Kristy Athens’ nonfiction and short fiction have been published in a number of magazines, newspapers and literary journals, most recently High Desert Journal, Barely South Review and the anthology Mamas and Papas. In 2010, she was a writer-in-residence for the Eastern Oregon Writer-in-Residence program and Soapstone. Kristy has served on the boards of the Hood River County Cultural Trust, Independent Publishing Resource Center, and Northwest Writers. She has been a guest blogger for New Oregon Arts & Letters; editor of Columbia Gorge Magazine; and coordinator of the Columbia Center for the Arts Plein Air Writing Exhibition, and of Literary Arts’ Oregon Book Awards and Oregon Literary Fellowships programs. Her book Get Your Pitchfork On!: The Real Dirt on Country Living is forthcoming from Process Media. Kristy lives in Portland, Oregon, where she is office manager at Oregon Humanities. Learn about her writing and text-infused, repurposed collage artwork at http://www.kristyathens.com.
