Amy Anshaw-Nye (she/her) is a queer writer, zinester and essayist living and working on unceded Darug land in Western Sydney. Her works explore themes of love, transformation, madness, motherhood, and queer identity.

She is a WestWords Academy alum and was a recipient of the 2023 WestWords-Varuna Emerging Writers’ Residency. She has served as a judge for the Dymocks Beyond Words Writing Competition, Fisher’s Ghost Writing Prize, and The Living Stories Writing Prize. She enjoys facilitating workshops for emerging writers. She’s also founder of a zine press, where she publishes zines about life, pop culture, and queer love.

Amy’s prose can be read in a variety of literary publications including BAD Western Sydney, ZineWest, and Verandah Journal. She is currently working on Ebb Tide, a sapphic romantic suspense novel set in 1960s Australia, and a memoir.

You can find Amy on Instagram @amyanshawnye and subscribe to her newsletter on Substack.