CV
BOOKS - POETRY
2011 - Onion Man, Tightrope Books
FICTION & NON-FICTION PUBLICATIONS
2011 - "Cry Baby," Joyland: a hub for short fiction
2011 - "Brown Bottles," EarLit Shorts 6, Rattling Books (TBA)
2011 - "Thin Blue Snake," Nothing. No One. Nowhere.
2011 - "Buddy Boy," Branch Magazine
2010 - "Sealed Containers," CellStories
2010 - "Money," PIF
2009 - "The Botanical Project,"Interview with Hoang Pham, Ducts.org
2009 - "Somewhere," YYZ Artist Outlet
2008 - "Sealed Containers," Lies With Occasional Truth
2008 - "The Reluctant Narrator," Interview by Jeremy Drummond, Ducts.org
2007 - "Brown Bottles," The Danforth Review
2005 - "Travellers," TransVerse 4
2002 - "A Young Boy on Whose Father a Tree Had Fallen," PRISMinternational
2002 - "Lunch," Room of One's Own
2002 - "Fishing," Stand Magazine
POETRY PUBLICATIONS
2012 - "Anti-depressants," "Rat Tail," "Ugly Girls," "Subway," and "Lucky," The Windsor Review: Filth Issue
2012 - "Jesus Christ" and "Oprah," Descant
2012 - "Pipeline," Capilano Review, Ecology Issue
2012 - "Twister," Rattle Poetry's audio archive
2012 - "Companion," Geist, Erasure Poem Contest, Short List
2011 - "Jackie Gleason," Montreal International Poetry Prize, Longlist Anthology, Véhicule Press
2011 - "Bookstore," HTMLGIANT, Sunday Service
2011 - "Don't Take It Away," The Antigonish Review
2011 - "Pipeline," Enpipe Line
2011 - "The Cottage" and "Ghost," Feathertale
2011 - "About a Bully," The Toronto Quarterly
2011 - "Twister," Rattle Poetry, Canadian Tribute Issue
2011 - "Swimming Lessons," Prose-Poem Project
2010 - "Global Warming" and "Gun Shots," The Puritan
2010 - "The Wedding Reception" and "Rock Out," La Petite Zine
2009 - Various, Audio, Wordsalad
2009 - "Thin Blue Snake," nthposition
2009 - "Weights" and "Cross-eyed," This Magazine
2009 - "Skinheads," Geist.com
2009 - "Weight Watchers," Sub-TERRAIN
2008 - "Skinheads," Pilot Pocket Books
2008 - "Lesley Aimes," The Antigonish Review
2008 - "Murder," Carousel Magazine
2008 - "Pillsbury Factory: 8 poems," Carte Blanche
2008 - "Pillsbury Factory: 3 poems," Misunderstandings Magazine
2008 - "The Saddest Place on Earth," The Salzburg Poetry Review
2006 - "McGuinnis Lake" and "January," Descant
2002 - "Jim 1940, 1950, 1980," Pottersfield Portfolio
FILMOGRAPHY
2010 - The Old Ways, 15 minutes, 16mm, Co-writer
2010 - Three Vignettes, 4 minutes, HD, Writer/Co-director/Co-producer
2008 - Reindeer in the Mountains, 8 minutes, DV, Writer/Co-director/Co-producer
2008 - Umbrella, Bravo!Fact, 5 minutes, HD, Writer/Co-producer
2007 - The Reluctant Narrator, 11 minutes, DV, Writer/Co-director/Co-producer
2006 - Skinheads, 16 minutes, 35 mm, Colour, Canadian Film Centre & NBC/Universal, Writer
2006 - Spoonfed, 15 minutes, 35 mm, Colour, Canadian Film Centre & NBC/Universal, Writer
2006 - If I See Randy Again…, 15 minutes, 35 mm, Colour, CFC & NBC/Universal, Story Editor
2002 - Lingering, Writer/Dirctor: Anneli Ekborn, short film, SFU, Story Editor
AWARDS
2011 - Finalist, Kraft Media Prize and the WPA Experimental Media Prize, Curated by DJ Spooky
2010 - Quaterfinalist in BlueCat Screenplay Competition, Piss Tank
2010 - SFFS/Djerassi Residency Screenwriting Fellowship, Weak People Are Fun to Torment
2010 - Finalist in CBC Literary Awards, Poetry, Onion Man
2007 - Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival, Silver Remi Award Winner, Skinheads
2007 - Quarterfinalist, ASA's 10th Annual International Screenplay Competition, Piss Tank
2007 - The Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival, Awarded: InVision Prize, Skinheads
