Hello there.
Kelly Q. Anderson is a professional storyteller that aims to unsettle you. Her award-winning stories have been anthologized, performed on stage, adapted for film, and installed for public art. She consults, teaches, and leads workshops on captivating storytelling, both in-person and online to writers of all levels.. Her bylines include The New York Times, Atticus Review, Stanchion Zine, and more.
In Summer 2024, her flash fiction story That Old Beautiful Love completed short film production and premiered at the Midwest Film Festival in May 2025 at Chicago Cultural Center. It went on to receive nine film festival nominations/selections.
Ms. Anderson is a screenwriter and is currently in post-production for DOLLY’S HAND ON MINE (script and original story by Anderson), re-teaming her with TOBL Director Maggie Meiners. Production wrapped in Summer 2026. The short film features a woman in the throes of postpartum who hallucinates Dolly Parton visiting her in the bathroom. Ms. Anderson is coached by screenwriting instructor Mary Ruth Clarke, original writer of MEET THE PARENTS.
Ms. Anderson holds two degrees from the University of Iowa and a certificate in Diversity & Inclusion from eCornell via Cornell University. She further studied film and screenwriting through coursework at Maine Media College, Northwestern University, NYU, and Sundance Institute. She has served as a fellow and writer-in-residence at The Porches, Writers Colony at Dairy Hollow, and AIR Studio Paducah.
Ms. Anderson is a Certified Yoga Teacher (200-hr), an occasional painter, and the artist behind #FlashCardsbyKQA, mini-stories with maximalist impact. She still doesn’t know how to whistle.
Genres & Art
Screenwriting
Micro Memoir
Photography & Painting
Flash
Poetry
Public Art
Academia & Study
University of Iowa, School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Cambridge Writers’ Workshop: Budapest & Prague
StoryStudio
The Writer’s Loft
eCornell
Off Campus Writers’ Workshop
Northwestern University Summer Writing Conference
The Porches: Fellow
The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow: Writer-in-Residence
Ragdale
A.I.R. Studio Paducah: Artist-in-Residence
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