kelley tai

about

Born to Taiwanese-Chinese immigrants, Kelley Tai is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and a 2024 CSFFA Aurora Award-nominated poet. She graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in Computer Science and spends her day as a Product Manager for one of the largest banks in the world. She is currently based in NJ/NYC where she lives with her husband and two kitties.

Note: Kelley's editorial services at Bramble & Crow Books are on hiatus indefinitely.

publications

poetry

2026

• wanderlush — Quotidian Bagatelle — forthcoming
• acceptance criteria — Quotidian Bagatelle — forthcoming

2025

• Time Force — SpecPoVerse (Volume 1, Issue 2)
• mania — SpecPoVerse (Volume 1, Issue 2)
• Saturn and I — Utopia (August 2025, Volume 7, Issue 1)
• wicked games — SpecPoVerse (Volume 1, Issue 1)

2024

• As a, I want to, so I can — Reprint in Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Two

2023

• As a, I want to, so I can — Heartlines Spec (Issue 2)
• sail mail — Solarpunk Magazine (Issue 9)

fiction

2026

• Picture Day — We Make the Village, Winter Jewel Publishing — forthcoming
• The Grass is Pinker on the Other Side — Luna Station Quartelry (Issue 66, Year 17) — forthcoming

2025

• OTP — Horror Tree, Trembling With Fear

2024

• Oaks, Spokes, Our Folks — This Is Your Bike on Plants (Volume 12)

2023

• Red and green, orange and blue, me and you — Shoreline of Infinity Magazine (Issue 36)

2022

• Tomorrow — Martian Magazine (Issue 7)

nominations & awards

Augur Magazine, Issues 8.1-8.3, Kerry C. Byrne, Toria Liao, André Geleynse, Kelley Tai, and Azure Arther is a finalist for the 2026 CSFFA Aurora Award for Best Related Work

"As a, I want to, so I can" was a finalist for the 2024 CSFFA Aurora Award for Best Poem/Song