Writing | Kristen Zory King

WRITING & WORKSHOPS

"Often I have the sensation of waking up, deep in the middle of the woods. Miles of hills, winding trails, and suddenly, wonder—the laced shadow of a cobweb on a tree, so precise I hold my breath, a tiny green caterpillar making its way across a wide and sturdy leaf, a whisper of November frost so fine I pray the world be always this quiet."

-excerpt from "Somewhere in Between"

Prose (Fiction & NonFiction):

"Two Truths and a Lie," Mason Jar Press, Forthcoming 2022.

"Dead Ringer," Mason Jar Press, Forthcoming 2022.

"Each Casual Violence," Cobra Milk, Forthcoming 2022.

"SorryLoveYou," Emerge Literary Journal, July 2021.

"Her Kingdom Come," The Citron Review, June 2021.

Selected for the"Best Microfiction 2022" Anthology by Tania Hershman

"Tolstoy at the Ballgame," Sledgehammer Lit, May 2021.

"The Last Friendly’s in Cattaraugus County," Tiny Molecules, March 2021.

"Rutting Season," Twin Pies Literary, December 2020.

"Somewhere in Between," Santa Fe Writers Project, August 2020.

"Hard Stare," mac(ro)mic, July 2020.

"Icicles," mac(ro)mic, July 2020.

"May 15, 2009," Past-Ten, May 2019.

"For Women, the Sin of Indulgence Is the Worst Sin Imaginable," Electric Lit, September 2018.

"A Single Woman By Any Other Name," Vegas Seven Magazine, April 2015.

"Exploring the Allure of Classic Literary Heroines," Vegas Seven Magazine, March 2015.

Poetry:

"Like/As" Rejection Letters, April 2021.

Selected as a "DC Pride Poem 2022"

"You Will Not Always Hear Cicada and Birdsong," The Inner Loop, September 2020.

"Dégagé: A Self Portrait in Three Parts," Lines + Stars, August 2020.

"July," District Lit, May 2019.

"Equinox," SWWIM, August 2018

"For Wendy Darling," Lipstick Party Magazine, September 2016

"Seashell," Poetry Breakfast, July 2016

Nominated for the 2017 "Best of the Web" by Poetry Breakfast

"Red Dress," Cactus Heart Press, December 2013.

Media Features and Other:

“MoonLit DC Offers Diverse Subjects to Get You Hooked on Writing,” District Fray, 2020.

"Creatively Connecting Community," Cobblestone Creative, January 2020.

“Exploring DC’s LGTBQ Literary Community,” Washington City Paper, 2020.

“Ladies of Lit,” The Inner Loop Podcast, 2020.

“Read Local,” DC Trending, 2019.

Interview with Old Town Books, 2019.

Interview with Fear No Lit, 2018.

Interview with E. Ethelbert Miller, 2018.

For more information, please visit my CV here.

Upcoming Workshops & Events:

(Re)Kindling: A Three Part Creative Series

MoonLit and Former Housewife

Spark: A Creative Toolkit (Released December 1, 2021)

Flame: A Creative Camp (March 8-31, 2022)

Ember: A Creative Retreat (October 8-10, 2022)

Words on the Page: A Generative Writing Workshop

The Writer's Center

January 19 - March 2, 2022 at 7:00pm EST

Grounding in Gratitude

The Writer's Center

February 26, 2022 at 10:00am EST

Writing that Blooms

The Writer's Center

March 5, 2022 at 10:00am EST

Creative Journaling

DC Central Kitchen

March 25, 2022 at 12:00pm EST

Note: this workshop is closed to the public.

Grief is Pink Chapbook Release and Reading

Lines + Stars

May 11, 2022 at 7:00pm

Writing that POPS

The Writer's Center

May 21, 2022 at 10:00am EST

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