinswrites.com/shorts/writing-peers-2nd-place
3rd Place - Writer's Playground. "A World of Men"
https://www.writersplaygroundllc.com/a-world-of-men
Top 8 - Writing Battle. "Quick Shot"
10th Place - Twist in the Tale. "Tempus."
10th Place - Writing Peers. "A Man With No Name"
https://www.atkinswrites.com/shorts/writing-peers-top-10
Top 16 - Writing Battle. "Truffles and Frogger"
https://www.atkinswrites.com/shorts/truffles-and-frogger
Longlist - Not Quite Write. "The Infinitely Grateful Ex-Mrs Carl Fisher"
https://www.atkinswrites.com/shorts/not-quite-write-longlist
Longlist - Henshaw Press Prize. "A Song for Elijah Shultz"
Longlist - Furious Fiction. "Dear Sister"
Longlist - Furious Fiction. "The Cartographer"