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| Name | Lee Kvern |
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| Business Name | Fictionist |
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| Location | Okotoks, Alberta |
| Biography | Lee Kvernês short stories from 7 Ways to Sunday have garnered the CBC Literary Award, the Howard •Oê Hagan Short Fiction Award, Western Magazine Award and Hazel Hilles Short Fiction Prize. Afterall selected for the regional 2013 Canada Reads, nominated for the Alberta Book Awards. The Matter of Sylvie nominated for the Alberta Book Awards and Ottawa Relit Award. Heavy Weight for Silence shortlisted, Jon Whyte Essay Award. Sangfroid in Two Movements, semi-finalist, Tillie Olsen Short Story Award 2017. Work produced for CBC Radio, published in Event, Descant, Air Canada enRoute. subTerrain. The Tishman Review, Globe and Mail. On-line: Joyland.ca, Foundpress.com and LittleFiction.com Wordfest Family Ties Moderator 2017 Writer-in-Residence, Alexandra Centre for Writers 2016 Author-in-Residence, Calgary Public Library 2015 Alberta Writer's Guild Mentor 2014/2016 Writer-in-Residence, Canadian Authors Association 2013 www.leekvern.com |
| Publications | Sangfroid in Two Movements, The Tishman Review 2017 What Does it Mean to be a Writer? Facts&Arguments, The Globe and Mail 2017 How To Build A Street Girl, short story, Loft112, 2016 7 Ways to Sunday, short story collection, Enfield&Wizenty 2014 Detachment, short story, subTerrain 2012 The Matter of Sylvie, novel, Brindle & Glass Publishing Ltd 2010 White, story reprint, Freshwater Pearls Anthology 2011, Routes 2010 I May Have Known You, short story, Descant 2009 White, short story, CBC Literary Awards, Between The Covers, enRoute Magazine 2008 Fourteen, short story, CBC Alberta Anthology 2007 Visibility, short story, CBC Alberta Anthology 2006 Afterall, novel, Brindle & Glass Publishing Ltd 2005 |
| Awards | Sangfroid in Two Movements, semi-finalist, Tillie Olsen Short Story Award 2017 Heavy Weight for Silence, shortlist, Alberta Literary Awards 2017 Heavy Weight for Silence, longlist, carte blanche Creative Non-Fiction Contest, 2017 High Ground, finalist, Howard •OêHagan Short Fiction 2015 Detachment, Winner, Western Magazine Award 2013 In Search of Lucinda, Winner, Howard •OêHagan Short Fiction 2013 Afterall, Canada Reads, Prairie and North selection 2012 In Search of Lucinda, Hazel Hilles Memorial Short Fiction Award 2012 Detachment, Lush Triumphant, runner-up, subTerrain 2012 The Matter of Sylvie, novel finalist, Ottawa Relit Awards 2011 The Matter of Sylvie, novel finalist, Alberta Book Awards 2011 I May Have Known You, short story finalist, Alberta Literary Awards 2010 Detachment, short story finalist, Malahat Review Open Season Award 2010 White, National Winner, CBC Literary Awards 2007 Fourteen, Winner short story, CBC Alberta Anthology 2007 Visibility, Winner short story, CBC Alberta Anthology 2006 Afterall, trade finalist, Alberta Book Awards 2006 The Nothing Yard, Winner, Heritage Short Story Contest 1999 |
| Experience | Howard •OêHagan Short Story Award Jury 2017 Saskatchewan Book Award Fiction, Jury Chair 2017 Quebec Writersê Federation Fiction Jury 2016 Canada Council Fiction Jury 2016 Bob Edwardês Luncheon, Table Host 2015 Robert Kroestsch City of Edmonton Book Prize 2015 Enbridge Emerging Artist Award 2014 Saskatoon Fiction Book Awards, Jury Chair 2013 Exporting Alberta Awards Host/Co-ordinator 2013 Writers Guild of Alberta 2012 Alberta Arts Foundation Literary Grant Jury 2011 Routes Short Fiction Jury 2011 The Writers Union of Canada Postcard Competition 2011 Western Magazine Awards, Fiction Jury 2008-2011 Heritage Short Story Jury 2000 The Writers Union of Canada Postcard Competition 2011 Western Magazine Awards, Fiction Jury 2008-2011 Heritage Short Story Jury 2000 Writers' Guild of Alberta Mentor 2016 WiR, Alexandra Writing Centre 2016 AiR, Calgary Public Library 2015 Writers' Guild of Alberta Mentor 2014 WiR, Canadian Authors Association, Alberta 2012-13 Alberta Arts Days, Nanton Library Workshop 2011 Blue Pencil Editor, Wordsworth Conference 2011 Blue Pencil Editor, Writers' Guild of Alberta 2011/12 Foothills Young Authors Conference 2004-2012 |
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