Pivoting after a thirty-year career, Karen’s music studio-turned-writing sanctuary continues to be a creative space for her art and her voice; she’s still weaving melodies, just with a different medium. In addition to longlisting in multiple international awards and contests, Karen is the winner of Creative Nonfiction Collective’s 2025 CNF Contest (pushcart nominated), a Fiddlehead 2025 Creative Nonfiction Contest finalist, and a 2025 International Amy MacRae Award finalist. Find her most recent work in The Fiddlehead, Grain Magazine, Dreamers Creative, Fahmidan, Beyond Words, and Slippery Elm. Connect with her on instagram @kar_e_moore and facebook.com/the.kar.e.moore
About Karen "Karen Moore’s brilliant writing is informed by her acute
observations, her depth of historical and musical knowledge, and her
masterful creativity. Full of surprises and delights, her work is a joy
to read.”
Suzanne Noll, author of No Coincidence, in You Might Need to Hear This (2023).
Our Reflections in Flames - “This genre-bending essay on loss, grief, sorrow, and the aftermath of an intense trauma is truly a masterpiece…..I am in awe of this piece…..a wonder in the artform.” Danny Ramadan, 2025 CNFC-Fiddlehead Creative Nonfiction Contest Judge, and author of Crooked Teeth: A Queer Syrian Refugee Story (2024).
“Karen’s distinct voice takes readers on a journey, telling stories that are so deeply compelling and moving that you feel as if she is drawing her bow across the heartstrings of humanity itself. She is a writer to watch out for.”