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About Kelle Grace GaddisClose
KelleGraceGaddis
Who am I
For many years I travelled the world, keeping journals and exploring, to understand other cultures and to see the places that I'd read about growing up.
I enjoy being a part of the literary arts community and am very excited about my membership with She Writes. I look forward to getting to know everyone!
I am proud to have produced plays in Ireland and the United States and to have had the pleasure of reading my poetry and short stories to audiences in Japan, Thailand, Australia, England and Ireland.
To reinvigorate and refocus my writing career I returned to college to acquire an MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics from the University of Washington. I graduated in June of 2014.
Since graduation my poems and short stories have been published as part of 4Culture's City Art's Project "Poetry On Buses" in July of 2014, Blackmail Presses 37th Edition in September of 2014, Dove Tales Literary Journals Nature Edition in October of 2014 and in Knot Literary & Arts Magazine in November of 2014.
In addition to these credits I’ve been published by Clamor Literary Journal in 2011, 2012 and 2013 and won a top prize in Poetry.org's National Poetry Contest in 2004.
In May of 2014 I opened Brightly Press, a literary journal dedicated to producing exceptional biannual editions. Brightly Presses debut collection will be at AWP 2015 and PNWA 2015. My first book includes work by Frank Sherlock, CA Conrad, Deborah Woodard, Carolyn Lee Wright, Kate Durbin, Maged Zaher, Craig Santos Perez, Kit Frick, Malachi Black and TC Tolbert, all of who have made my choice to open a small press thrilling and worthwhile.
2015 promises to be my most focused literary year to date and I’m thrilled to be producing more work than ever before. I look forward to, and am grateful for, She Writes and all that Hedgebrook offers writers. It will be a joy to meet the other She Writes members at future events.
My site, blog, or Twitter handle are
1) www.kellegracegaddiswriter.com
2) kellegracegaddis.com (business)
3) My small press is on Facebook listed as "Brightly Press." The webstore will be open in February of 2015 at www.brightlypress.com
Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to and any scripts or plays I've authored
My first book, Polishing A Gem On The Surface Of The Sea, is currently a finalist in the Omni Fabulist Fiction Contest. The winner will be announced in 2015.
I've authored two plays "Club Anywhere" and "Between June & May."
My professional associations
AWP, PNWA, University of Washington, WIWA, AmeriCorps and 4Culture.
Services I offer to other writers
Editorial services,publishing, collaborative works, event hosting.
I'm part of these writers' groups or salons
Seattle Women Writers and She Writes
Media outlets that I currently write for
I'll be a contributing writer to the forthcoming Ghost Adventurers TV show in October 2015. I will also be writing a segment for Darkness Radio in April of 2015 in Minneapolis. I've also worked with UWave Radio. This is still current because they are permitted to rebroadcast episodes from my 2013-2014 show The Arts, Literature & Music Hour until the end of 2015.
I found out about She Writes from
Hedgebrook email notification
About Kelle Grace Gaddis
