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| Name | Shirley Serviss |
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| Business Name | Ms. |
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| Location | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Biography | Shirley A. Serviss is the author of three poetry collections, Model Families (1992), Reading Between the Lines (2000), and Hitchhiking in the Hospital (2005), and co-editor of two anthologies, Study in Grey (1999) and Women's Words (2013). Her poetry, essays and articles have been widely published in literary magazines, textbooks and anthologies. She facilitates writing workshops on poetry, memoir, personal essays and non-fiction and gives presentations on her work as the staff literary artist for the Friends of University of Alberta Hospitals. Shirley has a Masters degree in Theological Studies (St. Stephen's College, 1997), a BA in English (University of Alberta, 1980) and a Diploma in Broadcasting (Mount Royal College, 1974). |
| Publications | In addition to books listed above, poetry published in University of Alberta Health Sciences Journal, Windsor Review, Grain, Contemporary Verse 2, Room of One's Own, The New Quarterly, Whetstone, Other Voices, Dandelion, Lynx, Frogpond, and Modern Haiku and anthologized in Writing Menopause, Forgetting Home, 40 Below, Freshwater Pearls, Many People, Dark Lullaby, Spiritual Quest, Study in Grey, Sing for the Inner Ear, Vintage 96, Taking Off the Tinsel, Families in Transition, Our Fathers, Tracing One Warm Line, Kitchen Talk and Ride Off Any Horizon. Personal essays included in Dropped Threads 2, Eating ApplesãKnowing Women's Lives, 40 Below Volume 2. Articles published in Avenue Magazine, Creative Aging, The Canadian Writer's Guide 13th Edition. |
| Awards | Artist Residency at The Haven on Gabriola Island, BC (September, 2012) Global Television Edmonton Woman of Vision (October, 2010) Writers Guild of Alberta Lifetime Achievement award for Outstanding Contribution to the Guild (2007) Won CBC Radio's Edmonton Region Poetry Face-off (2002) Poetry Collection, Reading Between the Lines, winner of CAA Exporting Alberta award and short-listed for Edmonton Book Prize Poetry Collection, Model Families, short-listed for Book of the Year by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta (1992) James Patrick Folinsbee Award (1980) and Willmott Creative Writing Award (1973) |
| Experience | Writer in Residence for Edmonton Lifelong Learners Association (May, 2010) Writer in Residence for the Canadian Authors Association Alberta Branch (2008-2009) Writer in Medicine for the University of Alberta's Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (2008) Publisher, Rowan Books (1992-1999) Member of editorial boards of Other Voices and Quest |
| Memberships | Board member of Artists Urban Village Founding and Lifetime member of the Writers Guild of Alberta Founding board member of the Poetry Festival Society Member of the Stroll of Poets Society |
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| Other Contact | 780-433-7561 |