Amy DeBellis's writing has been nominated multiple times for the Pushcart Prize and The Best of the Net, has appeared in the Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist, and can be found in X-R-A-Y, Uncharted, Passages North, Write or Die, Trampset, Pithead Chapel, Fractured, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and over 50 other literary journals.
She has served as the judge for two literary contests: The Feign Lit Fiction Prize and the Moonlit Getaway Fiction Prize.
Her literary inspirations include Donna Tartt (her favorite novel of all time is The Secret History), Chuck Palahniuk, R.F. Kuang, Mona Awad, Hanya Yanagihara, and Carmen Maria Machado.
Alongside her fiction, she is passionate about raising awareness of chronic illness, and advocates for greater understanding of the disabled community.
