Kristen Forbes

About me

Industry Publishing
Occupation Writer
Location United States
Introduction Kristen Forbes is a freelance writer whose articles, essays, short stories and one-act plays have been published in Bleed, Groundswell Magazine, Role/ Reboot, Bluestem Magazine, The Boulevard, Constellations: A Journal of Poetry and Fiction, The Rumpus, Front Porch Review, Brave on the Page: Oregon Writers on Craft and the Creative Life, Crack the Spine Literary Magazine, Modern Love Rejects, Bartleby Snopes, Down in the Dirt Magazine, Wavelength Magazine, Aspens Magazine, Stork Magazine, Portland Tribune, Beaverton Valley Times, Tigard-Tualatin-Sherwood Times, Lake Oswego Review, West Linn Tidings, Regal Courier, Sherwood Gazette, Southwest Community Connection, Boom!, Clackamas Review, Estacada News, Forest Grove News-Times, Gresham Outlook, Oregon City News, Sandy Post, The Bee, South County Spotlight, Pause: Journal of Dramatic Writing, and the Stand Up To Cancer web site. Her short story "Hair Club for Men and the Peacock Lady" was voted the July 2012 Story of the Month at Bartleby Snopes. She holds a BFA in writing, literature and publishing from Emerson College and an MFA in creative writing from Antioch University.