Bio

Once a family court lawyer, now a primary school teacher, Anne Wilkins spends what little spare time she has writing stories. Her short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Clarkesworld, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Apex Magazine, The Dark, Flash Fiction Online, Cast of Wonders, Abyss & Apex, Midnight Echo (Australasian Horror Writers Association),  MetaStellar, Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, Phano Magazine, Tales to Terrify, Elegant Literature, Cosmic Horror Monthly, Small Wonders,, All Worlds Wayfarer,  Sci-Fi Shorts, Humour Me and more. She is the winner of the Fear 2025 Writing Battle (horror genre), the June 2024 Elegant Literature Prize, the 2023 Autumn Writing Battle, the 2023 Cambridge Autumn Festival Short Story Competition, and the 2022 Writers' Online Twist Short Story Competition, among others. Anne was a finalist for the 2025 Kurt Vonnegut Speculative Literary Prize, the 2024 London Independent Story Prize (LISP), the 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize, and placed third in the Hammond House 2024 International Literary Prize. Her work is featured in a number of anthologies including Pretend You Don't See Her: The Invisible Woman, Choices: An Anthology of Reproductive Horror, and Robots: Past & Future Short Stories (Flame Tree Press). In 2025 she was a presenter at the New Zealand Speculative Fiction Summit and was also appointed as a preliminary judge for Elegant Literature. 

Anne's love of writing is fuelled by copious amounts of coffee, reading and hope. She is supported in her writing journey by her ever-patient husband, two wonderful daughters, and of course two feline writing assistants. The force is with her, always (or she hopes it is).