Anne Wilkins is a sleep-deprived New Zealand teacher who writes in her spare time. Her short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, Apex Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, The Dark, and more. She has won the Fear 2025 Writers Battle, the June 2024 Elegant Literature Prize, the 2023 Autumn Writers Battle, and the 2023 Cambridge Autumn Festival Short Story Competition. Anne was a finalist for the 2025 Kurt Vonnegut Speculative Literary Prize, the 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize, the 2024 London Independent Story Prize, and placed third in the Hammond House 2024 International Literary Prize.

Anne’s love of writing is fueled by copious amounts of coffee, reading and hope. She is supported in her writing journey by her ever-patient husband, two wonderful daughters, and two feline writing assistants.