Elaine Russell - Author
About Elaine Russell
Elaine Russell was born in Canada but is now a US citizen. A military wife for seventeen years and moving all over the US, she finally settled in North Carolina with her three kids where she enjoys the sunshine and the water and gets to pursue her love of writing. Her appetite for reading eventually turned into a passion to become an author, penning poetry, short stories and an occasional novel.
Awards, Grants & Scholarships
Recipient of The Writers Happiness Movement Tiny Grant by Lori Snyder at splendidmola.com (Dec 2020)
Recipient Scholarship to attend the 19th annual (virtual) James River Writers Conference, Oct 9 2021
Recipient 2022 Northern Colorado Writers Writing Heights Writers Conference Scholarship, Ft. Collins, CO. Apr 2022
Full scholarship to attend the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers' 2022 Colorado Gold Writers Conference – Denver Sept 2022
2026 San Francisco Writers Conference Director's Scholarship
Publications
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• My poem "The Jay" was published in the Spring 2017 issue of SLAM, the Student Literary and Arts Magazine of Pierce College, Puyallup WA.
• My short story "Legend of the Nags Head Lighthouse" was published by https://theelixirmagazine.com/, March 2021
• My essay "Pursue That Grant" was published in Issue 467 of authorspublish.com, May 2022 https://authorspublish.com/pursue-that-grant/
• My Poem "The Jay" was re-published in Defuncted Journal, on Oct 2, 2022 https://medium.com/defuncted/the-jay-by-elaine-russell-62bfd5b1582b
• One of my stories “My Wicked Halloween Trick or Treat Surprise” was published in 42 Stories Anthology Presents: Book of 42² Paperback – October 29, 2024 https://a.co/d/f7BI7K7
• My short story "Snapped" was published by online magazine https://100subtextsmagazine.blogspot.com Oct 2025
• My short Story “The Legend of the Nags Head Lighthouse” was selected for the Ghost Stories 2 anthology to be published by SEZ Publishing, dec 2025