BRIEF BIO
Liz deBeer
,Liz deBeer is a teacher and writer with Project Write Now, a writing cooperative based at the Jersey Shore, where she resides with her family. Her debut chapbook Farewell to Emptiness, a novelette-in-flash (Thirty West Publishing House), is set in the Albany, NY, area, her birthplace.
Her flash has appeared in Fictive Dream, Bending Genres, Literally Stories, BULL, Thorn & Bloom Magazine, Flash the Court, The Hoolet's Nook, Literary Garage, Citron Review, Switch, Bright Flash Literary Review, and others. Her essays have been published in various journals including Brevity Blog, New Jersey English Journal, and InLiquid Arts Magazine. A volunteer reader for Flash Fiction Magazine, Liz holds degrees from University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers University.
Her flash "Water Tower Views" was nominated for Best Small Fiction in 2026, "Cracked Pie Crust" was nominated Best of the Net in 2026, and "Party Favors," was a runner-up for WOW (Women on Writing) in 2025.
Her weekly Substack A Lizard's Tale explores nature and art as a vehicle to discover meaning and resilience. She especially enjoys visiting Philadelphia and Costa Rica.
Her flash has appeared in Fictive Dream, Bending Genres, Literally Stories, BULL, Thorn & Bloom Magazine, Flash the Court, The Hoolet's Nook, Literary Garage, Citron Review, Switch, Bright Flash Literary Review, and others. Her essays have been published in various journals including Brevity Blog, New Jersey English Journal, and InLiquid Arts Magazine. A volunteer reader for Flash Fiction Magazine, Liz holds degrees from University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers University.
Her flash "Water Tower Views" was nominated for Best Small Fiction in 2026, "Cracked Pie Crust" was nominated Best of the Net in 2026, and "Party Favors," was a runner-up for WOW (Women on Writing) in 2025.
Her weekly Substack A Lizard's Tale explores nature and art as a vehicle to discover meaning and resilience. She especially enjoys visiting Philadelphia and Costa Rica.