Publications

Publications and Prizes

Coming Home: A Spiritual Memoir, Shanti Arts, 2022. Honorable Mention, 2023 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards, in the categories of Memoir and Religion/Spirituality.

“A Village at Lakeside,” creative non-fiction, in the Dalhousie Review, 2016

“Legacy,” short fiction, in Ruminate, Spring 2014 (winner of Ruminate’s 2014 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize and nominated for the 2014 Pushcart Prize)

“Family Party,” poem, in the Dalhousie Review, 2014

“Border Crossing,” short fiction, in Descant, Winter 2014

“A Cloud of Mothers,” creative non-fiction, finalist in Ruminate’s 2012 Vandermey Nonfiction Prize and longlisted for Prism International’s 2012 creative non-fiction prize

Readings and Residencies
“Prairie Morning,” and “These Grapefruit Trees,” poems, read at the Sage Hill Writing Experience
(residency) public reading, August 2013
“Legacy” (excerpt), short fiction, read at the Descant winter issue launch, Toronto, Ontario, January 2014, and The Festival of Faith and Writing, Calvin University, Michigan, April 2014
“Snow,” poem, read at public poetry reading, Central Public Library, 2018, Kingston, Ontario

Songs and Concerts
“You Are All Things Beautiful,” lyrics by Lori Vos, music by Jeanine Noyes, on the album “He is Here”
“The Gift,” “The Light,” “The Voice,” a trilogy of Christmas carols, lyrics by Lori Vos, music by Peter Krochak, performed by the Forte Men’s Choir, December 2016, Toronto, Ontario
“Trinity Prayer,” lyrics by Lori Vos, music by Peter Krochak, performed by the Kingston Chamber Choir,
April 2018, Kingston, Ontario

To see excerpts of these pieces, see the My Thoughts page.