Andrea Barbosa

When not writing, reading, or working, Andrea Barbosa, who lives in Texas, travels in search of history, museums, and adventures, which she usually incorporates into her stories. Her flash fiction, short stories, and poems have appeared in several anthologies and journals including the Southern Pacific Review, and Flash Fiction Magazine. Her poetry collection won Reader’s Favorite silver medal, and she has earned other accolades in flash fiction and mystery. She has also been published in an anthology of short stories alongside Hugo Award nominee Jim Butcher.

She served several years as VP and Press Director for the Houston Writers Guild, as Flash Fiction Editor for The Ocotillo Review Literary Journal, and as a Board Member for Kallisto Gaia Press.

She's been invited to speak at several events including Houston Writers Guild writing conferences, Houston Baptist University Writers Conference, Lone Star College Bayou City Book Festival, Fort Bend County Libraries Book Festival, First Colony, Maud Marks, and Bear Creek libraries, Bay Area Writers League, NW Houston Romance Writers of America, Authorology workshops by Inklings Publishing, and is a regular guest author and panelist at Comicpalooza (Texas largest pop culture event).

Awards:

2015 Readers' Favorite Silver Medal Award - Poetry: Holes in Space - A Poetry Collection

2015 Honorable Mention Award - Spider Road Press Flash Fiction Contest

2015 Honorable Mention Award - Houston Writers Guild Press Mystery Short Story contest

2016 First Place Award - Spider Road Press Flash Fiction Contest

2016 Solo Medalist Winner in Contemporary Romance - New Apple Literary Book Awards

2018 "Official Selection" in Romance - New Apple Literary Summer e-Book Award

2019 Shortlisted - Strands International Flash Fiction Competition

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