2010 – 2019

Sonal Champsee, MFA 2017

Sonal Champsee, MFA 2017

Sonal Champsee’s short fiction and essays have been published by magazines such as The New Quarterly, Ricepaper, and Literary Mama. She was a finalist for the Writer’s Union of Canada’s 2017 Emerging Writers Short Prose contest, and has had a play produced by Prathidhwani Drama Wing in Seattle. Sonal holds an MFA in Creative Writing from […]

Marie Powell, MFA 2011

Marie Powell, MFA 2011

Marie Powell is the author of more than 40 published children’s books, including the young adult fantasy Last of the Gifted: Spirit Sight (Summer 2020) and Water Sight (Fall 2020). She holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. Her award-winning short stories and poetry appear in such literary magazines […]

John Mavin, MFA 2010

John Mavin, MFA 2010

John Mavin has taught creative writing at Capilano University, Simon Fraser University, the University of British Columbia, with New Shoots (through the Vancouver School Board), and at the Learning Exchange in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. A past nominee for both the Aurora Award and the Journey Prize, his short fiction has been translated, studied, and published […]

Andrea Miller, MFA 2012

Andrea Miller, MFA 2012

I’m an editor and staff writer at Lion’s Roar (formerly the Shambhala Sun) and I’m the editor of three anthologies: Right Here with You: Bringing Mindful Awareness into Our Relationships; Buddha’s Daughters: Teachings from Women Who Are Shaping Buddhism in the West; and All the Rage: Buddhist Wisdom on Anger and Acceptance. My writing has […]

Justin Neal, MFA 2015

Justin Neal, MFA 2015

Brought up on Bainbridge Island, Washington, Justin left a marketing career in New York City to earn a joint MFA in Creative Writing & Theatre from UBC, choosing in part to its proximity to where his Squamish relatives live. Justin’s screenplay The Skins Game (in development, summer 2020) with Curiosity Pictures and Really Real Films, […]

Katherin Edwards, MFA 2013

Katherin Edwards, MFA 2013

Katherin Edwards, former maid, gardener and racehorse groom is currently employed as a home support worker and floral designer. A two-time winner at Eden Mills for poetry, her work has been published in The New Quarterly, The Malahat Review and ARC poetry magazine. A chapbook, The Sky Was 1950 Blue, created in collaboration with artist […]

Andrea Hoff, MFA 2015

Andrea Hoff, MFA 2015

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Anthony Demers, MFA 2014

Anthony Demers, MFA 2014

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Carly Vandergriendt, MFA 2016

Carly Vandergriendt, MFA 2016

Carly Rosalie Vandergriendt is a Montreal-based writer, editor, and translator. Her work has appeared (or is forthcoming) in The Malahat Review, Room, Matrix, Cosmonaut’s Avenue, Riddle Fence, (parenthetical), and elsewhere.   www.carlyrosalie.com Follow Carly on Twitter Follow Carly on LinkedIn Follow Carly on Facebook Publications: (parenthetical):http://www.wordsonpagespress.com/2016/11/15/houseboat/ Cosmonaut’s Avenue:http://www.cosmonautsavenue.com/carly-rosalie-vandergriendt-the-host/ Room: https://roommagazine.com/issues/canadian-gothic Columbia College Literary Review:http://sites.cougars.ccis.edu/ccliteraryreview/current-issue The Maple […]

Keri Korteling, MFA 2016

Keri Korteling, MFA 2016

Keri Korteling is a writer, editor and teacher with an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC. Her work appears in Red Rock Review 38. She lives with her family in Vancouver, B.C. Follow Keri on Twitter and Instagram.