GÜLER KALEM

I was born in Elbistan on May 16, 1986. In 2007, I graduated from the Department of Turkish Language Teaching at İnönü University. I currently work as a Turkish language teacher in the Defne district of Hatay.
In 2018, I received an honorable mention in the short story competition organized by Nilüfer Municipality in memory of Sevgi Soysal for my story, “Soil, Smoke, and Cat” (“Toprak, Duman ve Kedi”).
In 2019, I won second place in the nationwide competition “Women, Languages, and Stories,” organized by Eğitim Sen (Education and Science Workers’ Union) in İzmir.
In 2021, a letter I wrote to Adam and Eve was selected for inclusion in the anthology for the Gülten Akın Letter Competition, organized by Nilüfer Municipality.
In November 2022, I won first prize in the poetry category of the Women’s Short Story and Poetry Competition organized by the Konak Municipality in İzmir.
In 2023, my short story collection, “Soil, Smoke, and Cat” (“Toprak, Duman ve Kedi”), was published by Gri Yayınevi, an imprint of Öteki Yayınları dedicated to short fiction. I have contributed poems, short stories, and literary essays to various magazines and fanzines, including “Varlık”, “Sadece Şiir”, “Öykü Gazetesi”, “Papirüs”, “Gayet Dergi”, “Deliler Teknesi”, “Sincan İstasyonu”, “Veronika”, “Çağdaş Türk Dili”, “Lacivert”, “Kibatek Turnalar”, “Güney Dergisi”, “Yeni Gelen”, “Şiiri Özlüyorum”, “Bireylikler”, “Femtrak”, “46xx.net”, “Eliz”, “Edebiyat Atölyesi”, “Psike Sinema”, “Bavul”, “Azahat” (Spanish Literature Magazine), “Gulyabani”, “Yaşam Sanat”, “Temrin”, “Çinikitap”, “Sarmalçevrim”, “Mersin Sanat”, “Aratos”, “Amanos”, and “Çayyolu”.