ReLit Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 21 (2021) Winner
Kristyn Dunnion
クリスティン・ダニオン
Kurisutin Danion
Aliases:
Miss Kitty Galore
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1969-08-06 （Essex County, Ontario）
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Essex County, Ontario → Toronto, Ontario
Career
- Occupations
- fiction writer, performance artist, bassist
- Active Years
- 2003-2024
- Nominations
- Lambda Literary Awards 2012 nominee for lesbian fiction (The Dirt Chronicles)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McGill University | Faculty of English and Theatre | English Department | — | — | Canada |
| University of Guelph | Faculty of English and Theatre | English Department | — | — | Canada |
McGill University
Faculty of English and Theatre
/ English Department
Country:
Canada
University of Guelph
Faculty of English and Theatre
/ English Department
Country:
Canada
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Machigonne Fiction prize | Last Call at the Dogwater Inn | short story | The New Guard | winner |
| 2021 | ReLit Award | Stoop City | short fiction | ReLit | winner |
Machigonne Fiction prize
2015
Work:
Last Call at the Dogwater Inn
Category:
short story
Organization:
The New Guard
Result:
winner
ReLit Award
2021
Work:
Stoop City
Category:
short fiction
Organization:
ReLit
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Missing Matthew
2003 young adult novelYoung adult novel.
lossidentity
Mosh Pit
2004 young adult novelYoung adult novel about mosh pit.
punk culture
Big Big Sky
2008 science fiction novelScience fiction novel.
sci-fihorror
Tarry This Night
2017 novelAdult novel.
erotic
The Dirt Chronicles
2011 short story collectionShort story collection, Lambda nominee.
lesbianpunk
Stoop City
2020 short story collectionShort story collection, ReLit winner.
Bibliography
- Missing Matthew
- Mosh Pit
- Big Big Sky
- Tarry This Night
- The Dirt Chronicles
- Stoop City
- Off the Record
- Tahoma Literary Review Issue #9
- The New Guard Volume V
- subTerrain Volume 6 Issue #60
- Grain Magazine Volume 41 Number 1
- Glitterwolf halloween Special Edition
- Saints + Sinners 2015
- With a Rough Tongue: Femmes Write Porn
- Periphery: Lesbian Erotic Futures
- Fist of the Spiderwoman: Tales of Fear & Queer Desire
- Geeks, Misfits and Outlaws
- The Horrors: Terrifying Tales, Book One
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- science fictionpunk culturehorror literatureerotic literature
- Recurring Motifs
- queer themesoutlaw figures
Legacy
Canadian LGBTQ+ writer and performance artist known for blending science fiction, punk culture, and horror in her fiction.
Trivia
- Performed cabaret shows as Miss Kitty Galore.
- Bassist in the all-female heavy metal band Heavy Filth (2008-2011).
- Currently plays bass in the Toronto-based rock band Bone Donor.