Alexa T. Dodd

Award-winning fiction writer & essayist. Nimrod Journal, Uncharted Magazine, Puerto del Sol & more. Mom of three. Latina. "The Distracted Writer" Substack.

[Alexa T. Dodd @alexa_writer]

So incredibly honored! Thank you @NimrodJournal and judge Adam Johnson for selecting my story, "Roots"!

[Nimrod Journal @NimrodJournal]

We are delighted to announce the winners of our 2026 literary competitions! Rachel Hadas has awarded the top Neruda Poetry Prize to Tristram Fane Saunders (@TATFS), and Adam Johnson has awarded the top Porter Fiction Prize to Alexa T. Dodd (@alexa_writer). 1/4

[Alexa T. Dodd @alexa_writer]

@JulianD86666247 @NimrodJournal Thank you so much!

[Alexa T. Dodd @alexa_writer]

So incredibly honored! Thank you @NimrodJournal and judge Adam Johnson for selecting my story, "Roots"!

[Nimrod Journal @NimrodJournal]

We are delighted to announce the winners of our 2026 literary competitions! Rachel Hadas has awarded the top Neruda Poetry Prize to Tristram Fane Saunders (@TATFS), and Adam Johnson has awarded the top Porter Fiction Prize to Alexa T. Dodd (@alexa_writer). 1/4

[Alexa T. Dodd @alexa_writer]

@ospreysview @TommyDeanWriter Thank you so much!

[Alexa T. Dodd @alexa_writer]

A little late on resharing this because of the holiday craziness, but I' so so thrilled to now be repped by @TommyDeanWriter. I love his vision for it and I can't wait to see where we take Like Rust, Like Blood!

[Tommy Dean (is open to queries) @TommyDeanWriter]

New Client! I'm so thrilled to announce that I'll be working with Alexa T. Dodd on finding a fantastic publishing home for her brilliant novel Like Rust, Like Blood!

Like Rust, Like Blood takes the magical whimsy of Encanto and finds the darker, more murderous edge of generational family trauma that haunts and conspires in the murky shadows of the deadpan West Texas desert.

I couldn't put this book down! Alexa is ready for a great career in publishing books that readers will be invested in for years to come!

[Alexa T. Dodd @alexa_writer]

@willyraiford @E11even745 Oh my gosh I remember the spicy peanut butter soup

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A great magazine open for submissions! #writersoftwitter

[Uncharted Mag @uncharted_mag_]

No better time to submit as we're mostly caught up with our queue!

[Alexa T. Dodd @alexa_writer]

@MrsKatyCarl @stthomashouston @JMWSPT Thank you so much, Katy! Your workshop really helped this story come together!

[Alexa T. Dodd @alexa_writer]

@MynaChang @ac_wise Thank you!!❤️

[Alexa T. Dodd @alexa_writer]

My short story, "The Blades of Ana Velasquez" is out today! Huge thank you to Uncharted Mag and @ac_wise for selecting this story!

[Uncharted Mag @uncharted_mag_]

1st Place Aftermath Story Contest Winner by @alexa_writer !!

"Most girls bleed.

“A visitor,” Mama and my tias had called it for years, their shared and groaned secret, like a pesky neighbor arriving too often. “Someday, you too,” they’d promised."
https://t.co/sugGFdhUdA

[Alexa T. Dodd @alexa_writer]

@ac_wise Thank you so much!!

[Alexa T. Dodd @alexa_writer]

An absolutely gorgeous, heartbreaking, and redemptive story

[Lora Gray @LoraJGray]

My story, “Deep Skin Anatomy,” which was one of the winners of The Aftermath Short Story Award (judged by @ac_wise ), is now out and free to read in @uncharted_mag_ !
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[Alexa T. Dodd @alexa_writer]

Newest Substack live now: https://t.co/ljLmkyMzJy

[Alexa T. Dodd @alexa_writer]

@kate_tooley @MynaChang @uncharted_mag_ @ac_wise Ahhh thank you!!

[Alexa T. Dodd @alexa_writer]

Absolutely thrilled to announce that my story was selected as winner for The Uncharted Magazine Short Story Award! Thank you @uncharted_mag_ and guest judge @ac_wise for choosing my work. Can't wait to share this piece when it's published! Honored to be among these other writers!

[Uncharted Mag @uncharted_mag_]

We've got some winners! Congrats to our winners and everyone shortlisted for the Aftermath contest! So thankful for @ac_wise judging this contest! https://t.co/8EFFz41tDh

[Alexa T. Dodd @alexa_writer]

@EJNeukirch @uncharted_mag_ @ac_wise Thank you!!

[Alexa T. Dodd @alexa_writer]

@MynaChang @uncharted_mag_ @ac_wise Thank you so much!

[Alexa T. Dodd @alexa_writer]

@ac_wise @uncharted_mag_ That means so much! Thank you!

[Alexa T. Dodd @alexa_writer]

@ac_wise Thank you so much for reading! Absolutely honored!

[Alexa T. Dodd @alexa_writer]

@levdavidovic @lithub Thank you for reading and sharing!

[Alexa T. Dodd @alexa_writer]

To all those who questioned my husband's drama degree, he recently got the kids ready for bed without breaking character as a paper bag robot. So yeah, I think it was worth it.