kerry rawlinson

Poet, Fiction Writer

PEACHLAND, BC
Canada
British Columbia CA
Email: 
kerryraw@shaw.ca
Website: 
www.kerryrawlinson.com
Twitter/X: 
@kerryrawli

Author's Bio

Decades ago, autodidact & bloody-minded optimist kerry rawlinson gravitated from sunny Zambian skies to solid Canadian soil, nurturing family and a career in Architectural Technology. Fast forward: she now pursues art & literature’s muses around the Okanagan, barefoot; her longsuffering husband providing SPF50 & comedy breaks. Photo Credit: Angharad Brooks.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Anthology:
Howling Up to the Sky (Regal House Publishing, 2018)
Journals:
Centifictionist
,
Clover & White
,
Ellipsis Zine
,
Fixional
,
Geist
,
Lunate Fiction
,
New Flash Fiction Review
,
Paragraph Planet
,
Reflex Fiction
,
Speculative 66
,
Spelk
,
STORGY
,
The Sunlight Press
,
X-R-A-Y

Poetry

Anthologies:
Hungry Hill - Poets Meet Politics (Hungry Hill Writing, 2025)
,
Splendour of Wings (League of Canadian Poets, 2024)
,
Mingled Voices 7 (Proverse Publishing, 2023)
,
Mingled Voices 5 (Proverse Publishing, 2021)
,
Forgotten Women (nominated for a Pushcart Prize) (Grayson Books, 2017)
,
Mingled Voices 2 (Proverse Publishing, 2017)
,
Crossing Lines (Main Street Rag, 2015)
,
Rural and Urban (Midwest Quarterly, 2014)
,
Tic Toc (Kind of a Hurricane Press, 2014)
Chapbook:
Omens Agar #4 (Blasted Tree, 2022)
Journals:
3Elements Literary Review
,
Across the Margin
,
Anti-Heroin Chic
,
Arc
,
Ascent Aspirations
,
Banshee
,
BONED
,
Cagibi
,
Canadian Literature
,
Carousel
,
Codex Journal
,
Connecticut River Review
,
Ditch
,
Drunk Monkeys
,
duality
,
Event
,
Every Writer
,
The Puritan
,
Fall Lines
,
filling Station
,
Foreign Literary
,
FreeFall
,
Grain Magazine
,
Grey Borders Magazine
,
Heroica
,
Ice-Floe
,
Midwest Literary Magazine
,
Minola Review
,
Mississippi Valley Review
,
New Millennium Writings
,
NOVUS Literary and Arts Journal
,
Open: Journal of Arts & Letters
,
Painted Bride Quarterly
,
Passager
,
The Pedestal Magazine
,
Pinhole Poetry
,
pioneertown.
,
Postcard Poems and Prose
,
Prairie Fire
,
Prelude
,
Prime Number Magazine
,
Princemere
,
Prism Review
,
Prospectus
,
Quadrant
,
Queen Mob's Teahouse
,
Qwerty
,
Riddled With Arrows
,
Right Hand Pointing
,
Rochford Street Review
,
Salome
,
Sarasvati
,
Section 8 Magazine
,
Stone Circle Review
,
Subterranean Blue Poetry
,
Suburban Review
,
The Centrifugal Eye
,
The Feathertale Review
,
Touchstone Review
,
UCity Review
,
Unlost
,
Unshod Quills
,
Vine Leaves Literary Journal
,
War, Literature & the Arts
,
Wax Poetry and Art
Prizes won: 

Hungry Hill Writing- Poets Meet Politics, 2025 - Honourable Mention

Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year, 2024 - Joint Winner

New Millenium Writings Poetry Prize, 2024 - Winner

Princemere Poetry Prize, 2023 - Winner

Glittery Literary flash fiction contest, April 2021 - Winner

Edinburgh International Flash Fiction Award,  2020:- First Place 

Centifictionist, 2020  (Flash: nominated Nov 10 for Pelekenetic Best Microfiction 2020)

Fish Publishing Poetry Prize, 2019:- kindling - Honorable Mention

 

Ellipsiszine, 2019 – Flash Fiction collection: Chaos Theory – winner of 6-months Mentorship

subterranean blue-Golden Oracle contest, 2018:- We’re All On Fire – Honorable Mention

 

Older Writers Grant, June 2018:- Speculative Literature Foundation (Honourable Mention)

 

Riddled With Arrows, 2018:- bodyparts & recipes (Nominated for Best of the Net)

 

Geist Postcard Contest, 2016: (Second Place) – Heaven At Last

 

Postcards, Poems & Prose's “drawkcaB” Fiction Contest, 2013 (Winner): - Through The Bridge Backwards

  

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More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Krugersdorp
South Africa
Raised in: 
Kalulushi, CB
Zambia
Copperbelt Province
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Last update: May 31, 2025