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Short Stories
Writers of the Future 2024 3rd Quarter Honorable Mention for “Candy Crash”
Writers of the Future 2023 3rd Quarter Silver Honorable Mention Vol 40 for “Everfrost and Pomegranate”
Writers of the Future 2023 2nd Quarter Semi-Finalist Vol 40 for “They Came for the Bees”
Writers of the Future 2022 3rd Quarter Silver Honorable Mention Vol 39 for “Becoming Fire and Ice“
Writers of the Future 2022 2nd Quarter Honorable Mention Vol 39 for “And She Will Lead Them Home”
Writers of the Future 2021 3rd Quarter Honorable Mention Vol 38 for “What the Stone Gives”
Poetry
Last Leaves Issue 9: Feral October 2024 features “When Words Fall, Does Anyone Hear Them?” (click the “free download” button BENEATH “Issue 9: Feral.”)
The Siren’s Song Vol 1 August 2024 features three poems “The Breaking”, “The Last Centaur”, and “Waterways of Deceit”
“Decontamination Station” was published in the magazine Aphelion,Issue 298 September 2024
2nd place in the 2024 Poe It Like Poe competition for the poem The Moth
Winner of the CIWA April 2023 poetry contest for the poem “Inflorescence”
Poetry Society of Indiana 2022 third place Hoosier Heritage Award for poem “City Story”. Available in the anthology Ink to Paper 2022 Volume 7. ebook | paperback
Blogs, Podcasts, Etc.
1/31/2025 Swords and Sapphics – about the Magic System in Tavern Tale
1/23/2025 Mary Robinette Kowal’s My Favorite Bit – about the easter eggs from my favorite video games added to Tavern Tale
1/10/2025 John Scalzi’s The Big Idea – about Tavern Tale’s magic system and olfactory component
1/09/2025 Mary Robinette Kowal’s My Favorite Bit – about the connections between scifi and Mars robots and my poetry
1/07/2025 iheartsapphfic All About – behind the names of the characters of Tavern Tale and more
11/5/2024 Brown County Democrat Nashville Native’s New Book Weaves Fantasy Sci-fi Poetry
All About: Tavern Tale by Kristina W. Kelly at iheartsapphfic
Ripped from the page (Kristina W Kelly) at dbrookbooks.com
Podcasts
1/22/2025 Finding the Magic Podcast – Tavern Tale and its magic system are among the topics. Spotify: creators.spotify.com/pod/s…Youtube: facebook.com/Findi… “
For projects I’m working on, see Other Projects.
For published books, see Books and Anthologies.