Decades ago, autodidact/ bloody-minded optimist kerry rawlinson gravitated from sunny Zambian skies to solid Canadian soil. Now she stalks Literature & Art’s Muses around the Okanagan Valley, still barefoot, mostly forgetting to eat. Some contest achievements: Edinburgh International FlashFiction Award; FishPoetryPrize; CAGO Online Gallery Prize. Newer pieces in: Foreign Literature,  Synchronized Chaos; AcrossTheMargin, Sunlight Press; PaintedBride, TupeloQuarterly, ConnecticutRiverReview, Pedestal, Boned, ArcPoetry, amongst others. Visit at tumblr; Tweet @kerryrawli