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No. 235 Summer 2026
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website: cowgirlgrammar.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cowgirl.grammar/ LILLIAN AU (SALCHNER) writes short stories and poetry. Her work has been published in literary journals, anthologies, and newspapers. A former broadcast journalist, Lillian lives in North Vancouver. Instagram: @lilliansalchner and @lillian_au_writes YUAN CHANGMING holds a PhD in English and co‐edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan in Vancouver. A former poetry juror for Canada’s National Magazine Awards, Yuan began writing and publishing prose in 2022. Return to Roots (a CNF collection) and Towards (a novel trilogy) were both released in February 2026. website: http://yuanspoetry.blogspot.com CALDER CLARE lives in Canada. HAYLEY CLIN, a writer living in Brantford, ON, is researching eco‐social work at Wilfrid Laurier U and is the assistant editor of Glossy Planet Magazine. Her work is published in PRISM International, Palette Poetry, Thread, and Chestnut Review. website: https://hayleyclin.my.canva.site Instagram: @hayleyclinwrites RAEGAN COTE is a queer poet based in Prince George, BC. She holds an English MA from the University of Northern British Columbia, specializing in Romantic literature and ecocriticism. Her poetry has previously been published in Plenitude and Room, among others. Instagram: @pulptownfairy RYAN DAVISON, who holds a doctorate in neuroscience and authors scientific papers, is a writer and literary critic residing in Portugal and the USA. Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/142667932-ryan-davison Open Letters Review: https://openlettersreview.com/?author=65d913885615990093e6462e ORI FIENBERG is the author of Where Babies Come From (2026). His writing has appeared in Carousel, Ploughshares, and Smartish Pace. Ori is co‐founder of Drill Press Press, purveyor of literary holes. Bluesky: @artfulherring.bsky.social Instagram: @artfulherring JONATHAN FOCHT is a self‐taught writer whose work has appeared in CV2, EVENT, filling Station, Literary Review of Canada, and Queen’s Quarterly. He lives in northern Ontario. DANIEL GOOD is a Jewish‐Sḵwx̱wú7mesh artist who lives and writes on Vancouver Island, where he volunteers and works for non‐profits. His writing has been supported by The Malahat Review and The Dalhousie Review. PATRICK GRACE is a writer living in the Pacific Northwest. His debut poetry collection, Deviant, was a finalist in 2025 for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry. He is the managing editor of Plenitude, Canada’s queer lit mag. GILLIAN HARDING-RUSSELL is a Saskatchewan poet, editor, and reviewer with five published collections of poetry and eight chapbooks. A new chapbook, A Handle on Things, will appear in 2026. website: https://gillianharding-russell.ca LEE HUTZULAK organizes and participates in a live music showcase (You Sing The Song) every two months for students and staff at the Vancouver Film School. He creates original artwork and posters to promote each show. His love for designing eye‐catching posters was noticed by Coastal Jazz, and he was commissioned to create the artwork for this year’s Vancouver International Jazz Festival. website: https://leehutzulak.ca Instagram: @leehutzulak DONNA KANE is the author of four books of poetry and one of non‐fiction. Her most recent project is writing about her practise of sleeping outside. website: https://www.donnakane.com CC KLAMANN lives in Toronto and works in an office. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Grain and Chicago Quarterly Review. AMBER KROGEL is a writer from the Okanagan living in Toronto. She has an MA in political science from the University of Toronto. Her work has appeared in Broken Antler, Glass, Literary Review of Canada, and Room. YS LEE’s poems have won CV2’s 2022 Foster Poetry Prize and been anthologized in Best Canadian Poetry 2025. Her first full‐length collection is Rebuke the Ghosts (2027). She also writes fiction and picture books. website: https://www.yslee.com Instagram: @ysleewrites JULS MACDONELL studies and works on the unceded lands of the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples. She is the recipient of the 2025 Lorna Crozier Scholarship Award for Poetry. His writing can be found in Prairie Fire, The /tƐmz/ Review, and elsewhere. website: https://www.julsmac.ca Instagram: @juls.mac CONNOR MUGGLI MANSON is a poet and short‐story writer from Vancouver, BC now residing in Montréal. He has a BA in creative writing from Concordia University. CARA-LYN MORGAN lives in the Greater Toronto Area. As both one of the Indigenous people of Canada and a First Generation Canadian, she explores the historical and cultural experiences of Black and Indigenous people through the lens of motherhood, family stories, and her deep connection to the land. website: https://www.cara-lynmorgan.com STEVE NOYES is the author of five poetry collections and two chapbooks. website: http://stevenoyes.weebly.com Instagram: @stevemnoyes EDMOND PANG, born in Hong Kong, began writing in English, his second language, at fifty‐one. His work has appeared in Kweli Journal, BULL, and Flash Frontier. He lives and works between New York, Tokyo, and Vancouver with his wife. “The Suitcase at Yokohama Station” is his first published novella. Medium: @edmondpang KIERAN KALLS RICE is a writer of Coast Salish (Snuneymuxw First Nation) and Scottish settler descent who is an MA candidate in creative writing at the University of Toronto. An excerpt of his novel won the 2025 Indigenous Voices Award for unpublished prose. Instagram: @kier.rice SNEHA SUBRAMANIAN KANTA, born in Mumbai, is an academician, editor, and writer. The author of six chapbooks, she is the Poet Laureate of the City of Mississauga and a founding editor of Parentheses Journal. Her work has been widely anthologized internationally. website: https://www.snehasubramaniankanta.com K.B. THORS is the author of Vulgar Mechanics (2019). An Icelandic‐Ukrainian from Treaty 6/7 land, Thors has published in venues such as Room, Vallum, Poetry, and Harvard Review. The translator of five books of poetry, fiction, and art text, she serves as translation editor for ARC Poetry. website: https://kbthors.com Instagram: @kbthors DALE TRACY is the author of the full‐length poetry collection Derelict Bicycles (2022); several chapbooks, including Gnomics (2024) and Lines that Open (Surrey Art Gallery, 2023); and the scholarly monograph With the Witnesses (2017). She is a faculty member at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Bluesky: @daletracy.bsky.social GENEVIÈVE WYNAND is a BC‐based writer and editor with work in print, online, and included in public‐art displays. Her words have appeared with PRISM International, Grain, Tricycle, and Introvert, Dear, among others. website: genevievewynand.com Instagram: @genevievewynand | |
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