Amy Holman is the author of the poetry collections, Captive (Saddle Road Press, 2023), and  Wrens Fly Through This Opened Window (Somondoco Press, 2010), An Insider's Guide to Creative Writing Programs: Choosing the Right MA or MFA Program, Colony, Residency, Grant or Fellowship (Prentice Hall/Penguin, 2006), and four poetry chapbooks, including the prizewinning Wait for Me, I'm Gone (Dream Horse Press, 2005), called “revelatory and grave, and light as a cloud.” Literary journal editors have nominated her poems for Best of the Net and Pushcart Prizes, and an essay for a Pushcart, and Robert Bly selected her poem “Man Script” for inclusion in The Best American Poetry 1999, after spotting it in a "local paper" (Literal Latte) while dining at The Noho Star. 

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Amy writes a paid monthly substack newsletter, What Where: Literary Journals, for poets and fiction writers. She assesses the interests of two literary journals each month, teaching readers how to read what is published for style and figure out where their own work fits. The first post, "The Molecular Level" was open to everyone. Subsequent posts are $7/month, although short-term free subscriptions are available. 

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In April 2021, Amy had work micro-residency from NYC Poets Afloat on a historic boat in the New York Harbor, spending two afternoons writing on the Waterfront Barge Museum in Red Hook, Brooklyn. She has been a poetry fellow at the 2015 Quest Writers Conference, in Squamish, British Columbia, and a 2013 guest poet for The Masters School 10th grade English class trip to the Ossining Weir.

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In addition to conducting the popular “Amy Holman's Tough-Love Guide to Publishing” column for Poets & Writers Magazine, Amy co-edited Get Your First Book Published and Make It a Success (Career Press, 2001) with Jason Shinder and Jeff Herman. Her poems, essays and stories have appeared in more than 50 publications, including Token Entry and The Subway Chronicles (two anthologies devoted to the New York City subways), Rabbit Ears: The First Anthology of Poems About TV, The History of Panty Hose in America Anthology, Knitting Through It: Inspiring Stories for Times of Trouble, American Letters & Commentary, Barrow Street, The Chiron Review, The Cortland Review, Exquisite Corpse, Failbetter, Gargoyle, The Loft Newsletter, The Manhattan Review, The Night Heron Barks, Night Train, The Potomac Review, and The Writer. She contributed articles about knitting in society to The Huffington Post and about poetry inspiration to The Best American Poetry Blog. She even interviewed Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman about his metal-detecting hobby for Barrelhouse Magazine.

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Check out Amy's Calendar page for readings and workshops, and News for announcements.