Nicole Melanson

Nicole Melanson has been awarded Australia Council grants in both poetry and fiction and was shortlisted for the 2021 Island Nonfiction Prize. She is the founding editor of WordMothers, supporting women’s work in the literary arts. A native Bostonian and former Sydneysider, Nicole presently lives in Brisbane with her husband and their five sons, where she runs poetry workshops and mentors emerging writers with disabilities. Find her at www.nicolemelanson.com / www.wordmothers.com / wordmothers.

Articles by Nicole Melanson:

14 April 202318 April 2023 · Fiction

Fiction | Spare key

Nicole Melanson

Tayla placed the cap back on the permanent marker and swivelled her foot around. When light shone directly on the shoe, you could see the difference in colour but otherwise the ink matched well. She’d get another couple of weeks out of that patch before it needed touching up again.