Candice M. Kelsey

Candice M. Kelsey [she/her] is a writer and educator living in both Los Angeles and Georgia. Often anchored in the seemingly quotidian, her work explores the intersections of place, body, and belonging; she has been featured in SWWIM, The Laurel Review, Poet Lore, Passengers Journal, and About Place among others. A finalist for Best Microfiction 2023 and longlisted by Wigleaf's Top 50 Short Fiction 2024, she is the author of seven books with the eighth releasing summer of 2025. Candice mentors an incarcerated writer through PEN America, reads for The Los Angeles Review, and binge watches "Murder, She Wrote" with her eight cats. Please find her @Feed_Me_Poetry and https://www.candicemkelseypoet.com/.