Hello there.
Kelly Q. Anderson aims to unsettle you. Her award-winning stories have been anthologized, performed, adapted for film, and installed for public art. Having served various residencies and fellowships, she consults, teaches, and leads workshops on captivating storytelling, both in-person and online. Her bylines include The New York Times, Atticus Review, Stanchion Zine, and more. Her specialty is short form: micro, flash fiction/ nonfiction, and hybrid work.
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, and went on to receive eight film festival nominations/selections.
Ms. Anderson is a screenwriter and continues to write short films and full length features. She is currently in pre-production for DOLLY’S HAND ON MINE (script and original story by Anderson), re-teaming her with TOBL Director Maggie Meiners. Production is slated for Summer 2026.
She holds two degrees from the University of Iowa and a certificate in Diversity & Inclusion from eCornell via Cornell University. She 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
Flash Fiction / CNF
Micro Memoir
Photography & Painting
Screenwriting
Poetry
Public Art
Academia & Study
University of Iowa, School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Cambridge Writers’ Workshop
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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