Jennifer A. Weigand
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Upcoming Novel
YA fantasy novel in verse
Jennifer will be seeking representation / traditional publication for this novel.
More information to come when drafting is complete.
Published Short Stories and Memoir
"Who She Used to Be" - Johns Hopkins's Tendon Magazine, published February 16, 2026
Link: https://hopkinsmedicalhumanities.org/tendon-magazine/issue-8-care/who-she-used-to-be/
"The Elephant Between Us" - Livina Press: Issue 13, published July 26, 2025
(see below for online reprint of this story)
"Its Smile" - The 100 Word Project from Manawaker Studio, published June 8, 2025
Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/100-word-project-130866857
(publication in yearly print anthology pending)
"Enough" - Five Minutes, published June 2, 2025
Link: https://www.fiveminutelit.com/enough
"What We Store Deep in Drawers" - Honorable mention in Creation Magazine's The Midnight Hour Anthology, published February 9, 2025
Link: https://indd.adobe.com/view/cf8a51fd-72bc-435e-a358-2636fe44d6b9
Additional short stories are currently being submitted. Updates will be posted when available.
Published Poetry
"Leave Me the Light" - Made from Midnight: a requiem, an anthology from Poets in the Pines, published November 4, 2025
Link: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/made-from-midnight-kelly-miller/1148580924
"He Chose Me" - The Zest of the Lemon Volume 3, published September 25, 2025
Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSSGNKSY
"esTEEM" - Pfudalmda Dadamag, published spring 2025
Link (scroll via arrows to find Jennifer's submission): https://www.pfudalmda.xyz/issues/lofve
Additional poems are currently being submitted. Updates will be posted when available.