Petra Perkins — American Author

Creative Non-Fiction, Memoir, Fiction, Essay, Humor, Poetry, Interviews, Screenplay, Stageplay

Publications:

• FULL CIRCLE: A Hands-on Affair with the First Ferrari 250 GTO (Hardcover)
• FULL CIRCLE: A Hands-on Affair with the First Ferrari 250 GTO (E-book)
• “The Leavings” – New Millenium Writings Musepaper (TBD)
• BLAZE: How I Found Forrest Fenn’s Treasure Hideout
• NYTimes – Feb. 12, 2019
• NYTimes 2023 Tiny Stories 2023 Desk Calendar, Feb. 14th, Valentine’s Day
• Hippocampus Magazine: Jan/Feb 2020
• Refuse To Stay Silent – “Because Louisa”: June, 2020
• Sports Car Digest – February, 2019
• Colorado Independent – 2018
• The Rumpus 2017
• Brain, Child Magazine, Nov. 2016
• Progenitor Literary Journal, 2016
• Mused Literary Review 2016
• Dreamquest – 2015
• Huffington Post – 2015, 2016, 2017
• “The Nervous Breakdown” 2015
• ArtAscent Magazine, Portraits issue, Feb, 2015, Poetry
• WeSaidGoTravel, 2015
• The Rumpus, 2014, 2016, 2017
• Manifest-Station, 2014
• Lighthouse blog, 2014
• Humorpress.com – January, 2014
• The Colorado Independent
• The Readers’ Digest, The Denver Post, The Rocky Mountain News, other newspapers
• The Double Dealer Literary Magazine – 2013, 2015
• Crone Magazine 2013, 2014 and 2015.
• Progenitor Literary Journal, 2013 p. 68

• Winner, 2015 POETRY GOLD MEDAL — Words & Music Festival, Faulkner-Wisdom Competition, New Orleans
• Nominated for a Pushcart Prize for Non-fiction, by Progenitor Literary Journal, 2016 for her story “I Know Astronauts”
• Winner, Shortlist, Medium.com Writers Challenge, 2021, and Winner, Essay, Colorado Authors League contest, 2022: “Ms. Suzy & Mom: Correspondents from the Trenches”
• Winner, First Place Essay, Colorado Authors League annual contest, 2023, “Close Encounter“
• Finalist, Novella, Colorado Authors League annual contest, 2023, “The Odd Sea“