Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons
@kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social
#Queens Writer, College Essay Writing Instructor, and producer of the switched-up storytelling series No, YOU Tell It!
Visit kellyjeanfitzsimmons.com and noyoutellit.com for more!
Visit kellyjeanfitzsimmons.com and noyoutellit.com for more!
Save the date: 9/17! @noyoutellit "Prom Queens" is a little over a month away at Grove 34 in Astoria.
Here is some of the excitement you can expect.
Stay tuned for ticket information and more at noyoutellit.com
#amwriting #storytelling #WriterSky #Prom #BKBF
Here is some of the excitement you can expect.
Stay tuned for ticket information and more at noyoutellit.com
#amwriting #storytelling #WriterSky #Prom #BKBF
August 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Save the date: 9/17! @noyoutellit "Prom Queens" is a little over a month away at Grove 34 in Astoria.
Here is some of the excitement you can expect.
Stay tuned for ticket information and more at noyoutellit.com
#amwriting #storytelling #WriterSky #Prom #BKBF
Here is some of the excitement you can expect.
Stay tuned for ticket information and more at noyoutellit.com
#amwriting #storytelling #WriterSky #Prom #BKBF
Two weeks left to submit your prom poem or story to our PROM QUEENS anthology!
Submit and spread the word to the Queens writers in your life: www.poetsofqueens.com/submissions
#amwriting #submissions #Queens #WriterSky
Submit and spread the word to the Queens writers in your life: www.poetsofqueens.com/submissions
#amwriting #submissions #Queens #WriterSky
July 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Two weeks left to submit your prom poem or story to our PROM QUEENS anthology!
Submit and spread the word to the Queens writers in your life: www.poetsofqueens.com/submissions
#amwriting #submissions #Queens #WriterSky
Submit and spread the word to the Queens writers in your life: www.poetsofqueens.com/submissions
#amwriting #submissions #Queens #WriterSky
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Meet our next "My Place" storyteller, Francisco Delgado!
Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with him and story coach Chenda Bao reading this Saturday at @kewandwillow.bsky.social
Read about @delgadoquinata718.bsky.social and grab tickets to our show here: www.noyoutellit.com/2025/05/19/m...
Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with him and story coach Chenda Bao reading this Saturday at @kewandwillow.bsky.social
Read about @delgadoquinata718.bsky.social and grab tickets to our show here: www.noyoutellit.com/2025/05/19/m...
May 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Meet our next "My Place" storyteller, Francisco Delgado!
Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with him and story coach Chenda Bao reading this Saturday at @kewandwillow.bsky.social
Read about @delgadoquinata718.bsky.social and grab tickets to our show here: www.noyoutellit.com/2025/05/19/m...
Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with him and story coach Chenda Bao reading this Saturday at @kewandwillow.bsky.social
Read about @delgadoquinata718.bsky.social and grab tickets to our show here: www.noyoutellit.com/2025/05/19/m...
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Meet (and wish a Happy Birthday to!) our first "My Place" storyteller, Mary Lannon!
Her unpublished novel, Tide Girl, was a finalist for the 2023 PEN\Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Read more about her and grab tickets to our show here: www.noyoutellit.com/2025/05/15/m...
Her unpublished novel, Tide Girl, was a finalist for the 2023 PEN\Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Read more about her and grab tickets to our show here: www.noyoutellit.com/2025/05/15/m...
May 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Meet (and wish a Happy Birthday to!) our first "My Place" storyteller, Mary Lannon!
Her unpublished novel, Tide Girl, was a finalist for the 2023 PEN\Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Read more about her and grab tickets to our show here: www.noyoutellit.com/2025/05/15/m...
Her unpublished novel, Tide Girl, was a finalist for the 2023 PEN\Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Read more about her and grab tickets to our show here: www.noyoutellit.com/2025/05/15/m...
I'm a 2025 Queens Arts Fund recipient!
This project-based grant enables me to offer "Prom Queens: Prom Story and Portrait Trading Workshops" connected to a forthcoming anthology. More info at
www.kellyjeanfitzsimmons.com/prom-queens/
Thank you @nyfacurrent and @nyculture! bit.ly/QAF_2025 #QAF2025
This project-based grant enables me to offer "Prom Queens: Prom Story and Portrait Trading Workshops" connected to a forthcoming anthology. More info at
www.kellyjeanfitzsimmons.com/prom-queens/
Thank you @nyfacurrent and @nyculture! bit.ly/QAF_2025 #QAF2025
May 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I'm a 2025 Queens Arts Fund recipient!
