I'm happy to announce the upcoming launch of NōD Magazine featuring one of my stories among its many fab pieces. Gorgeous recent NōD covers NōD Magazine is a print litmag run out of the University of Calgary, based in the English Department but edited by undergraduate students from all departments. They publish prose, poetry, and artwork… Continue reading New Short Fiction: “Stripe the Revolutionary Skunk Reflects on his Attempt to Change the World”
[May 2026 Update: This year's contest is done and you can Meet the Awesome Authors Youth Writing contest winners on the OPL website. Their works will be published in the fall; more on that later.] Original post: The Ottawa Public Library's Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest is open for entries! Young writers of the nation's… Continue reading Awesome Authors 2026 is on!
I have mixed feelings announcing my latest short story, "Victim Impact Statement, freshly published in On Spec. I'm super pleased with the story and the excellent home it found, but I'm deeply saddened by the closing of this unique independent magazine. Cover art by Janice Blaine This is the final issue for On Spec, which… Continue reading New Short Fiction: “Victim Impact Statement”
I'm pleased to have a new story freshly published in this season's filling Station. Cover Art by Var(mit) Mayors Since 1993, filling Station has been publishing innovative and experimental prose, poetry, literary journalism, and visual art. It's a gorgeous print magazine published three times a year out of Calgary, Alberta. This is my first piece in… Continue reading New Short Fiction: “Lighting fires in memoir class”
Last weekend I attended the launch of Pot-pourri 2025, a gorgeous collection of the winning works of this year's Ottawa Public Library Awesome Authors contest. The book showcases eighteen contest winners, with poems, comics, and short stories in English and French from authors aged 9-12 and 13-18. There was a great turnout at this year's… Continue reading Pot-pourri 2025 launch: new works by Awesome Authors
Catherine Austen 