Jessica Golding
2022 Alanna Rusnak 2022 Alanna Rusnak

Jessica Golding

Jessica Golding is a queer and gender-fluid fiction writer originally from the East Coast.

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KC Gano
2022 Alanna Rusnak 2022 Alanna Rusnak

KC Gano

KC Gano is a forester in training working from the BC interior. She writes poetry, essays and micro fiction.

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Lindsay McDonald
2022 Alanna Rusnak 2022 Alanna Rusnak

Lindsay McDonald

Lindsay McDonald has always loved reading and writing. She is currently studying English and Sociology at Athabasca University.

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Oleksandra Budna
2022, 2023 Alanna Rusnak 2022, 2023 Alanna Rusnak

Oleksandra Budna

Oleksandra Budna grew up in Ukraine. She now lives in Toronto with her family and works as a communications professional for a social justice and health equity organization.

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Ian Clay Sewall
2022 Alanna Rusnak 2022 Alanna Rusnak

Ian Clay Sewall

Ian Clay Sewall is a Canadian based in Los Angeles. He is an MFA candidate at Antioch University and his stories have appeared in Soundings East, Santa Ana River Review, and are forthcoming in Prairie Fire. His films have won awards in both the US and Canada.

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Pauline Peters
2022 Alanna Rusnak 2022 Alanna Rusnak

Pauline Peters

Pauline Peters is an African-Canadian writer living in Toronto. She has been published in Canadian Literature, The Antigonish Review, Room, The Fiddlehead, The Nashwaak Review, and The Windsor Review.

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Andrea Marcelino
2022 Alanna Rusnak 2022 Alanna Rusnak

Andrea Marcelino

Andrea Marcelino is an interdisciplinary artist born and based out of Tkaronto/Toronto, whose practice includes writing, photography, video, and film.

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Michele Alba
2022 Alanna Rusnak 2022 Alanna Rusnak

Michele Alba

Michele Alba has a Master’s degree in painting and fine arts. About five years ago she tried her hand at writing fiction and fell in love.

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Pauline Shen
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Alanna Rusnak 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Alanna Rusnak

Pauline Shen

Pauline Shen is an emerging writer in London, Ontario. Her writing aims to showcase beauty and courage rooted in unexpected and challenging places. Her work is published or forthcoming with Amethyst Review, Blank Spaces, CommuterLit, and Dreamers Creative Writing.

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John Van Rys
2021, 2022 Alanna Rusnak 2021, 2022 Alanna Rusnak

John Van Rys

John Van Rys lives on a hobby farm outside Dunnville, Ontario, with his wife, two youngest children, dogs, cats, horses, and free-run egg-laying hens. When he’s not at home caring for animals, he spends his time as an English professor at Redeemer University in Hamilton, teaching literature and writing courses.

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Rhonda Skinner
2020, 2022, 2023 Alanna Rusnak 2020, 2022, 2023 Alanna Rusnak

Rhonda Skinner

Rhonda Skinner is an Edmonton-based writer. When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading, playing golf, taking photos of wildlife, or playing her ukulele.

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Craig Clark
2019, 2022 Alanna Rusnak 2019, 2022 Alanna Rusnak

Craig Clark

Craig Clark is a writer and editor from Burlington, Ontario. His work has been featured in various publications including the Toronto Star, TERN Magazine, and Medium.

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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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Jennifer Turney
2019, 2022 Alanna Rusnak 2019, 2022 Alanna Rusnak

Jennifer Turney

Jennifer Turney lives in Huntsville, Ontario, where she can usually be found exploring nature and the outdoors with her 3 very active kids (and her husband).

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Desiree Kendrick
2020, 2022 Alanna Rusnak 2020, 2022 Alanna Rusnak

Desiree Kendrick

An Event Planner by day, a writer by night, Desiree Kendrick fused her Bachelor of Arts with a Project Management certificate.

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