This project-based grant enables me to offer "Prom Queens: Prom Story and Portrait Trading Workshops" connected to a forthcoming anthology. More info at
www.kellyjeanfitzsimmons.com/prom-queens/
Thank you @nyfacurrent and @nyculture! bit.ly/QAF_2025 #QAF2025
This project-based grant enables me to offer "Prom Queens: Prom Story and Portrait Trading Workshops" connected to a forthcoming anthology. More info at
www.kellyjeanfitzsimmons.com/prom-queens/
Thank you @nyfacurrent and @nyculture! bit.ly/QAF_2025 #QAF2025
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THIS WEDNESDAY join @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social & Zach Rothman-Hicks at The World's Borough Bookshop for an evening of writing and portrait trading. Head to the link below for more info, and stay tuned for an exciting announcement coming this Wednesday 😏 www.kellyjeanfitzsimmons.com/prom-queens/
May 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
THIS WEDNESDAY join @kjfitzsimmons.bsky.social & Zach Rothman-Hicks at The World's Borough Bookshop for an evening of writing and portrait trading. Head to the link below for more info, and stay tuned for an exciting announcement coming this Wednesday 😏 www.kellyjeanfitzsimmons.com/prom-queens/
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We had a great time at our first story meeting last night!!! Get tickets to our next show in 3 weeks from today at Grove 34 here: www.grove34.com/event-detail...
May 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We had a great time at our first story meeting last night!!! Get tickets to our next show in 3 weeks from today at Grove 34 here: www.grove34.com/event-detail...
Today at 2!!
Today!!! Come write with us at @qplnyc.bsky.social at 2pm and find your place in Queens as we explore our beloved borough with @queensmemory.bsky.social & Greater Astoria Historical Society with artwork by Ellen Stedfeld.
Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
May 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Today at 2!!
Give a 🎶!!
Listen now! Part 2 of "Before & After" is now streaming, featuring story swaps from @nicolegreevy.bsky.social & Carl M. Banks. Check it out here: www.noyoutellit.com/2025/05/02/b... on all major streaming platforms. Phot credit @russrow.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Give a 🎶!!
Excited for Saturday's workshop with Greater Astoria Historical Society @noyoutellit.bsky.social @queensmemory.bsky.social
RSVP here! Register here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
RSVP here! Register here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
April 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Excited for Saturday's workshop with Greater Astoria Historical Society @noyoutellit.bsky.social @queensmemory.bsky.social
RSVP here! Register here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
RSVP here! Register here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
New College Essay KJ: Please read and share.
collegeessaykj.substack.com/p/what-would...
#collegeessay #collegeadmissions
#DEI #highered
collegeessaykj.substack.com/p/what-would...
#collegeessay #collegeadmissions
#DEI #highered
April 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
New College Essay KJ: Please read and share.
collegeessaykj.substack.com/p/what-would...
#collegeessay #collegeadmissions
#DEI #highered
collegeessaykj.substack.com/p/what-would...
#collegeessay #collegeadmissions
#DEI #highered
New project coming soon! First, who want to come with on Sunday?
Check out Poets of Queens this coming Sunday, curated by alum Olena Jennings & featuring poetry by alum Vaughn M. Watson! Tix here: www.poetsofqueens.com/journal
And stay tuned for an exciting teamup announcement with Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons and Poets of Queens!!
And stay tuned for an exciting teamup announcement with Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons and Poets of Queens!!
April 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
New project coming soon! First, who want to come with on Sunday?
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Next Sat! Come share your Queens story with this free workshop at @qplnyc.bsky.social Broadway branch in partnership with @queensmemory.bsky.social and the Greater Astoria Historical Society!! Register here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#writing #amwriting #WriterSky #writingcommunity
#writing #amwriting #WriterSky #writingcommunity
April 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Next Sat! Come share your Queens story with this free workshop at @qplnyc.bsky.social Broadway branch in partnership with @queensmemory.bsky.social and the Greater Astoria Historical Society!! Register here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#writing #amwriting #WriterSky #writingcommunity
#writing #amwriting #WriterSky #writingcommunity
Give a listen 🎶!!
ICYMI, you can now listen to "Before & After"! Check out this amazing story swap at the link below or on your favorite podcast app.
📸Russ Rowland
www.noyoutellit.com/2025/04/18/b...
📸Russ Rowland
www.noyoutellit.com/2025/04/18/b...
April 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Give a listen 🎶!!
Next show! May 28!!
Tix are now available for our next show! You don't want to miss this team up with Greater Astoria Historical Society & @queensmemory.bsky.social. Can't wait until 5/28? Join us 5/3 at @qplnyc.bsky.social at Broadway to define YOUR place in Queens. More info here: www.noyoutellit.com/2025/04/23/n...
April 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Next show! May 28!!
Sign up for the next Sunnyside Arts Sip & Scribe on 5/2 at 7pm. Hop to it!!
www.sunnysideartsnyc.com/service-page...
www.sunnysideartsnyc.com/service-page...
April 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Sign up for the next Sunnyside Arts Sip & Scribe on 5/2 at 7pm. Hop to it!!
www.sunnysideartsnyc.com/service-page...
www.sunnysideartsnyc.com/service-page...
