An Alsager writer and local town councillor who won the Feminist Futures award in the United States is to have her work published in an American journal.

Alsager town councillor, Jane Smith, has just heard her work, 'Salt Water' is to feature in the Artemis Journal this autumn and Artemis is offering 20 per cent off pre-order sales for the publication. 

'Salt Water' imagines a female survivor navigating a world of rising sea levels as a consequence of climate breakdown.

While Salt Water is deliberately vague on location, Jane's original inspiration was the North Sea and the east coast of Scotland.

Jane, who is also deputy leader of the Animal Welfare Party, was inspired to write the piece after being part of the COP 26 protests in Glasgow last year.

Jane said at the time of winning the American award: "It's an incredible honour to win this prize and I'm amazed and thrilled that my little story set in the sea resonates with people internationally."

It's the first piece of fiction which Jane, who usually writes non-fiction, often on environmental themes, has written and she's absolutely delighted.

 Jane, co-ordinator and the brains behind Smallwood Toad Patrols which cover roads near Sandbach and Alsager, has written about one of her other passions – toads but never non-fiction.

The Omega Sci-Fi awards honour "writers who contribute their unique voices and diverse perspectives to the art of science fiction storytelling, while tapping into the power of science fiction to examine the greatest challenges and moral dilemmas that humanity faces".