Events & Publications
Recent and upcoming publications, readings, launches, workshops, and more!
2026
Limited consulting and mentoring spots are currently available.
June
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Featured poet for Apposite Poetry Series (June 10) at Mykonos Restaurant (London, ON).
May
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Poem ('plait & poem') published in Motherlore's MAKE•SHIFT Zine, Vol. 2: Made with Care.
April
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Reading / discussion as an invited poetry panelist for London Writers Society's membership meeting.
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Poem ('Forsaken') displayed at World Art Day event at Athabasca University, AB.
March
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Presented 'Trailblazing: Women Walker-Writers as Creative Catalysts' at a transdisciplinary conference (Theme: Women Who Create), hosted by the London Arts-Based Research Centre at Lucy Cavendish College (Cambridge University, UK)
2025
November
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Poem ('we mothers are awake') published in walk . listen. create's chapbook 6, Walking in the Dark: An Anthology of New Writing (Sampson Low, 2025)
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Reading of 'we mothers are awake' for Walking in the Dark: An Anthology of New Writing (a public showcase event hosted by walk . listen. create)
August
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walk . listen. create's Walking Writers Salon event, 'Walking Creatively Through Storytelling with Krista Carson'.
July
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Poem ('incandescent') published in the League of Canadian Poets, Poetry Pause (July 8)
June
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Poem ('incandescent') published in the London Writers Society's anthology project, Out of the Woods: Voices from the Forest City. Finalists were selected by Emma Donoghue. Currently available
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Flash fiction pieces ('Meet Me at that Place Near the Coast?' and 'Almost 40') published in 39 Steps: An Anthology of Writing inspired by John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps (Sampson Low, 2025).
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Flash fiction pieces ('Meet Me at that Place Near the Coast?' and 'Almost 40')* published by walk · listen · create. *shortlisted for prize
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Reading ('Meet Me at that Place Near the Coast?' and 'Almost 40') for 39 Steps Showcase (virtual public event hosted by walk · listen · create).
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Book review by Krista Carson published by Humber Literary Review, Vol. 13, Issue 1: 'Story Is a State of Mind: Writing and the Art of Creative Curiosity by Sarah Selecky (Assembly Press)'
May
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Poem ('silver comforts') published in Inks & Insights
April
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Poem ('Thursday's Book Club') published in Petal Projections, Issue 12
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Poem ('alongside fireflies') published in the University of Gloucestershire's Stars anthology
2024
October
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Short fiction ('Purple') won second place for Writers' Hour Magazine's Contest ("Nature Observed" prompt, week of Oct. 20)
September
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Poem ('Christmas Eve'*) published by walk · listen · create. https://walklistencreate.org/2024/09/01/christmas-eve/ *shortlisted for prize
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Poem ('Christmas Eve') published in Walking: An Anthology of Writing Inspired by “Walking Together” Sound Walk September 2024 (Sampson Low).
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Reading ('Christmas Eve') for Write About Walking Together Showcase (virtual public event hosted by walk · listen · create).
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Short fiction ('All my edges' and 'Gaslight') published in Virtually Unbreakable (University of Gloucestershire Anthology).
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Poem ('sublimation') published in SWAMP, issue 33.
July
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Presented at Psygentra’s Critical and Creative Qualitative Conference.
June
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Poems ('view from here'* and 'pieces of things') published in Synkroniciti Magazine, 6(2). *among finalists for poetry contest
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Poem ('Jaws of love') published in One Sentence Poems.
April
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Poems ('Observations on change and joy' and 'Wash, dry, fold') published in Motherlore (issue 2).
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Short fiction ('Gas light') published in Journal of Psychology, Gender, and Trauma, 2, CR3-4.
March
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Attended Bioneers 35th Annual Conference (Berkeley, California).
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Presented (digital poster) at the School of Creative Arts Conference: Culture and the Civic Agenda (University of Gloucestershire).
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