Abigail Ottley

She/her | Poet and memoirist, Substacker | Penzance, United Kingdom

Abigail Ottley writes poetry and short fiction. A Pushcart and Best of Net nominee, her work has featured in 300 magazines, journals and anthologies including Lit Shark, Prole Poetry, Ink, Sweat & Tears, Twisted Ink, and Inkfish. In 2024, she placed second in the International Plaza Prose Poem Competition and won the Wildfire 150 Flash Award for the second year running and was placed third in the International Patricia Eschen Poetry Prize before going on to win the national Metro competition.

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Report of my success in being placed third in the International Patricia Eschen Poetry Prize

You can read here what the judge, Katrina Naomi, said about my prose poem 'Aged 29 she bought her first running shoes'

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The International Plaza Prose Poetry Prize (judge Carrie Etter) The Report of my Second Place Prize

‘A survivor dreams a new career’ exhibits both an impressive sense of voice and linguistic precision in a most original prose poem. The movement and b...

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What Estefania Told Me About Angels

Written and posted as tribute to a long lost best friend. x

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Considering Tomorrow in Issue 1

A prose poem written to console me in my grief and to celebrate the memory of my beloved Percy Dog, lost to me 30th October, 2023.

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Quick and Quirky Questions With Abigail Ottley (a interview for Autumn Voices)

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Interview: I was one of the judges for the Hysteria Writing Competition

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An Interview About Me and My Writing

The occasion of the interview was my acting as one of the poetry readers for the 2023 Hysteria Writing Competition.

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