Sahil Alurkar
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Sahil Alurkar

Sahil Alurkar came to Toronto to pursue a career as an exploration geologist in the mining industry. He began photography around the age of 15, armed with a 3.2 MP Canon point and shoot camera .

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Stephanie Aykroyd
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Stephanie Aykroyd

Nature has always been the best antidote for the chaos in Stephanie’s like and she is happiest in the studio, outside with her hands in the garden, making pigments, portaging a canoe, or paddling the remote wilderness.

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David Brun
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David Brun

David Brun has worked in the Canadian film industry for twenty years. He recently embarked on the query process for his memoir, which is based on his mental health struggle while hitchhiking and busking through Latin America.

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Wendy Howell
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Wendy Howell

Wendy Howell has a passion for writing as well as art and can be found in her spare time scribbling down random ideas or starting multiple projects at once.

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Julie Meier
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Julie Meier

Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Julie Meier holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Calgary.

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Debbie Boekestein
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Debbie Boekestein

Debbie Boekestein lives in beautiful Grey Bruce, Ontario, spoiled with beautiful sunrises and sunsets.

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Jamie Quinn Mader
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Jamie Quinn Mader

Jamie Quinn Mader (they/them) is a queer, mad, fat, non binary femme who writes from what is colonially known as Toronto, Ontario.

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Alisa Caswell
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Alisa Caswell

Alisa Caswell is an engineer, a gardener, and a writer. She grew up on Prince Edward Island and now calls northern Alberta home.

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Dustin Ruth
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Dustin Ruth

Dustin Ruth is a former journalist now living in B.C. He always wanted to be a writer and has decided to give this whole writing thing another go.

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Ted McInnis
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Ted McInnis

Christina McArthur (she/her) is member of the pasture poets poetry collective, an informal group of interdisciplinary thinkers, knowers, and poets who feel most seen when weaving words.

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Christina McArthur
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Christina McArthur

Christina McArthur (she/her) is member of the pasture poets poetry collective, an informal group of interdisciplinary thinkers, knowers, and poets who feel most seen when weaving words.

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Jessica Golding
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Jessica Golding

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

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KC Gano
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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
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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
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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
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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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