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Kelly Alcorn

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First name

Kelly

Last name

Alcorn

City

Rollingdam

Profile

Biography

Kelly grew up in Saskatoon and graduated with a Physical Education Degree and an Education Degree from the University of Saskatchewan. Over 30 years, Kelly taught on a Cree reserve in Saskatchewan, three Inuit communities in Nunavut, The United Arab Emirates, Australia and Alberta. Too busy playing sports, coaching sports and raising a family, Kelly finally began writing when he retired from teaching. He lives a quiet life in the backwoods of New Brunswick with his wife, two cats, six hens, two hives of bees and a lot of garden.

WFNB Writing Competition
2023 First Place, Writing for Young Readers, "Randy the Race Coon" Third Place, David Adams Richards Long Fiction "Grand Manan"
2024 Third Pace, Writing for Young Readers, "Dirt Angels"
2025 First Place, David Adams Richards Long Fiction, "Delilah's on the Radio"
2026 Second Place, David Adams Richards Long Fiction "Good Thing"

Publications

The YA novel, "Grand Manan" is scheduled for publication in the Summer of 2026 by Partridge Island Publishing.

The YA novel, "Delia's on the Radio" is loosely scheduled for publication in the summer of 2027 by a different publisher.

Genres

Children's
Fiction
Young Adult

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Territorial Acknowledgement

The Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick acknowledges that the land on which we live, work and gather is the traditional unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) and Mi’kmaq Peoples, and we honour the spirit of our ancestors’ Treaties of Peace and Friendship.

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