My Writing Portfolio
Writing Education
University of New Brunswick, MA (Creative Writing & English
Literature), 2003-2006
York University, Part-Time Creative Writing courses
(both fiction and poetry) 2001-2003.
Freefall Writing Course, Trent U, Peterborough, ON, taught by Orm Mitchell, 2002.
Weekend Writing Workshop/Retreat led by Frances Itani, 2003.
Poetry Publications
“Easier.” lichen Literary Journal. 4.1 (Spring 2002): 14.
“Second Thoughts.” lichen Literary Journal. 4.1 (Spring 2002): 15.
“Snow Stopped The Town.” Room of One’s Own. 26.4 (2003): 27-8.
“Hung Wedding Dress.” The Fiddlehead. No. 223 (Summer 2004): 45.
“Dusk.” Event. 34.2 (2005): 28.
“Leaving Ontario.” Event. 34.2 (2005): 29.
“Windows.” The Fiddlehead. No. 228 (Summer 2006): 80.
“Wintering.” The Fiddlehead. No. 228 (Summer 2006): 81.
“Gull Rock Fissure Vein, Keweenaw County.” The Fiddlehead. No. 228
(Summer 2006): 82-3.
“Riding the Train, Kingston to Port Hope.” The Harpweaver. 14 (2006): 56.
“Summer Photograph.” The Dalhousie Review. 87.3 (Autumn 2007): 365-366.
“The Dying Years.” The Dalhousie Review. 87.3 (Autumn 2007): 367.
“Sleepers.” Prairie Fire. 29.1 (April 2008): 31.
“Lucy, 1923, 10 years old.” Possessions: Eldon House Poems. (2010): 14-15.
“Three Horses.” Poetry in Motion. London Transit Commission, London, ON
(April, 2011)
Where The Backroads Take You. Chapbook. Baseline Press. 2014.
Writing Awards
1st prize, Poetry London’s Annual Poetry Contest, 2009: “Thinning.”
Angela Ludan Levine Memorial Book Prize, UNB English Department, 2005,
awarded for “best creative work” at Graduate Level.
SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship for Creative Work on Poetry Thesis, 2005.
2nd prize, Room of One’s Own Annual Poetry Contest, 2003: “Snow Stopped The Town.”
1st prize, Toronto Canadian Authors Association Short Story Competition, 2002: “Carnaby And Clover.”
