Abigail Ottley writes poetry, short fiction, and memoir. In 2024, she placed second in the International Plaza Prose Poem Competition (with ‘A survivor dreams…’) and won the Wildfire 150 Flash Award for the second year running. Commended in the Welshpool, Dark Poets, and What We Inherit From Water, she placed third in the International Patricia Eschen Poetry Prize (2024), going on to win the Metro Poetry Competition re the theme of care. Abigail’s collection Out of Eden launched in May, 2025 with Yaffle Press. Abigail is a member of Cornwall’s all-female Mor Poet Collective. She lives in Penzance. Insta: abigail_elizabeth_ottley