Wrote a piece that judges and praises Taylor Swift for HiLobrow's DEFER YOUR ENTHUSIASM series, so everyone can come after me.
www.hilobrow.com/2025/04/17/d...
Thank you for the opportunity, @adammcgovern.bsky.social
#swiftie #swifties #taylorswift #WriterSky
www.hilobrow.com/2025/04/17/d...
Thank you for the opportunity, @adammcgovern.bsky.social
#swiftie #swifties #taylorswift #WriterSky
April 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Wrote a piece that judges and praises Taylor Swift for HiLobrow's DEFER YOUR ENTHUSIASM series, so everyone can come after me.
www.hilobrow.com/2025/04/17/d...
Thank you for the opportunity, @adammcgovern.bsky.social
#swiftie #swifties #taylorswift #WriterSky
www.hilobrow.com/2025/04/17/d...
Thank you for the opportunity, @adammcgovern.bsky.social
#swiftie #swifties #taylorswift #WriterSky
Hope to see you on May 3!
Register here: forms.gle/tdVrFFRo8i34...
Register here: forms.gle/tdVrFFRo8i34...
April 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Hope to see you on May 3!
Register here: forms.gle/tdVrFFRo8i34...
Register here: forms.gle/tdVrFFRo8i34...
Excited to be working with Zach Rothman-Hicks on my upcoming PROM QUEENS project. More soon!
Quick shout out to NYTI alum Zach Rothman Hicks for receiving a @flushingtownhall.bsky.social Artists in Queens Grant for his upcoming series Our Stories / Our Selves. See the full description and check out all grantees here: www.flushingtownhall.org/agq-grantees...
April 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Excited to be working with Zach Rothman-Hicks on my upcoming PROM QUEENS project. More soon!
COME WRITE WITH US
We're celebrating #nationallibraryweek by sharing our upcoming free workshop at @qplnyc.bsky.social at Broadway. Explore your Queens story with @queensmemory.bsky.social, the NYTI team, and Bob from GAHS for an interactive day. More here: www.noyoutellit.com/2025/04/09/c...
We're celebrating #nationallibraryweek by sharing our upcoming free workshop at @qplnyc.bsky.social at Broadway. Explore your Queens story with @queensmemory.bsky.social, the NYTI team, and Bob from GAHS for an interactive day. More here: www.noyoutellit.com/2025/04/09/c...
April 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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The Commuter and Personal Narrative are opening for submissions on April 21! Send us your flash pieces, your poetry your graphic narratives, and your longform creative nonfiction. We can't wait to read your work!
Head to our Submittable for more details: buff.ly/1nd67zJ
Head to our Submittable for more details: buff.ly/1nd67zJ
April 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Commuter and Personal Narrative are opening for submissions on April 21! Send us your flash pieces, your poetry your graphic narratives, and your longform creative nonfiction. We can't wait to read your work!
Head to our Submittable for more details: buff.ly/1nd67zJ
Head to our Submittable for more details: buff.ly/1nd67zJ
Happy #NationalPoetryMonth
Your perfect National Poetry Month podcast has arrived!
Each episode features poets from Queensbound's four editions paired with the MTA station announcements for the stations to which the poems correspond.
Listen here:
open.spotify.com/show/7mSIllg...
Each episode features poets from Queensbound's four editions paired with the MTA station announcements for the stations to which the poems correspond.
Listen here:
open.spotify.com/show/7mSIllg...
April 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Happy #NationalPoetryMonth
Big plans for my birthday month. Save the dates!!
Following the big announcement yesterday, our first planned workshop is ONE MONTH away! Join us as we partner with @queensmemory.bsky.social & Greater Astoria Historical Society to define "My Place in Queens." Learn more about this free workshop and register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
April 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Big plans for my birthday month. Save the dates!!
New year at Madison Junior School working with the 7th graders to find, draft, and revise personal narratives. Then I edit and publish them in an anthology! Would you like a memoir-writing residency at your middle or high school to turn your students into published authors? Reach out!
#memoir
#memoir
April 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New year at Madison Junior School working with the 7th graders to find, draft, and revise personal narratives. Then I edit and publish them in an anthology! Would you like a memoir-writing residency at your middle or high school to turn your students into published authors? Reach out!
#memoir
#memoir
Big news!! @noyoutellit.bsky.social received TWO @flushingtownhall.bsky.social grants in support of our Queens programming in partnership with Greater Astoria Historical Society and @queensmemory.bsky.social plus Queens student shows!
More info at www.noyoutellit.com/2025/04/02/b...
More info at www.noyoutellit.com/2025/04/02/b...
April 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Big news!! @noyoutellit.bsky.social received TWO @flushingtownhall.bsky.social grants in support of our Queens programming in partnership with Greater Astoria Historical Society and @queensmemory.bsky.social plus Queens student shows!
More info at www.noyoutellit.com/2025/04/02/b...
More info at www.noyoutellit.com/2025/04/02/b...