PUBLICATIONS & AWARDS

Amber Budd has been published creatively with her short stories and poetry, as well as academically for literary analysis. Her writing has also won both creative and academic awards.

Creative Publications:

“Someone Old, Someone New” – Belladonna’s Garden, Fall 2025

“If She Knew How to Be Honest with Her Therapist” – Blood+Honey Lit, August 2025

“Imperfect Code” – Arrow Rock Literary Journal, no. 17 / Crystal Edition 15th Anniversary, spring 2025

“The Hunger” – Flare Magazine, issue 2, April 25, 2025

“What We Leave Behind” – Bill Geblato’s Lotto Gelato Grotto, issue 1, April 2025

“Breathe” – Just a Cuppa, spring 2025

“Rattle and Hum” – Arrow Rock Literary Journal, no. 16, spring 2024

“The Girl Named a Snake” – Mid Rivers Review, 2023

“The Girl in the Tree” – Mid Rivers Review, 2023

“Rattle and Hum” – Winged Penny Review, Nov. 2023

“Funhouse Mirror” – Mid Rivers Review, 2022

“Open Wounds” – Mid Rivers Review, 2022

Academic Publications:

Budd, Amber L. “You Are Not the Hero: Women’s Role in “Rapunzel”,” The Confluence: vol. 4, issue 1, article 6, March 26, 2025, https://doi.org/10.62608/2150-2633.1073

Budd, Amber L. “The Making of a Survivor: Chopin’s Use of Identity and Rebirth in The Awakening,” The Confluence, vol. 3, issue 2, article 6, April 15, 2024, https://doi.org/10.62608/2150-2633.1057

Awards:

Linda L. Ross Creative Writing Award
   Lindenwood University, College of Arts and Humanities (April 2025)

Howard Barnett Essay Award
   Lindenwood University, College of Arts and Humanities (April 2024)