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. Amy’s humor writing has been featured on McSweeney's, Slackjaw, The Belladonna, Weekly Humorist, and others. She volunteers as a reader of nonfiction for Hippocampus and a reader of fiction for The Rumpus.
Amy regularly takes the stage as part of “Mortified,” and her story-telling has been featured on SoulPancake.
When she's not teaching middle school English, or online satire writing for Second City and The Porch TN, 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 two dogs, Hank and Olive. She shares too many photos of flowers at @amymelissaestes on IG/Twitter.
amy.m.estes@gmail.com
