Kelly Pedro

@kellypedro.bsky.social

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Winner TWUC '26 Short Prose, CRAFT '24 Flash prizes • Shortlisted: SmokeLong '25 Flash Award, ROOM '22 Fiction Prize • Words: PRISM international, The New Quarterly, Moon City Review, TLR, FracturedLit, The Fiddlehead+ • Associate Flash Editor jmww

“Red Prayer Flag for Alabama: Long Leaf Pine, Cockaded Woodpecker, Eastern Indigo Snake, Monarch, Pinewoods Milkweed, Gopher Tortoise, Canebrake Pitcher Plant” by Melissa Shultz-Jones
The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction — The Winners. First Place: “Between Chamisa and Rengyō” by Mizuki Yamagen Second Place: “Man Spelt Backwards” by Chi Pham Third Place: “Special Occasion Italian Restaurant” by Valerie Fox Finalists: “Ms. Pac-Man in the Maze” by Sarah Chin “National Bird” by Jesse Ackles “Savior” by Seth Gleckman “(They Long To Be) Close to You” by Binh Do “Wild Gazelle” by Glenn Orgias “Zombie Duck” by Sara Hills
A blue book cover on the left titled, HERE AND ELSEWHERE: An Anthology of Portuguese Canadian writers. On the right are a list of contributing authors: Kelly Pedro, Paul Serralheiro, Irene Marques, Richard Simas, Robert Piva Fielding, Sonja Pinto, paulo da costa, Esmeralda Cabral, Emanuel Melo, Sonia Nicholson, Humberto da Silva, José Avelino Gilles, Corbett Lourenco.
Four craft books on a couch: Flash Fiction, Prose Poetry, Flash Nonfiction, a novellas in flash.
Submit and come to our next meeting. March 23, 1-3 pm. Visitor Information Centre, 10 Father David Bauer Drive, Waterloo. Bring a submission-ready story or query letter, and a laptop.
Women Who Submit Waterloo Region Chapter Launch. When: Jan. 19, 1-3 p.m. Where: Visitor Information Centre, 10 Father David Bauer Drive, Waterloo. IG: @WaterlooRegion_WWS. Bluesky: @WaterlooRegionWWS
Cover of a book I DON'T DO DISABILITY AND OTHER LIES I'VE TOLD MYSELF next to a cookie with the same book cover and a yellow star cookie.