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Courageous Creative

A Creative’s Anthology of Microfiction, Micro-Nonfiction, Fiction Short Story, Poetry & Images

This book is the collaboration of courageous creatives that took a chance by making art to enrich their lives, move forward in their creativity, and take risks to put themselves out there by submitting their work to Indie It Press.

Courageous Creative is filled with works from contest winners, honorable mentions, submitters, and Editor’s picks from  submissions through 2021.

 Edited by Leisa Greene, Dusting Nelson, and Kurtis Hassinger.

Cost: $25

Weightless – WOW! Women On Writing

Q4 Essay Contest Runner-up with publication on WOW! Women on Writing.

Weightless by Leisa Greene – Publication online, October 2019.

Making the Men – We Leave The Flowers Where They Are

41 women, 41 unforgettable true stories.

Published September 2019

We Leave The Flowers Where They Are includes storytelling from women all over the state of Montana, of all ages, and various backgrounds. The anthology is a truly diverse collection, with stories from women all around the Big Sky State, from Powder River to Eureka. Reflecting the lives of all Montana women, the authors’ stories offer joy, pain, humor and hope. From the story of how a midwife in Montana was sued and fought in court to ultimately earn the first professional license issued by the state, to the memoir of an incarcerated woman diagnosed with AIDS, the anthology represents the voices of writers with stories that demand to be told. These memoirs will help other women to not feel alone, ashamed, and to believe that change is possible. 

My memoir chapter Making the Men, is published in this beautiful anthology of Montana women’s diverse stories.

A portion of the book’s proceeds will benefit two nonprofit organizations — Zootown Arts Community Center (ZACC), an arts nonprofit based in Missoula, and Humanities Montana, a nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) with offices around the state.

You can purchase We Leave The Flowers Where They Are at Fact and Fiction.

Windshield – Bright Bones: Contemporary Montana Writing

Published June 2018.

Bright Bones includes fresh poems, stories, lyric essays and translations, as well as cross-genre, collaborative and experimental works. Emerging and established writers from Montana and/or those who have spent a significant amount of time in Montana are featured.

My creative nonfiction piece Windshield,  an experimental excerpt/creative nonfiction piece of my memoir EARLY OUT, is published in Bright Bones.