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| Name | Vina Vu Nguyen |
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| Location | Calgary, Alberta |
| Biography | Vina Nguyen is a queer, Vietnamese Canadian settler living in MohêkÍnêstsis on Treaty 7 territory (Calgary, Alberta). Her story, –We Are the Boatês People,” was the 2020 creative nonfiction winner of Briarpatchês Writing in the Margins contest. Her writings have found homes in The Selkie, FEED, antilang., and others. Sheês crafted two music EPs with Vina After Dark and is working on a novel about disappearing, identity, and misplaced love. After her adventures in biological sciences, medicine, and education, writing stories and songs centred on emotional honesty have become the lifeblood of her work. She works as a substitute teacher in the public school system. |
| Publications | Creative Nonfiction –We Are the Boatês People” Briarpatch Magazine, 2020 Writing in the Margins Contest Judged by Larissa Lai March 1, 2021 Flash Fiction & Short Stories –Eat” The Selkie, resiliency anthology March 31, 2021 –What Is Mine” The Anti-Languorous Project, antilang. no. 8 November 14, 2020 –Social Engagement” The Anti-Languorous Project, antilang. no. 8 November 14, 2020 –Them” FEED Literary Magazine, October Special Issue 1.27 October 22, 2020 –The Sleeping Towers” Lida Literary Magazine, Issue 02 August 9, 2020 –All the Vulnerable Things” The Selkie, The Same Havoc anthology May 15, 2020 –Oxygen Tank” The Selkie October 14, 2019 –Gentle, Gentle” The Selkie August 26, 2019 –Daddy Long-Legs” Every Day Fiction January 29, 2019 Poems –Ourobouros” The Alexandra Writers Centre Society, 40th Anniversary anthology Forthcoming –For We Will Extrapolate till It Is Too Late” 50/50 Magazine, Issue 2: Climate Changes July 30, 2020 Lyrics –Belief” 50/50 Magazine, Issue 2: Climate Changes July 27, 2020 |
| Awards | Short Fiction Longlist "Sequoyah's Tree" PRISM international, 2021 Jacob Zilber Prize Judged by T_a Mutonji April 10, 2021 Creative Nonfiction Contest Winner –We Are the Boatês People” Briarpatch Magazine, 2020 Writing in the Margins Contest Judged by Larissa Lai March/April 2021 Issue Flash Fiction Contest Winner –The Sleeping Towers” Lida Literary Magazine, Issue 02 August 9, 2020 |
| Experience | Education: A New Way of Looking at Plot (Ann Napolitano) One Story, June 4-8, 2020 Revise with Hannah Tinti (Hannah Tinti) One Story, February 27-March 2, 2020 20,000 Word Weekend (Bradley Somer) AWCS, November 3-4, 2018 Creative Writing Level I and II (Lori Hahnel) AWCS, September 5-December 13, 2017 Critiquer: Member of Worldwide Web Writers Workshop Critique fellow members' creative writing |
| Memberships | Alexandra Writers Centre Society (AWCS) |
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| Vina Nguyen on Twitter |