Margaret Adams writes short fiction, creative nonfiction, and essays. Her work has appeared in over two dozen publications, including The Best Small Fictions 2019, Threepenny Review, Joyland Magazine, and The Pinch Journal. She is the winner of the Masters Review Best Emerging Writers 2024 Contest, the Fractured Lit Anthology 4 Contest, the Blue Mesa Review 2018 Nonfiction Contest, and the Pacifica Literary Review 2017 Fiction Contest, and was a Best American Essays 2019 Notable. Her publications have been anthologized by JMWW, The Delmarva Review, The Lascaux Review and elsewhere. In support of her writing, Adams has been awarded workshops and residencies at the Tin House Winter & Summer Workshops, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, HEREKEKE Art Center Artist Residency, and Starry Nights Retreat. She is a fiction editor for JMWW. A healthcare worker, forensic nurse, and a mother as well as a writer and editor, Adams currently lives in Vermont.