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Published Creative Nonfiction
Vine of My Soul
2024 Lit/South Awards Finalist in Nonfiction
Hive of Sisters
A nonfiction story, published in the Chautauqua Journal, Issue 20.1, February 2023, condensed from a chapter in my in-progress memoir.
This essay was nominated for a 2023 Pushcart Prize.
This essay was nominated for a 2023 Pushcart Prize.
Semper Fi
A short nonfiction essay published in the Chautauqua Journal, Boundaries, Issue 17.
"Semper Fi" was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in Literature.
"Semper Fi" was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in Literature.
Locked and Loaded
A short nonfiction essay published in the Collateral Journal, May 2021.
Kristen Dorsey Talks About Craft
A blog post about writing the Pushcart Prize nominated essay, "Semper Fi," published in the Chautauqua Journal blog in July, 2020.
Just the Essentials.
A craft essay on writing published in the Chautauqua Journal Blog, in April 2020.
The Easel and the Monitor
A craft essay on the writing life published in the Chautauqua Journal Blog, in February 2023.
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