amanda tien
creative professional

Writing & Editorial

WRITING & EDITORIAL

WRITING SAMPLES

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A quick introduction to my writing:

  • Writing - My writing (fiction, nonfiction, and poetry) has been featured or is forthcoming in Salt Hill Journal, Poets.org, Public Books, Columbia College Today, Call Me [Brackets], Unwinnable Monthly, Litro Magazine, The Punished Backlog, and Aster(ix) Journal. I wrote two novels during my MFA, and have worked hard at revising both of them. At the University of Pittsburgh, I was the Winner of the 2021 Jean Meyer Aloe Poetry Prize and the 2021 Third-Place Winner of the Nordan Kinder Fiction Prize.

    • As of February 2025, I am currently seeking representation for my debut novel, THE SALT SHOP (working title).

  • Editorial - Since 2022, I have been an Editor at The Punished Backlog, a video game blog with about 10,000 monthly readers. From 2021-2023, I served as the Managing Editor of the transnational feminist literary journal Aster(ix). In 2012, I co-founded and served as the Editor-in-Chief of Culinarian Magazine at Columbia.

  • Education - In Spring 2023, completed my Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing: Fiction at the University of Pittsburgh. I have previously attended the New Orleans Writers Workshop, and in summer 2024, I will attend the Kenyon Writers Workshop. I graduated in Spring 2014 from Columbia University with a BA in Creative Writing.

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The rest of this page is a comprehensive look at all of my writing and editorial work to-date. Thank you for your interest in my writing!

 

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