Tracie Adams

Creative Nonfiction Writer

Doswell, VA
Virginia US
Email: 
1funnyfarm@gmail.com
Website: 
HTTP://tracieadamswrites.com
Twitter/X: 
@1funnyfarmAdams

Author's Bio

Tracie Adams, a retired educator and playwright, writes fiction and memoir from her farm in rural Virginia.  She is the author of  two memoirs, Our Lives in Pieces(2025 IAN Book of the Year Finalist) and Not Finished Yet (2025 BookLife Prize Finalist for Memoir). Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, Best Microfiction,  and has appeared  in over 100 literary journals including Cleaver, Pithead Chapel, Stanchion, Hippocampus, Fictive Dream, and more. Follow her on Twitter @1funnyfarmAdams and on Substack @tracieadams.

 

Publications & Prizes

Journals:
Anodyne Magazine
,
Oddball Magazine
,
Raven's Perch
,
Sheepshead Review
,
The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
,
Write Launch
Prizes won: 

Nominated for Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, Best Microfiction

Our Lives in Pieces-- finalist, 2025 IAN Book of the Year for Memoir

Not Finished Yet-- finalist, 2025 BookLife/Publishers Weekly Prize for Nonfiction/Memoir

2026 Runner-up Hippocampus Magazine Flash CNF Contest: "You Can Rehome a Cat but not a Kid"

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Love, Pray, Listen by Mary DeMuth

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Born in: 
Doswell, VA
Virginia
Raised in: 
Doswell, VA
Virginia
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Last update: May 06, 2026