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| First Name | Susan |
| Last Name | Atkinson |
| Member Since | February 13, 2021 |
| susanjatkinson23@gmail.com | |
| City | Ottawa |
| State | Ontario |
| Zipcode | K1S 2W6 |
| Country | Canada |
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| Pen Name | Susan J. Atkinson |
| Branch Affiliation | National Capital Region |
| Website | www.susanjatkinson.com |
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| Bio | Susan J. Atkinson is an award-winning teacher and poet born and raised in Northern England. After fifteen years working in the Toronto film industry, she now makes her home in Ottawa, Ontario, where she and her filmmaker husband have raised their four daughters. Her poetry has appeared in such journals as Arc Poetry Magazine, The Antigonish Review, The Dalhousie Review, Grain Magazine, The New Quarterly, Queen’s Quarterly, and Room Magazine. She was an Honourable Mention in The New Quarterly’s 2023 Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest and her suite, Alice, Circa 1985 was long listed for Exile Edition’s 2023 Ruth and David Lampe Poetry Award. Alice, Circa 1985, will be published in 2025 by Anstruther Press in 2025. She has also won the Carleton University Literary Contest and the Canadian Authors Association’s National Capital Writing Contest. Other awards include first place in The Carleton University Literacy Competition, Honourable Mention in ARC Magazine's Diana Brebner contest and Notable Mention in The New Quarterly's 2020 Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest. The Marta Poems published by Silver Bow Publishing in 2020 was Atkinson’s debut collection. In its earlier stages the collection received Ontario Art Council Recommender Grant nominations from ARC magazine, Guernica Press, The New Quarterly and Palimpsest Press. In 2016 a suite from the collection was shortlisted for Exile’s Gwendolyn MacEwen Award and The Tree Chapbook Contest. Poems also won the Sawdust Series Poem-Off in May 2016. In 2015 Atkinson was named one of Ottawa’s Hot New Voices by The Tree Reading Series. Atkinson's second major collection, all things small was released in Spring 2024. It, too, was awarded Ontario Arts Council Recommender Grants during its early stages. Atkinson also has a chapbook, The Birthday Party, The Mariachi Player and The Tourist. Originally published by Catkin Press in 2021, the book was reprinted in 2023. Alongside these accolades Atkinson was one of 14 poets featured in the League of Canadian Poets “Tending the Fire” Chapbook, published in April 2020, and one of the Marta Poems was first published in The Heartwood Anthology, by The League of Canadian Poets. To find out more visit www.susanjatkinson.com Atkinson also writes poetry and stories for children and is the author of 4 picture books published by Little Witch Press (www.littlewitchpress.com) |
| Publications | Susan J. Atkinson: Publishing Credits – Books, Journals, Anthologies and Magazines Books The Marta Poems, published by Silver Bow Publishing, Summer 2020 Chapbooks The Birthday Party, The Mariachi Player and The Tourist, published by Catkin Press, Winter 2021 Journals and Magazines Grain Magazine – Vol. 48.2, Winter 2021 The Queen’s Quarterly – Volume 127, Number 4, Winter 2021 The Queen’s Quarterly – Volume 127, Number 3, Fall 2020 ottawater #16 – Fall 2020 InWords – Winter 2019 ottawater #15 – Winter 2019 Arc Magazine – Winter 2018 The New Quarterly – Spring 2018 Fresh Voices, League of Canadian Poets – Fall 2017 Arc Magazine – Summer 2016 Bywords.ca – Fall 2014, Fall 2019 Whetstone Magazine – Fall 2013 The Dalhousie Review – Fall 2012 Room Magazine - Volume 34.3, Fall 2011 The Antigonish Review – Fall 2009 Room Magazine – Volume 31.2, Summer 2008 Anthologies 20/20 Vision, published by Canadian Authors Association – National Capital Region – Spring 2020 tending the fire, published by The League of Canadian Poets – Spring 2020 The Heartwood Anthology, published by The League of Canadian Poets – Fall 2019 InWords Magazine, Refuge(e) Themed issue - Fall 2016 After the Book Store Closes for the Night, published by Bondi Studios, Summer 2012 Contests and Awards Shortlisted for The New Quarterly’s Nick Blatchford’s Occasional Verse Competition – Summer 2020 Finalist in the Canadian Authors Association, National Capital Writing Contest – May 2020 First prize in the Canadian Authors Association, National Capital Writing Contest – May 2019 Shortlisted for Exile's Gwendolyn MacEwen Award for a suite by an emerging poet – Fall 2016 Honourable Mention in Arc Magazine's Annual Diana Brebner Award – Summer 2016 First Prize in Carleton University's Annual Literary Competition – Spring 2016 Finalist in The Tree Reading Series Annual Chapbook Competition – Spring 2016 Honoured as one of Ottawa's Hot Voices, Tree Reading Series – Spring 2015 Other Publishing Credits The Mentor, made for TV Lifetime Movie aired Summer 2014 – Screenplay Writer Pockets Magazine – children's poetry – Winter 2010 Ladybug Magazine – children's poetry – Fall 2005 www.susanjatkinson.com |
| Other Memberships | Member of The League of Canadian Poets Member of CANSCAIP Member of The Canadian Children's Book Centre |
| Awards | Alice, Circa 1985 was long listed for Exile Edition’s 2023 Ruth and David Lampe Poetry Award -Honourable Mention in The New Quarterly's Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest Shortlisted for The New Quarterly’s Nick Blatchford’s Occasional Verse Competition – Summer 2020 Finalist in the Canadian Authors Association, National Capital Writing Contest – May 2020 First prize in the Canadian Authors Association, National Capital Writing Contest – May 2019 Shortlisted for Exile's Gwendolyn MacEwen Award for a suite by an emerging poet – Fall 2016 Honourable Mention in Arc Magazine's Annual Diana Brebner Award – Summer 2016 First Prize in Carleton University's Annual Literary Competition – Spring 2016 Finalist in The Tree Reading Series Annual Chapbook Competition – Spring 2016 Honoured as one of Ottawa's Hot Voices, Tree Reading Series – Spring 2015 |
| Contests | Alice, Circa 1985 was long listed for Exile Edition’s 2023 Ruth and David Lampe Poetry Award -Honourable Mention in The New Quarterly's Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest Shortlisted for The New Quarterly’s Nick Blatchford’s Occasional Verse Competition – Summer 2020 Finalist in the Canadian Authors Association, National Capital Writing Contest – May 2020 First prize in the Canadian Authors Association, National Capital Writing Contest – May 2019 Shortlisted for Exile's Gwendolyn MacEwen Award for a suite by an emerging poet – Fall 2016 Honourable Mention in Arc Magazine's Annual Diana Brebner Award – Summer 2016 First Prize in Carleton University's Annual Literary Competition – Spring 2016 Finalist in The Tree Reading Series Annual Chapbook Competition – Spring 2016 Honoured as one of Ottawa's Hot Voices, Tree Reading Series – Spring 2015 |
| Genres | Childrens Books, Poetry, Scriptwriting |
| Available For | Readings, Presentations, Workshops, Book Club Meetings, Speaking Engagements |
| Services Offered | Freelance Writing |