I'll be reading with other Catamaran contributors 6 PM Friday, June 2 at Roots on Orcas Island. The Lit Walk readings are free to attend. More info: https://www.oilf.org/festival-schedule-2023

If you love trees as much as I do, you might enjoy my latest essay about Doug fir forests and wildfires in the corner of Washington where I grew up. https://gaialit.weebly.com/issue-four-liz-kellebrew.html Huge thanks to Chelsea Biondolillo for teaching the science writing class where I wrote most of this, and thanks also to Gaia Lit for … Continue reading Essay – The Enduring Green

Read "The Hungry Days," my essay about coming of age, hunger, and the hunger to choose one's own path in life. Thanks to HerStry for publishing it! https://herstryblg.com/true/2023/2/8/the-hungry-days

Writing from Land & Sea with Jessica Gigot and Liz Kellebrew - 6:00 PM Thurs., Feb. 16 at Edmonds Bookshop, Edmonds, WA. Unsolicited Press Author Reading at AWP - 12:15 PM Fri., Mar. 10 at the AWP Conference in Seattle, Bookfair Stage 1. Poetry panel featuring Lauren Davis, Liz Kellebrew, and Anne Leigh Parrish - … Continue reading Poetry readings – Winter 2023

My golem-inspired story was published in the first issue of Pumpernickel House! Order here: https://www.pumpernickelhouse.com/books/p/pumpernickel-house-issue-1-the-blue-door-ebook

My new place-based essay, "What a River Needs," is out in Issue 36 of Catamaran! Features volcanoes, eulachon smelt, and my experiences growing up on the Cowlitz River during the twilight of the old-growth logging industry. Learn more and order your copy here: https://catamaranliteraryreader.com/spring-2022

I'm looking forward to the Cambridge Writers' Workshop Disobedient Futures anthology. My story, "The Protocols of Visible Light," will appear in it, along with stories from authors like Rita Banerjee and David Shields. For more details, see the announcement here: https://cambridgewritersworkshop.org/2021/10/20/delighted-to-announce-the-disobedient-future-authors/

I'm thrilled to announce that my hybrid work, "A Music of Ribs," has received The Miracle Monocle Award for Innovative Writing! I wrote it to honor the stories my grandfather told me about his Native American ancestors. Faculty editor Dr. Sarah Anne Strickley had this to say about it: “We knew right away that we … Continue reading Award News: A Music of Ribs