Alyssa Sinclair is a poet and writer in Dallas, Texas. She completed her Master’s degree in Creative Writing at the University of St. Andrews, where she also earned an undergraduate degree in Art History. She is the mother to three young girls. Her poetry and essays have been featured by River Teeth, Mutha Magazine, Literary Mama, The Hyacinth Review, Blueline Magazine, Fiction Attic Press, Slate.com, and Milk Press, among others. Her first chapbook of poetry is forthcoming in 2024. Her poetry frequently explores themes of motherhood, the body, spirit and connection with nature.

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Publications and Awards

2020s

Chapbook forthcoming with Finishing Line Press, Venus Anadyomene 

Forthcoming, "Portrait of a family by CVS pharmacy, Bear Review

March 2024, "C-Section", River Teeth's 'Beautiful Things' 

December 2023, "Second Baby" Literary Mama

October 2023, "Timecircle" The Hyacinth Review

Summer 2023, "A prayer", Milk Press

Summer 2023, "Bear crashes 2-year-old birthday party and goes straight for the cupcakes," Blueline Magazine

2023, HerStry.com

2023, "I never meant to raise my kids in Texas", Longlisted, Mslexia's Women's Poetry Competition 

2022, "Uterine Rupture" Mutha Magazine

2022, "The Golden Hour" Mutha Magazine

2021, "School at home: parenting a toddler through COVID Anxiety" Her Kind Collective

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2010s

"A life in houses and backyards" Fiction Attic Press

"Cole Rise" and "New York Close Up", Interviews with BOMB 

Longlist, Fish Publishing Short Memoir Prize

Dan Hemingway Short Story Prize, "The Deposition"  

Notable Mention, Mslexia Magazine's New Writing Award

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