Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris lives in Southport, NC, USA.  Gypsie-Ami’s photographic artwork was chosen beside twenty-four other artist’s works by “Up Your Arts” and the City of Southport as winners in the fourth annual pole banner art project, “Raise Up Your Arts,” May through November 2026. 

 

She is a twice published poet in Cameron Art Museum’s Writers Respond to Art Program and was awarded the Certificate of Completion for completing the 2021 - 24 Hour Poetry Marathon and the 2022 - 24 Hour Poetry Marathon. Her poem “Wheels” was published in the 2021, 24 Hour Poetry Marathon Anthology. Her poem, “The Date” has been chosen for publication in the 2022 - 24 Hour Poetry Marathon.

 

She is a published author in Whisper’s & Echoes, an on-line literary magazine and in 50 Give or Take for her 50-word stories, “Love,” “The Wedding” and “The Sleep Doctor.” In Visual Verse with her poem “Mother Earth” and several editions of The Virtual Poetorium. Ami is also published in Spillwords Press with her stories, “No Ghosts This Christmas!,” “Look!” and “I Am Not A Man!”

 

Gypsie-Ami has had the honor of being published by Carrot Ranch Literary Community in their Baby Ducks Ate My Lunch Collection for her 99 word story, Duckling Survival Guide.

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Gypsie-Ami writes flash fiction, short stories, creative non-fiction, and fiction as well as poetry. Her short story, “Conversations With My Neighbor” is published in the anthology, Trouble, by Daniel Boone Publishing. Ami received Honorable Mention in Tales from the Moonlit Path 2021, a yearly Halloween Issue titled Abandoned Places Halloween Challenge, for her short story, “Abandoned Memories.” Her short story “Grandmother And The Strawberry Moon” was chosen as a semi-finalist in Stories That Need to Be Told: The Contest.

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Gypsie-Ami’s first chapbook of poetry and photography is titled Flowers Flowers Everywhere! She has written two stage plays to date and is currently completing her second action/adventure/romance.