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Amy Soscia earned her MA in Dance/Movement Therapy from NYU and worked as a Dance/Movement Therapist at the Institute of Living in Hartford, CT. 


She went on to earn an MS in Occupational Therapy from Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, NY. She worked as an Occupational Therapy Supervisor with a specialty in Traumatic Brain Injury at Connecticut Valley Hospital


More recently, Amy earned an MFA in Writing from Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut.


She has been published in anthologies, literary journals, and newsletters.

Amy has finally finished her debut novel "The Frozen Game." Stay tuned for publication information!


My Published Work

"Life on the Ledge"

2023 Wild Women Story Contest Grand Prize Winner. 

Contest sponsored by Tulip Tree Press

West Highland White Terrier Society of CT

"Connecticut Dog Magazine," Fall 2022

"Death Row Dog"

Short Story- Fiction published in The Year's Best Dog Stories 2021 (Anthology).

"Second Chances"

Flash Fiction published in Fredericksburg Literary Arts Review, Vol 6, Issue 1, Spring & Summer 2018.

"What Remains"

Flash Fiction published in Down in The Dirt print edition March 2017 V-143.


Published online at "Down in The Dirt" 5/2016 https://scars.tv/cgi-bin/framesmain.pl?writers 

"A Sweet Aversion"

Short Story Fiction published in 100 Voices Anthology Vol. II, 2016.   

"The Soldier Is My Side-Walker"

Nonfiction Short Story published in Chicken Soup for The Soul Recovering From Traumatic Brain Injuries, 6/2014.

"April is OT Month"

Nonfiction Article published in "Hoofprints Newsletter," Spring One 2013.

"TRRC Welcomes Dan Stein, Soldier and Side-Walker"

Nonfiction Article published in "Hoofprints Newsletter," Winter Four 2012

"Equipped for Life"

Essay published in April 2010 Connecticut Authors & Publishers Association Newsletter" & on https://www.aboutcapa.org 

"A Pair of Jacks"

Flash Fiction published in 898- A Literary Review published by East Hampton Public Library, April 2009.

"Pet Loss: A Personal Journey"

Nonfiction Article Published in "The Bagpiper- Bimonthly Publication of the West Highland White Terrier Society of Connecticut, Inc., Vol. 12, Issue 6, November-December 2008.


Reprinted in "The Westie Imprint- Official Publication of the West Highland White Terrier Club of America," Vol. XXV, No. 1, Spring 2009.


Reprinted in "The Plaid Piper," Newsletter of the Scottish Terrier Club of Chicago, Inc., May-June 2009.



Awards & Such...

2023 Grand Prize Winner Wild Women Story Contest

Tulip Tree Review 

Spring/Summer 2023   Issue #13


2009-2010 Second Place Winner Personal Essay Contest

Connecticut Authors & Publishers Association Writing Contest

Photo Gallery

Book Signing at The Greyhound in Berlin, MD

Author Signing.

Carousel

Life is a Merry-Go-Round!

Tahaiti 2006

At the edge of paradise!

Universal Studios 2012

Hollywood!

The Year's Best Dog Stories 2021

Author Signing Event

The Greyhound, Maryland 

Transatlantic Cruise 2013

Somewhere in Spain

CT Authors & Publisher's Writing Contest Winners

Amy Soscia 2nd Place Winner 

 Personal Essay Category

Aruba

Monkeying Around in Aruba!

Grand Canyon, Arizona

Overlooking The Grand Canyon.

Totem Pole, Alaska

Aruba

Horsing around in Aruba!

Writer's in Paradise Class 2017

Andre Dubus III's Short Story Class at Writers in Paradise 2017.

San Diego Zoo

2012 California Coastal Cruise - San Diego Zoo.

Amy Soscia & Laura Lippman at 
A Likely Story Book Store

Laura Lippman's Book signing for Sunburn.

Taihiti 2006

Alaska

Rainforest, Puerto Rico

Alaska

Statue of Patsy

Official Greeter of Juneau, Alaska

Arizona

Book Covers

Tulip Tree Review 2023 Wild Women

Tulip Tree Review 2023 Wild Women

Tulip Tree Review 2023 Wild Women

Life on the Ledge

by Amy Soscia

The Year's Best Dog Stories 2021

Tulip Tree Review 2023 Wild Women

Tulip Tree Review 2023 Wild Women

Death Row Dog

by Amy Soscia

One Hundred Voices Vol. II

Tulip Tree Review 2023 Wild Women

Chicken Soup For The Soul Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries

A Sweet Aversion 

by Amy Soscia

Chicken Soup For The Soul Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries

Chicken Soup For The Soul Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries

Chicken Soup For The Soul Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries

The Soldier is My Side-Walker 

by Amy Soscia 

What Remains

Chicken Soup For The Soul Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries

What Remains

What Remains 

by Amy Soscia

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