2007 - Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Nominated for Best Drama, Spoonfed
2007 - Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival, Gold Remi Award Winner, Spoonfed
2006 - Euroshorts International Festival of Short Film, Awarded: Special Merit Award, Skinheads
2005 - Quarterfinalist, Academy Award Foundation's Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, Piss Tank
2002 - Finalist for Arc Magazine's Poem of the Year Contest
2000 - Finalist in CBC Radio & Saturday Night Magazine Canadian Literary Awards, A Young Boy on Whose Father a Tree Had Fallen
2000 - Jack Hodgins Award for the Sage Hill Summer Experience
1999 - Third Prize in the Toronto Start Short Story Contest, Fishing
1999 - Semifinalist, Academy Award Foundation's Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, Piss Tank
1998 - Praxis Summer Screenplay Readings Workshop, Piss Tank
1998 - Praxis Spring Screenwriting Competition, Piss Tank
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2011 - Toronto Screenwriting Conference
2010 - Toronto Screenwriting Conference
2008 - Canadian Screen Training Centre: SIFT, Directing
2005 - Canadian Film Centre, Film Resident Program, Writers' Lab
2001 - Praxis Story Editor Apprenticeship, Praxis Centre for Screenwriters
1998 - University of British Columbia, M.F.A, Creative Writing
1994 - Concordia University, B.A, Honours English & Creative Writing
WRITING RESIDENCIES AND LABS
2010 - San Francisco Film Society/Djerassi Residency Award
2006 - Toronto International Film Festival, Talent Lab
2001 - Banff Centre for the Arts, Fiction Writing Studio
2000 - Sage Hill Writing Experience, Fiction Workshop
MEMBERSHIPS
AWP, Association of Writers and Writing Programs
CCWWP, Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs
WGC, Writers Guild of Canada
2011 - Onion Man, Tightrope Books
FICTION & NON-FICTION PUBLICATIONS
2011 - "Cry Baby," Joyland: a hub for short fiction
2011 - "Brown Bottles," EarLit Shorts 6, Rattling Books (TBA)
2011 - "Thin Blue Snake," Nothing. No One. Nowhere.
2011 - "Buddy Boy," Branch Magazine
2010 - "Sealed Containers," CellStories
2010 - "Money," PIF
2009 - "The Botanical Project,"Interview with Hoang Pham, Ducts.org
2009 - "Somewhere," YYZ Artist Outlet
2008 - "Sealed Containers," Lies With Occasional Truth
2008 - "The Reluctant Narrator," Interview by Jeremy Drummond, Ducts.org
2007 - "Brown Bottles," The Danforth Review
2005 - "Travellers," TransVerse 4
2002 - "A Young Boy on Whose Father a Tree Had Fallen," PRISMinternational
2002 - "Lunch," Room of One's Own
2002 - "Fishing," Stand Magazine
POETRY PUBLICATIONS
2012 - "Anti-depressants," "Rat Tail," "Ugly Girls," "Subway," and "Lucky," The Windsor Review: Filth Issue
2012 - "Jesus Christ" and "Oprah," Descant
2012 - "Pipeline," Capilano Review, Ecology Issue
2012 - "Twister," Rattle Poetry's audio archive
2012 - "Companion," Geist, Erasure Poem Contest, Short List
2011 - "Jackie Gleason," Montreal International Poetry Prize, Longlist Anthology, Véhicule Press
2011 - "Bookstore," HTMLGIANT, Sunday Service
2011 - "Don't Take It Away," The Antigonish Review
2011 - "Pipeline," Enpipe Line
2011 - "The Cottage" and "Ghost," Feathertale
2011 - "About a Bully," The Toronto Quarterly
2011 - "Twister," Rattle Poetry, Canadian Tribute Issue
2011 - "Swimming Lessons," Prose-Poem Project
2010 - "Global Warming" and "Gun Shots," The Puritan
2010 - "The Wedding Reception" and "Rock Out," La Petite Zine
2009 - Various, Audio, Wordsalad
2009 - "Thin Blue Snake," nthposition
2009 - "Weights" and "Cross-eyed," This Magazine
