Karin Hedetniemi

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer

Victoria, BC

Author's Bio

I walk, travel, photograph, and write about quiet, soulful things: nature, place, a sense of wonder, loss, living forward, being human.

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Anthology:
Being Home (Madville Publishing, 2021)
Journals:
(mac)ro(mic)
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433
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Capsule Stories
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Curator Magazine
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Greenprints
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Hinterland
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Invisible City
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London Reader
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Months To Years
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Prairie Fire
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Stanchion
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Sylvia Magazine
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The Cabinet of Heed
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The Sunlight Press
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Tiny Molecules

Poetry

Anthologies:
Close Up: Poems on Cancer, Grief, Hope, and Healing (Orchard Lea Books, 2022)
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Hair Raising (Nine Pens, 2021)
Journals:
Akitsu Quarterly
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Autumn Moon Haiku Journal
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FERAL: A Journal of Poetry & Art
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Hedgerow: A Journal of Small Poems
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Paddler Press
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Paragraph Planet
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Red Alder Review
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Unstamatic
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World Haiku Review
Prizes won: 
  • 2023 Award of Excellence • 12th Setouchi-Matsuyama Photo-Haiku Contest
  • 2022 Third Prize, Betty Drevniok Award • Haiku Canada
  • 2022 Third Prize, Nonfiction • Royal City Literary Arts Society
  • 2020 First Prize, Nonfiction • Royal City Literary Arts Society
  • 2020 Second Prize • Little Iris International Haiku Contest, Croatia

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Canadian, Scandinavian American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan
Raised in: 
Victoria, BC
Canada
British Columbia
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Last update: Mar 28, 2023