This collection is small but mighty. Featuring nine works written in March 2020 or later, the progress of this anthology from cover to cover almost eerily follows the evolution of the pandemic. On the surface, these works are about earthquakes, medication, correctional officers, illness, grandparents, inheritance, first relationships, close relationships, and talking caterpillars. But dig a little deeper and you can find some very relevant, urgent themes. The writing included here is a coping method of the authors as much as the reading of them may be a coping method for readers. As scary as things have been, a little local writing collective was able to pursue their dreams and publish a little local anthology. The creation of  A COVID Year  has been a way for fourteen local creatives to make sense of things, and perhaps the finished collection can be a way for readers to do the same. Written, edited, illustrated, designed, organized, published, and printed in the Edmonton metropolitan area by local creatives.