2009 - "Skinheads," Geist.com
2009 - "Weight Watchers," Sub-TERRAIN
2008 - "Skinheads," Pilot Pocket Books
2008 - "Lesley Aimes," The Antigonish Review
2008 - "Murder," Carousel Magazine
2008 - "Pillsbury Factory: 8 poems," Carte Blanche
2008 - "Pillsbury Factory: 3 poems," Misunderstandings Magazine
2008 - "The Saddest Place on Earth," The Salzburg Poetry Review
2006 - "McGuinnis Lake" and "January," Descant
2002 - "Jim 1940, 1950, 1980," Pottersfield Portfolio
FILMOGRAPHY
2010 - The Old Ways, 15 minutes, 16mm, Co-writer
2010 - Three Vignettes, 4 minutes, HD, Writer/Co-director/Co-producer
2008 - Reindeer in the Mountains, 8 minutes, DV, Writer/Co-director/Co-producer
2008 - Umbrella, Bravo!Fact, 5 minutes, HD, Writer/Co-producer
2007 - The Reluctant Narrator, 11 minutes, DV, Writer/Co-director/Co-producer
2006 - Skinheads, 16 minutes, 35 mm, Colour, Canadian Film Centre & NBC/Universal, Writer
2006 - Spoonfed, 15 minutes, 35 mm, Colour, Canadian Film Centre & NBC/Universal, Writer
2006 - If I See Randy Again…, 15 minutes, 35 mm, Colour, CFC & NBC/Universal, Story Editor
2002 - Lingering, Writer/Dirctor: Anneli Ekborn, short film, SFU, Story Editor
AWARDS
2011 - Finalist, Kraft Media Prize and the WPA Experimental Media Prize, Curated by DJ Spooky
2010 - Quaterfinalist in BlueCat Screenplay Competition, Piss Tank
2010 - SFFS/Djerassi Residency Screenwriting Fellowship, Weak People Are Fun to Torment
2010 - Finalist in CBC Literary Awards, Poetry, Onion Man
2007 - Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival, Silver Remi Award Winner, Skinheads
2007 - Quarterfinalist, ASA's 10th Annual International Screenplay Competition, Piss Tank
2007 - The Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival, Awarded: InVision Prize, Skinheads
2007 - Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, Nominated for Best Drama, Spoonfed
2007 - Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival, Gold Remi Award Winner, Spoonfed
2006 - Euroshorts International Festival of Short Film, Awarded: Special Merit Award, Skinheads
2005 - Quarterfinalist, Academy Award Foundation's Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, Piss Tank
2002 - Finalist for Arc Magazine's Poem of the Year Contest
2000 - Finalist in CBC Radio & Saturday Night Magazine Canadian Literary Awards, A Young Boy on Whose Father a Tree Had Fallen
2000 - Jack Hodgins Award for the Sage Hill Summer Experience
1999 - Third Prize in the Toronto Start Short Story Contest, Fishing
1999 - Semifinalist, Academy Award Foundation's Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, Piss Tank
1998 - Praxis Summer Screenplay Readings Workshop, Piss Tank
1998 - Praxis Spring Screenwriting Competition, Piss Tank
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2011 - Toronto Screenwriting Conference
2010 - Toronto Screenwriting Conference
2008 - Canadian Screen Training Centre: SIFT, Directing
2005 - Canadian Film Centre, Film Resident Program, Writers' Lab
2001 - Praxis Story Editor Apprenticeship, Praxis Centre for Screenwriters
1998 - University of British Columbia, M.F.A, Creative Writing
1994 - Concordia University, B.A, Honours English & Creative Writing
WRITING RESIDENCIES AND LABS
2010 - San Francisco Film Society/Djerassi Residency Award
2006 - Toronto International Film Festival, Talent Lab
2001 - Banff Centre for the Arts, Fiction Writing Studio
2000 - Sage Hill Writing Experience, Fiction Workshop
MEMBERSHIPS
AWP, Association of Writers and Writing Programs
CCWWP, Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs
WGC, Writers Guild of Canada
