Kelly has been named the 2013 winner of the Barbara Novak Writing Award for Excellence in Personal Essay or Humour Writing. Kelly won the award for her essay, “We Are a (Military) Family,” which appeared in the Heritage House book Embedded on the Home Front: Where Civilian and Military Lives Converge. The award is given each year by the Professional Writers Association of Canada and was presented last night at MagNet, the national conference in Toronto. Unfortunately, Kelly couldn’t be there but is honoured to received the award.
