Becs Tetley is a nonfiction writer and editor based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Her personal essays have appeared in The Spinoff, Turbine | Kapohau, Headland, Folly Journal, and elsewhere. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from AUT and can be found on social media: @BecsTetley.

NZ bio Aug 24

Encouraged by the special note on my last submission, I’m sending along another piece. Hopefully this one hits the mark!

For encouraging lit mags

Becs Tetley is a nonfiction writer in Wellington, New Zealand. Her personal essays have appeared in The Spinoff, Roi Fainéant, Reckon Review, Vagabond City Lit, and elsewhere. She is currently working on a memoir about living in five countries over five years in search of belonging and a sense of self. She can be found online: @BecsTetley.

USA Bio Mar 25

"Strangers were new friends, bartenders were old mates, but colleagues were family. We clinked glasses when we smashed the month’s sales numbers and commiserated when the targets were beyond reach."

Lush and Lost on Ponsonby Road

Black Limousine

"I will never tire of this game, even though I’ll never win."

Racing Airplanes

"It’s been three years since you took me to lunch at that bistro for my birthday. We’d spent weeks flirting in the office, but it wasn’t until we were sitting at that table, a plate of bruschetta between us, that you confessed to being married."

Midday Rush

The Blue Side of Red

"Dad was on the couch leaning over a woman who’d arrived after we’d eaten dinner. He was kissing her, urgent and aggressive, like he was sprinting against a timekeeper. I’d never seen Dad kiss someone like that, not even Mum when they were married."

Pacific Standard Time

"I’m wearing a hot pink bra and matching thong. It’s sexy enough to turn my boyfriend on, yet has (just) enough material to hold me in place."

Selected work