Alyssa Beatty Writes

When she is not trying unsuccessfully to keep the cats off the kitchen counter, Alyssa Beatty writes quiet sci-fi, gentle fantasy, and drama. She lives in Brooklyn, NY. Find her at @alyssabeattywrites.bsky.social

PUBLICATIONS

"The Memory of Salt" Typehouse Magazine

"Hell is Other People's Laundry" Jersey Devil Press

"Enough" Writers Resist

"Pangaea" Penumbric Speculative Fiction

"Call of the Void" Luna Station Quarterly

"The River" Dead Girls Walking: The Green Volume

"Don't Show Him Your Teeth" Flash Fiction Magazine

"Black Thumb" Spread: Tales of Deadly Flora

"Want Not" Cornerbar

"Katie and Kyle Forever" Wishing Well

Writers' Playground:
"The Vocabulary of Love"
"Perseids"
"Personal Disco Ball"

Elegant Literature:
"The Memory of Green" Issue 051
"Step Right Up" Issue 049

TL;DR Press:
"The Blue Kitchen" Curios
"Yosemite" Headfirst Into the Maw

Writer's Workout: 72 Hours of Insanity:
"The Mothman"
"The Dragon's Curse"
"Kismet"

Suddenly, And Without Warning:
"The Memory of Sweetness"
"Demons of Head and Heart and Left Kneecap"
"Eating the Wind"
"Untold Riches"

Awards

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First Place: Writers' Playground 10th Challenge 2025

Seventh Place: TL;DR Press 2K Terrors 2024

Eighth Place: Writers' Playground 9th Challenge 2024

Ninth Place: Writer's Workout Writer's Games 2024

Honorable Mention: Writers' Playground 8th Challenge 2024
First Place: Yeah Write Super Challenge #29
Second Place: Yeah Write Super Challenge #28
First Place: Yeah Write Super Challenge # 24
First Place: Writer's Workout Writer's Games 2022