Avery Other is a human person who likes telling stories. She lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, where she works full-time as an unreliable narrator. She is definitely not a plastic lawn flamingo with delusions of grandeur.

Her favorite color is pink.

accomplishments & other ʎsɯᴉɥʍ pɹᴉǝʍ

  • PULP Literature

    • 2025 Raven Short Story Contest Winner, “She is Magic, She is Myst,” to be published in PULP Literature Issue 50, Spring 2026

  • Bethlehem Writers Roundtable

    • 2025 Short Story Award Winner, “Smiling Fish,” to be published in Illusive Worlds: Sweet, Funny and Strange Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy, forthcoming in 2026

    • 2025 Short Story Award Honorable Mention, “Peaches”

  • NYC Midnight Finalist x 7 &

    • 2023 500-word Fiction, 2nd Honorable Mention, “Eventually”

    • 2024 Rhyming Story, 1st Honorable Mention, “Wait of the World”

  • Twist in the Tale

    • 2024 150-word Weird Fiction Subgenre Winner (Cosmic Horror) & 5th Place Overall, “dear void”

  • Writing Battle Showdown Finalist x 6 & 2024 Top 10 Battle Raven

  • Author of several short stories and poems that her mom thinks are pretty cool

  • Novel progress: 0.1%

  • More to come. Avery is just getting started!

A pink plastic lawn flamingo surrounded by burrs.