Joelene Heathcote

Joelene Heathcote is a recent graduate of UBC's Creative Writing MFA program. She has published fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Her recent book is titled What's Between Us Can't Be Heard (Ekstasis Editions). She teaches creative writing at Malaspina University-College.

 

Awards
Victoria Writer¹s Society 2nd Annual Writing Competition (1st Prize, "Rock Can Speak"), January 2003
Canadian Poetry Association Prize (1st prize, "My Early Life as a Foreign Film"), October 2002.
Burnaby Writers¹ Society Competition for poetry (2nd prize, "Where My Parents Live"), 2002.
THIS Magazine¹s 3rd Annual Best New Writer Prize (non-fiction, "Boys in Pieces"), 2002 .
The Ray Burrell Award for poetry (2nd prize. "Sea Life"), 2002.
THIS Magazine¹s Great Canadian Literary Hunt - (poetry 1st "Wild Birds Landing", 3rd fiction "Those things They Wanted"), 2001.
ARC magazine¹s poem of the year award‹(1st place), 2001.
Other Voices Award (honourable mention) for poetry, 2001.
Mocambo Prize, 2001.
Acorn-Livesay People¹s Festival Award for poetry(1st place. "Cicada"), 2001.
Brissenden Award recipient for academic standing, 2001.
B.C. Arts Council Scholarship recipient, 2001.
One of four Graduate Fellowship nominees from the UBC Department of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing, 2000.

Short Lists:
ARC Magazine¹s Poem of The Year for ("Lucy"), 2002.
Burnaby Writers¹ Society Poetry Competition for ("In the Dark", "Foxglove", "How to be Another", "Bond"), 2002.
Ripple Effect short fiction contest ("How it all went down"), 2002.
Event non-fiction contest for ("Civvy Street"), 2001.

 

Selected Publications
What's Between Us Can't Be Heard (Ekstasis Editions, 2002) ISBN 1-894800-16-8.

 

Selected Anthologies
Mocambo Nights (Ekstasis Editions: Victoria, 2001).
Breaking The Surface (Sono Nis Press: Victoria, 2000‹winner of the BC 2000 Book Award)

 

Books in Print
Heathcote, Joelene
What's Between Us Can't Be Heard (Ekstasis Editions, 2002) ISBN 1-894800-16-8.

 
Joelene Heathcote
heathcote@shaw.ca

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