Curtain Call

Daniel Bay is a short fiction writer based out of Toronto, Ontario. He obtained his M.A. in Critical and Creative Writing from the University of Gloucestershire in Cheltenham, England. His previous publications include short fiction in Blank Spaces Magazine, The Copperfield Review, Floyd County Moonshine, and others. A love of geography, spirituality, and the relationship between Person, Place, and Space, is what fuels his commitment to writing fiction that seeks to better understand how individuals are changed when navigating these dynamic elements.

Courtney Bill is currently pursuing her BA in creative writing. Her work has appeared in The Adroit Journal, PRISM International, The New Quarterly, Canthius, The /tEmz/ Review, Literary Heist, and elsewhere.

James Dunnigan is a writer, scholar and editor from Montreal and author of five poetry chapbooks. He has published in The Fiddlehead, Maisonneuve Magazine, CV2, Event Magazine, HA&L, Echolocation, and other publications across Canada. He was a finalist for the QWF Quebec Writing Competition in 2014 and the Gwendolyn MacEwen Award for poetry in 2018. He is currently completing a PhD in English at the University of Toronto.

Lara El Mekaui is an editor, writer, teacher, and researcher. Her writing has been published in World Literature Today, The New Quarterly, Wasafiri, Event Magazine, Annahar English, Beirut Today, and Home Magazine.

Ling Ge is an immigrant author based in Toronto. Her writing has appeared in The Heron’s Nest, emerge 23, and elsewhere. Her debut poetry chapbook Snow Flowers will be released by Anstruther Press in Spring 2025.

Parastoo Geranmayeh is a writer and translator working in both Persian and English. Her first English short story was published in River Styx Literary Magazine and nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

Bobbie Jean Huff is a Canadian-American whose debut novel, The Ones We Keep, was published by Sourcebooks. She has written short stories, essays and poems for various Canadian and American publications.

Nayani Jensen is a writer and science historian from Kjipuktuk (Halifax). Her work has appeared in Nature, Augur, and elsewhere. She received the 2024 RBC Bronwen Wallace award from the Writers’ Trust of Canada.

Kathleen Keenan is a Toronto-based writer and children’s book editor. Her writing has been published online at The Primer, Book Riot, The Billfold and elsewhere.

Helen Knott is a Dane Zaa, Cree, Metis, and mixed settler descent woman who is the author of two memoirs, In My Own Moccasins, and Becoming A Matriarch. Her work has won a BC Yukon Book Prize, has been longlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize, selected as one of Indigo’s top ten books of 2023, and made the best sellers lists for the Globe and Mail, CBC, and the Toronto Star.

Laurie Koensgen lives and writes in Ottawa. Recent publishers include The Ex-Puritan, Stone Circle Review, and Rust and Moth. Laurie’s fourth chapbook, this clingstone love, is forthcoming with Pinhole Poetry Press.

Jessica Lee McMillan is a poet with recent/forth- coming poems in The Malahat Review, QWERTY, CV2, and Canadian Literature. Jessica lives in New Westminster BC with her little family and large dog.

Angela Long is an award-winning, multi-genre writer whose work has appeared in numerous publications, from the Globe and Mail to Utne Reader to Poetry Ireland Review. She’s the author of a poetry collection (Observations from Off the Grid) and a book of travel essays (Every Day We Disappear). She’s currently based on a lavender farm on Vancouver Island.

In addition to TNQ, Kari Lund-Teigen’s work has appeared in The Fiddlehead, Prairie Fire, and Grain. She lives and writes in Ottawa.

MJ Malleck’s work has appeared in The Temz Review, EVENT and The Dalhousie Review. In 2024 she won the gritLIT Flash Fiction contest and placed second in Geist’s Postcard Story contest.

Lauren Marshall’s poetry has been published in The Antigonish Review, The Dalhousie Review, The Malahat Review, and The Puritan. She lives in Vancouver, BC.

Curtis John McRae’s debut fiction collection, Quietly, Loving Everyone, is forthcoming (Véhicule Press 2025). Curtis is the Editor-in-Chief of yolk literary journal.

Cree Nomad (Britney Supernault) is a Métis-Cree author, climate activist, and social media personality based in Edmonton, Alberta. On the rare occasion you find them not slumped over a laptop writing, you can find her knitting Christmas socks with her Kokum, drinking another cup of tea, or advocating for Indigenous rights on a global stage.

Alena Papayanis is a queer writer, essayist, professor, and speaker whose writing on queerness, coming out “later in life,” love, and people-pleasing has appeared in numerous publications, such as Huffpost, Chatelaine, the Globe and Mail.

Lauren Peat’s debut poetry chapbook, Future Tense, was recently published by Baseline Press. Translation Editor for the online poetry magazine Volume, she lives in Vancouver and works in public education.

Stephen J. Price writes and teaches writing in Treaty 7 territory that he grew up calling Calgary. He is particularly interested in helping late bloomers, those who have taken up writing late in life.

Leannah Riah Fidler lives in southern B.C and draws her inspiration from the landscapes of the natural world. She has previously been published in the Black Bear Review. She is working on her first poetry chapbook and is often found staring out the window.

Rebecca Rogerson is a poet and essayist. Born and raised in northern Alberta, she now resides on Ləkwəŋə ̓ n territory in Victoria BC, where she studies writing at the University of Victoria.

Pamela Rojas is a visual artist with over 30 years of experience, specializing in community art projects and drawing inspiration from the Latin American mural movement. Her work brings vibrant cultural perspectives to North America, empowering communities through creative expression.

Chyana Marie Sage is a Cree, Métis, and Salish writer from Edmonton, Alberta. Her essay “Soar” won first place in the Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest, then won Silver in the National Magazine Awards. She holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from Columbia University, where she taught as an adjunct professor. Her journalism has appeared in HuffPost, The New Quarterly, and the Toronto Star. She teaches Indigenous youth how to foster self-love and healing for Connected North and models in her spare time. When she isn’t working, she is travelling and seeing nature around the world.

Eleonore Schönmaier has been honoured with the CBC Poetry Prize (finalist), Alfred G. Bailey Prize, National Broadsheet Prize, and Earle Birney Prize. Her latest collection is Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete (MQUP). eleonoreschonmaier.com

James Southworth recently completed his first novel through Humber College’s Creative Writing Program. He holds a PhD in philosophy and teaches academic writing. James is based in Waterloo, Ontario.

Sanjana Srikant likes to think she is primarily a creative person, only moonlighting in biomedical engineering research. Outside of science, she enjoys being curled up with a mug of something hot, and a book, or writing (long hand with real pens and paper) and is an alto singer in local choirs. Her writing inspi- ration is drawn from the rich traditions and history of her hometown in South India and her life in Canada.

Cecilia Vizcaíno is from Argentina where she studied Literature and Editing. In 2001 she moved to Canada. She is a Spanish teacher and editor. She currently works at the Kitchener Public Library and is a past participant and mentor for The X Page Workshop.

Glenn Willmott is a writer and a scholar at Queen’s University where he teaches modern experimental and popular genres. “Almost Sexual” belongs to a story sequence in development, Love Songs for Friends and Foes.

Yagaba’a is a Nisga’a/Metis student and writer based in Prince George, British Columbia. He has previously been published in Thimbleberry as Sean Robinson, and enjoys fishing, reading, and sitting on the porch with his cats.

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