A. J. Bermudez

Amanda J. Bermudez is an American author and screenwriter. Her short fiction and screenwriting have won a number of awards, including the PAGE International Screenwriting Award (iCON, 2021),[1][2] the Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize ("The Lady Will Pay for Everything", 2021),[3] and the Iowa Short Fiction Award (Stories No One Hopes Are About Them, University of Iowa Press, 2022).[4] Her films have been produced in the U.S. and internationally,[5] and her literary writing has appeared in McSweeney's,[2] Virginia Quarterly Review,[6] Story,[7] Chicago Review,[8] The Masters Review,[9] Fiction International,[10] Electric Literature,[11] Boulevard,[12] Creative Nonfiction,[13] and elsewhere.

A. J. Bermudez
BornAmanda J. Bermudez
OccupationWriter
GenreScreenwriting, Fiction, Short fiction
Notable worksiCON, Nightingale, Stories No One Hopes Are About Them
Notable awardsPAGE International Screenwriting Award, Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize, Iowa Short Fiction Award
Website
amandajbermudez.com

Personal life

Bermudez grew up in various parts of the United States, and after graduating high school at age 16, she moved to Russia, where she worked as a music translator and with the Afghan refugee population in Moscow.[14][15] Prior to screenwriting, Bermudez worked as an EMT.[14][16]

In interviews, Bermudez has talked about the loss of her parents at a young age, and has described "writing, like mourning, [as] a constant negotiation between the political and the personal."[17][18]

Career

Bermudez has been a vocal advocate of social justice and the arts.[19] In 2019, she was named one of the Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch by the International Screenwriters Association.[20] Her debut book was called a "must-read" by Publishers Weekly[21] and was described by Anthony Marra as "an absolutely brilliant collection, so of the moment formally and politically yet timeless in its pursuit of human contradiction."[22][23]

Bermudez was announced as co-editor of The Maine Review in January 2022.[24] As a writer, Bermudez's work has been noted to focus on "intersections of power, privilege, and place," with characters who subvert traditional ideas of literary protagonists.[25][26]

In 2022, Bermudez was one of the inaugural residents artists of the Nawat Fes Residency in Fez, Morocco.[27][28][29]

Awards & Honors
Year Work Accolade Result Ref
2023 Stories No One Hopes Are About Them Lambda Literary Award Finalist [30][31]
2023 "Picking the Wound" Best Small Fictions Nominee [32]
2022 Stories No One Hopes Are About Them Iowa Short Fiction Award Winner [4]
2022 Stories No One Hopes Are About Them The Story Prize Nominee [33]
2021 iCON PAGE International Screenwriting Award Winner [1]
2021 "The Lady Will Pay for Everything" Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize Winner [3]
2021 "Obscure Trivia of the Antarctic" Pushcart Prize Nominee [34]
2021 "Octopus" Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship Finalist [7]
2020 Self SmokeLong Fellowship for Emerging Writers Finalist [35]
2019 Self Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch Selection [20]
2018 Nightingale Best 60-Minute Teleplay Winner [36]
2018 Nightingale Emerging Screenwriters Award Winner [37]
2017 The Face of the Earth Diverse Voices Award Winner [38]

