about the writer
Amy Estes
Amy’s essay writing has been featured on The Rumpus, Huffington Post, Catapult, and elsewhere. In 2022, she was a curated writer for Corporeal Khôra and her piece, “Won’t Someone Think Of The Women?” was nominated for Best American Essays. In 2023, Amy was chosen as a Lambda Literary Fellow. Amy attended the Kenyon Review Writer’s Workshop as a participant in 2022, and as a Peter Taylor Fellow in 2023.
Amy’s humor writing has been featured on McSweeney's, Slackjaw, The Belladonna, Weekly Humorist, and others.
Amy regularly takes the stage as part of “Mortified,” and her story-telling has been featured on SoulPancake.
Amy is currently seeking representation for her memoir, Closet Weirdo, about her experiences growing up in the evangelical Christian community as a closeted queer kid. She is also at work on a novel about three generations of women about desire, queerness, family, politics, and the complexity of mother-daughter relationships.
When she's not teaching middle school English, Amy enjoys reading, vying for Genius status on the NYT Spelling Bee, drinking vanilla lattes, and spending time with her spouse (also named Amy!) and their three dogs, Hank, Olive, and Paisley. She shares too many photos of flowers at @amymelissaestes on IG/Twitter.
amy.m.estes@gmail.com
