AMY NESWALD is a fiction writer and screenwriter. Her work has appeared in The Rumpus, The Normal School, Bat City Review, and Green Mountain Review, among others. She is a recent recipient of the New American Fiction prize with her debut novel-in-stories I Know You Love Me, Too, released December 2021. Prior to moving to rural Maine, she had a long career as a wigmaster for Broadway shows. She teaches creative writing at the University of Maine in Farmington and continues working on her next novel and a collection of short films.
Tyler Nix, Monster Child
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Do You Know What a Wish Is?
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The Further Adventures of Dot
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Private Romeo
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Film
Editorial department
Freegan Love
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Rooth and B
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Wilderness
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Living in Captivity
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Reel 13, featured short, "The Further Adventures of Dot"
(2013)
Adventurous Blogger Award, 50 Dates in 50 States
(2013)
Reader Appreciation Award, 50 Dates in 50 States
(2013)
NexTV quarter-finalist, television pilot, "The Party"
(2012)
Indiefest, Award for Excellence in filmmaking, Wilderness
Honolulu International Film Festival, Accolade Award, Freegan Love
Rhode Island International Film Festival, Best Screenplay, The Placeholder
Moondance International Film Festival, Short Narrative Film Finalist, Freegan Love
Reel 13, finalist, Freegan Love
Silver Screenwriting Competition, Quarterfinalist, The Placeholder
1010 Wins "Tomorrow's Newsmakers" awards, Arts and Entertainment Nominee
Fearless Production Screenwriting Competition, Best Screenplay, Toast
aTalentscout Spec Script Contest, Semi-finalist, Nip/Tuck spec, "Ellen Carter"
NYC Midnight short screenplay contest, Best Screenplay, Wilderness, 2005
NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Contest, Finalist, Wednesday Nights at Spanky's, 2005
NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Contest, Finalist, Mad Cow, 2006
NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Contest, Honorable Mention, Chromosome 6, 2006
NYC Midnight Short Screenplay Contest, 2007, Honorable Mention, Lollipop.
Radmin Agency Screenplay Contest, semi-finalist, Toast
The Big Australian Screenplay Contest, semi-finalist, Toast
Fade-In Screenplay Competition, semi-finalist, Toast
Filmmakers.com Screenplay Contest, semi-finalist, Toast
Scriptrep.com Screenplay Competition, semi-finalist, Toast