Bibliography
  • Stories No One Hopes Are About Them (University of Iowa Press)[23][4]
  • "The Real India" (Virginia Quarterly Review)[39]
  • "Bottle Girl" (Electric Literature)[40]
  • "All the Places You Will Never Be Again" (Chicago Quarterly Review)[41]
  • "Misery & Company" (Creative Nonfiction)[18][42]
  • "Rabbitfish" (SmokeLong Quarterly)[43][25]
  • "Ori Dreams of a Tree" (City in a Wild Garden: Stories of the Nature of Cities)[44]
  • "The Third Trip" (Coastal Shelf)[45]
  • "Octopus" (Story)[46]
  • "Conservancy" (Litro)[47]
  • "The Voice as Heirloom" (Fiction International)[10]
  • "Obscure Trivia of the Antarctic" (Boulevard)[12][48]
  • "Mnemophobe" (Chicago Review)[49]
  • "Rosa" (Every Day Fiction)[50]
  • "Fall" (The Baltimore Review)[51][52]
  • "Ní de Aqui, Ní de Alla" (Arachne Press)[53]
  • "Casualty" (Columbia Journal)[54]
  • "Water & Earth" (Bad Bride)[55]
  • "Orphea" (Fearsome Critters)[56]
  • "Insertion" (The Offing)[57]
  • "Maslow’s Hierarchy of Post-Pandemic Wish Fulfillment Fantasies" (McSweeney’s)[2]
  • "The Body Electric" (Gertrude Press)[58]
  • "Walk-Off" (Hobart)[59]
  • "On the Negligible Proximity of Money and Mouths" (Heirlock)[60]
  • "Year of the Snake" (The Masters Review)[9]
  • "Totenhaus" (Black Static)[61][62]
  • "Eating the Leaves" (Lunch Ticket)[63][64]
  • "Sabbatical" (Cheap Pop)[65]
  • "Cain vs. Cain" (Iron Horse Literary Review)[66]
  • "Disenchantment" (Spider Road Press)[67]
  • "The Breakneck Boys" (Concīs)[68]

