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WRITING CONTESTS AND AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 \u00a0– Finalist for the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction for Peacekeeper\u2019s Daughter: A Middle East Memoir<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 – Winner, 2021 Doula Support Foundation\u2019s Birth Story Contest \u00a0(2nd place) for \u201cWinter Rose\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020 – Winner, The New Quarterly\u2019s Edna Staebler Award for Personal Essay (2nd place) for \u201cTerrorist Mythologies\u201d. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019\u00a0– \u201cTerrorist Narratives\u201d\u00a0 (first published in\u00a0Malahat Review<\/em>) selected and published in\u00a0Best Canadian Essays of 2019 (forthcoming)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018\u00a0– Finalist in CANSCAIP\u2019s 2018 Writing for Children Awards for \u201cAll Alone, War Pigeon\u201d (picture book category)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017\u00a0– Honourable Mention in\u00a0subTerrain\u2019<\/em>s 2017 Lush Triumphant Literary Awards for \u201cSanctuary\u201d (essay published in Fall 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016\u00a0 – Honourable Mention in\u00a0Room<\/em>\u00a0Magazine\u2019s 2016 Fiction Contest for \u201cGarbarge Girl\u201d\u00a0https:\/\/roommagazine.com\/writing\/garbage-girl<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016\u00a0– Finalist in\u00a0Ruminate<\/em>\u00a0Magazine\u2019s Spiritual Non-Fiction Contest for \u201cHeaven\u2019s Gate\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015\u00a0\u00a0– \u201cBeirut Bombing\u201d (first published in\u00a0EVENT<\/em>) selected and published in\u00a0Best Canadian Essays of 2015<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015\u00a0– Finalist in Writers\u2019 Union of Canada Short Fiction Contest for \u201cCarrying War\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014\u00a0– Nominated for a National Magazine Award for the creative non-fiction essay \u201cThe Twelfth Year\u201d.\u00a0Grain<\/em>\u00a0Vol. 41.1, Fall 2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014\u00a0– Nominated for a Western Magazine Award for \u201cThe Twelfth Year\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Grain<\/em>\u00a0Vol. 41.1, Fall 2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014\u00a0– Shortlisted in Top Ten for\u00a0EVENT<\/em>\u00a0Magazine\u2019s Creative Non-Fiction competition for \u201cBeirut Bombing\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012\u00a0– Long-listed for the Writers\u2019 Union of Canada Writing for Children Competition for\u00a0Touch the Moon<\/em>\u00a0(picture book category)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2002\u00a0– Top Ten Finalist for\u00a0EVENT<\/em>\u00a0Magazine Creative Non-Fiction Contest #15 for \u201cThe Twelfth Year\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GRANTS                     <\/strong>2015 Canada Council for the Arts grant for \u201cThe Twelfth Year\u201d memoir project<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MEMBERSHIPS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quebec Writing Federation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CANSCAIP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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