Literary CV

Awards

George Johnson Poetry Prize, 1st place, 2025

Creative Nonfiction Publications

“The “Beauty” of My Existence,” Best Canadian Essays 2025. (Biblioasis.) Originally published in The Ampersand Review, Issue 4, Summer 2023.
“Bitch, We’re Gonna Have a Problem,” flo. lit mag, Issue 3: Trials. Winter 2023. Print.
“Battleship,” Potpourri 2020. Summer 2020. Print.

Poetry Publications

“kakorraphiophobia,” The Peter F Yacht Club, Issue 35: 2025 VERSeFest Special. 2025. Print.
“short-circuit,” Sumac Literary Magazine, Issue 2: Finding your Footing. Spring 2024. Online.
“culture shock, a dream,” Sumac Literary Magazine, Issue 2: Finding your Footing. Spring 2024. Online.
“Memory Tree,” Sumac Literary Magazine, Issue 2: Finding your Footing. Spring 2024. Online.
“bed. no. 5,” flo. lit mag, Issue 4: Reverie. Summer 2023. Print.
“12/11/2020  –  02:31 (am),” Sumac Literary Magazine, Issue 1: Embark. Spring 2023. Online.
“The little things,” Healthy Debate: In Their Own Words. 2022. Online.
“Une histoire de couple,” Potpourri 2019. Print.
“Quelle tristesse que d’avoir perdu l’amitié,” Potpourri 2018. Print.
“Un nouveau monde,” Potpourri 2017. Print.

Plays

Signal Breakdown, 2021. Featured in the 2021 Edition of the Ottawa Youth Infringement Festival.
Each on Our Side, 2019. Featured in the 2019 Edition of the Ottawa Youth Infringement Festival.

Zines

Snapshots of the spaces you ruined for us, Summer 2025. Self-published.
everyday graffiti, Summer 2025. Self-published.
Dawn Walks, Fall 2023. Self-published.
and miles to go before i weep, Summer 2023. Self-published.
How to be a “talentless” hack in public, Winter 2023. Self-published.
Touristy Stuff Vol 1: Toronto, Winter 2023. Self-published.
I Need to Repair My Printer, Winter 2023. Self-published.
Passenger, Fall 2022. Self-published.
There’s Nothing to See Here/Nothing Happens Here (double zine), Fall 2022. Self-published.
2021 in Ottawa, Summer 2021. Self-published.
Observations, Summer 2020. Self-published.

Readings

VERSeFest x In Our Tongues, feat. Luna Cardenas-Ibarra, Nshannacapo, Rebecca Kempe. 2025.
English Department Spring Showcase of Literary and Dramatic Arts, Carleton University. 2025.
International Women’s Day Poetry Reading, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada. 2024.

Interviews

“Six Questions interview #191 : Rebecca Kempe” for Chaudière Books, 2023

Selected Blog Posts

“Getting to the End of the Thought; or, Why Write in the Age of AI?”, June 6, 2025
“My Complicated Relationship With the Visual Arts”, November 23, 2024
“The Absolute Horror That Is Dressing for Work; or, How to Navigate Dress Codes”, August 3, 2024