References
  1. "PAGE Award: Past Winners".
  2. "McSweeney's - Authors".
  3. ""The Lady Will Pay for Everything" by A. J. Bermudez, Alpine Fellowship 2021 - Writing Prize Winner".
  4. Bermudez, A. J. (2022-11-14). Stories No One Hopes Are About Them. University of Iowa Press. ISBN 978-1-60938-863-8.
  5. "Internet Movie Database: A. J. Bermudez". IMDb.
  6. "Virginia Quarterly Review - A. J. Bermudez".
  7. "Story Magazine - Our Authors".
  8. "Chicago Review - A. J. Bermudez".
  9. Bermudez, A. J. (2019-03-18). "Year of the Snake". The Masters Review. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  10. Bermudez, A. J. (2021-09-01). "The Voice as Heirloom". Fiction International. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  11. "Electric Literature - Author AJ Bermudez".
  12. Bermudez, A. J. (2021-05-21). "Obscure Trivia of the Antarctic". Boulevard Magazine. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  13. "Creative Nonfiction - Contributor A. J. Bermudez".
  14. "Amanda Bermudez on Nightingale". Creative Screenwriting. 2019-03-13. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  15. "MovieBytes Interview: Screenwriter A. J. Bermudez". MovieBytes. 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  16. "Envy Is a Big Waste of Time". Bonsai Film. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  17. "Being Great in the Room with AJ Bermudez". Apple. 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  18. Bermudez, A. J. (2022-05-16). "Misery & Company". Creative Nonfiction. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  19. Gray, Kathryn (2021-03-26). "Art, community and social change a part of Social Justice Conference". San Diego City Times. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  20. "Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch". International Screenwriters Association. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  21. "Stories No One Hopes Are About Them". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  22. Bermudez, A. J. Stories No One Hopes Are About Them. Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  23. Bermudez, A. J. (2022-11-14). Stories No One Hopes Are About Them. Iowa University Press. ISBN 9781609388645. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  24. Gargiulo, Rosanna (2022-01-20). "Q&A with Co-Editor AJ Bermudez". The Maine Review. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  25. Czyzniejewski, Michael (2022-03-21). "Smoke & Mirrors with A. J. Bermudez". SmokeLong Quarterly. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  26. Veloux, Andre (2021-10-29). "Velouminous Episode 7: AJ Bermudez". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  27. "Nawat Fes Artist Residents". American Language Center. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  28. Jadrawi, Siham (2022-06-20). ""Nawat" artistic program: 14 international artists explore cultural diversity in Fez". Aujourd'hui. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  29. Drihem, Mohammed (2022-06-18). "ALC/ALIF Inaugre: La première édition de la résidence Nawat Fès au cœur de la médina de Fès". OujdaCity (in French). Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  30. "Current Finalists". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  31. "2023 Lambda Award Shortlist Finalists Announced". Book Riot. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  32. "Moon City Review's 2023 Best Small Fictions Nominations". Moon City Review. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  33. "The Story Prize". Bookshop.org. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  34. "Pushcart 2021 Nominations". Boulevard Magazine. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  35. "The SmokeLong Flash Fellowship for Emerging Writers". SmokeLong Quarterly. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  36. Olson, Liza (2017-03-08). "Cinequest's Screenwriting Competition Winners". Premise and Plot. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  37. "Emerging Screenwriters Shoot Your Sizzle Announcements". Emerging Screenwriters. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  38. "Announcing the Diverse Voices Fall 2017 Winners". WeScreenplay. 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  39. Bermudez, A. J. (2022-09-15). "The Real India". Virginia Quarterly Review. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  40. Bermudez, A. J. (2022-11-16). "Bottle Girl". Electric Literature. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  41. Bermudez, A. J. (2022-05-04). "All the Places You Will Never Be Again". Chicago Quarterly Review. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  42. Bermudez, A. J. (2022-05-23). "A Few Notes on the Past (and Possible Future) of Public Mourning". LitHub. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  43. Bermudez, A. J. (2022-03-21). "Rabbitfish". SmokeLong Quarterly. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  44. Maddox, David (2021-11-15). City in a Wild Garden: Stories of the Nature of Cities. Publication Studio Guelph. ISBN 9781989157114.
  45. Bermudez, A. J. (2022-10-01). "The Third Trip". Coastal Shelf. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  46. Bermudez, A. J. (2021-06-01). "Octopus". Story Magazine. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  47. Bermudez, A. J. (2021-08-21). "Conservancy". Litro. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  48. "Pushcart 2021 Nominations - Boulevard Magazine". Boulevard Magazine. 2021-12-02.
  49. Bermudez, A. J. (2021-02-18). "Mnemophobe". Chicago Review. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  50. Bermudez, A. J. (2021-02-17). "Rosa". Every Day Fiction. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  51. Bermudez, A. J. (2021-02-01). "Fall". The Baltimore Review. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  52. Curtis, Jenny (2021-10-26). "Episode 311 - "Fall" by A. J. Bermudez". A Moment of Your Time. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  53. Potts, Cherry (2021-12-17). Tymes Goe by Turnes. Arachne Press. ISBN 9781913665180.
  54. Bermudez, A. J. (2020-10-24). "Casualty". Columbia Journal. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  55. Bermudez, A. J. (2020-10-23). "Water & Earth (for Sigríður Tomasdóttir, Iceland's First Environmental Activist)". Bad Bride. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  56. Bermudez, A. J. (2020-07-28). "Orphea". Fearsome Critters. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  57. Bermudez, A. J. (2020-06-23). "Insertion". The Offing. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  58. Bermudez, A. J. (2020-06-18). "The Body Electric". Gertrude Press. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  59. Bermudez, A. J. (2020-04-13). "Walk-Off". Hobart. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  60. Bermudez, A. J. (2021-02-01). "On the Negligible Proximity of Money and Mouths". Heirlock Magazine. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  61. Bermudez, A. J. (2021-03-01). "Totenhaus". Black Static. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  62. Guran, Paula (2019-08-02). "Paula Guran Reviews Short Fiction: Uncanny, Black Static, The Dark, Nightmare, and Tor.com". Locus. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  63. Bermudez, A. J. (2019-02-28). "Eating the Leaves". Lunch Ticket. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  64. Curtis, Jenny (2020-03-31). "Episode 4 - "Eating the Leaves" by A. J. Bermudez". A Moment of Your Time. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  65. Bermudez, A. J. (2018-01-25). "Sabbatical". Cheap Pop. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  66. Bermudez, A. J. (2018-01-01). "Cain vs. Cain". Iron Horse Literary Review. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  67. Bermudez, A. J. (2017-10-25). "Disenchantment". Spider Road Press. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  68. Bermudez, A. J. (2017-06-05). "The Breakneck Boys" (PDF). Concīs. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
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