Jason Grunn
2017 Alanna Rusnak 2017 Alanna Rusnak

Jason Grunn

Jason Grunn is a graduate of the Sociology program at Mount Royal University, a lifeguard, and a freelance writer.

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Allen Forrest
2017 Alanna Rusnak 2017 Alanna Rusnak

Allen Forrest

Born in Canada and bred in the U.S., Allen Forrest has worked in many mediums: computer graphics, theatre, digital music, film, video, drawing, and painting.

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Jibola Fagbamiye
2017 Alanna Rusnak 2017 Alanna Rusnak

Jibola Fagbamiye

Influenced by artists like Shepard Fairey, Lemi Ghariokwu, Andy Warhol, and Abayomi Barber, Nigerian-Canadian, JIBOLA FAGBAMIYE explores how eyeglasses influence our opinion of pop and cultural icons, in his dynamic series ‘POINT OF VIEW’. 


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Jennifer Ellis
2017 Alanna Rusnak 2017 Alanna Rusnak

Jennifer Ellis

Jennifer Ellis was born and raised in Los Angeles, California until the age of twelve when she moved to Toronto with her family.

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Sue Corke
2017, 2016 Alanna Rusnak 2017, 2016 Alanna Rusnak

Sue Corke

Sue Corke is a retired public servant who has wanted to write since she was twelve, and now, finally, has the time.

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Trisha Causley
2017 Alanna Rusnak 2017 Alanna Rusnak

Trisha Causley

Trisha Causley has a PhD in Linguistics, which has facilitated past lives in academia, artificial intelligence, and native language dictionary development.

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Nancy Allan
2017 Alanna Rusnak 2017 Alanna Rusnak

Nancy Allan

Nancy Allan is a former Medical Laboratory Technologist (Microbiology). As a teenager, Nancy read some poetry by the English poets (Wordsworth, Tennyson) that captivated her imagination.

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J.J. Steinfeld
2018, 2017 Alanna Rusnak 2018, 2017 Alanna Rusnak

J.J. Steinfeld

Fiction writer, poet, and playwright J. J. Steinfeld lives on Prince Edward Island, where he is patiently waiting for Godot’s arrival and a phone call from Kafka.

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Leslie Hill
2020, 2017 Alanna Rusnak 2020, 2017 Alanna Rusnak

Leslie Hill

Leslie Hill taught high school in Toronto for twenty-five years before moving to Scotland to live in the Findhorn Foundation.

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Amy Pepin
2017 Alanna Rusnak 2017 Alanna Rusnak

Amy Pepin

Amy Pepin loves horses, and loves to write. She lives in Saskatchewan with her parents and three younger sisters.

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Garth Pettersen
2017 Alanna Rusnak 2017 Alanna Rusnak

Garth Pettersen

Garth Pettersen is a Canadian writer living in the Fraser Valley near Vancouver, BC. He has a Bachelor's Degree in History and a background in Education (History, English, Theatre).

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Tanya MacIntosh
2017 Alanna Rusnak 2017 Alanna Rusnak

Tanya MacIntosh

Tanya MacIntosh holds a BA(Hon) in Creative Writing and Religious Studies from York University.

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Jenny Parsons
2017 Alanna Rusnak 2017 Alanna Rusnak

Jenny Parsons

Jenny Parsons won two Dora performance arts awards while writing and performing with the comedy institution, The Second City.

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Brian Austin
2016, 2017 Alanna Rusnak 2016, 2017 Alanna Rusnak

Brian Austin

Brian Austin and his wife live in Walkerton, Ontario. They have three grown children and nine grandchildren.

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Geraldine Mac Donald
2016, 2017, 2022 Alanna Rusnak 2016, 2017, 2022 Alanna Rusnak

Geraldine Mac Donald

Geraldine Mac Donald is a graduate of Queen's University, a former registered nurse, a medical/scientific translator; a writer, published author, and mother of four.

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