Callie J. Smith writes about women who, like her, are finding themselves. She’s author of the Sacred Grounds novels and blogs about everyday things like grief, hope, and creativity. Her essays and short stories have appeared in Abbey of the Arts, Academy of the Heart and Mind, Bearings Online, Branches, The Christian Century, Forever Yours: A Dragon Soul Press Anthology, Helix Literary Magazine, A Kintsugi Life, and Women Writers, Women[‘s] Books and received the 2025 Award of Merit (Best in Book) prize from The Polk Street Review and a third-place medal in the 2025 Gals Guide Anthology: Female Friendship. She’s a clergy person in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and a member of the Indiana Writers Center.
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