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First Name Maria
Last Name Sabaye Moghaddam
Member Since April 7, 2021
Pen Name Maria Saba
Website mariasaba.ca
Blog http://mariasabaye.blogspot.com/
Twitter @msabaye
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Bio Winner of the PEN Canada Scholarship, Maria Saba is a writer, storyteller, and arts educator. Writing in both Persian and English, she has published three books of nonfiction, short stories, and personal essays. Her short story manuscript, “My First Friend,” was a semi-finalist for the Iowa Short Fiction Prize. The title story of the same collection was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2017 and won Scoundrel Time’s Editors’ Choice Award in 2018. Her novella, “The Secret of Names,” was long listed for the Disquiet Literary Prize in 2020. Maria is the recipient of grants in English literature from Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Saskatchewan Arts Board, City of Ottawa, and Wallace Stegner Grant for the Arts. She has served on various arts funding and awards juries in literature, theatre, dance, arts organization, and arts education.
Publications Selected Writings and Publications 2021 “Age-Old Ways”, The Bombay Review, New York, Bombay, Vol II, Issue 40, March 21, 2021 https://thebombayreview.com/2021/03/20/iranian-edition-vol-ii-fiction-by-maria-saba-issue-40-2021/ 2020 Contribution to “Al Purdy Alumni Anthology”, online anthology edited by Brian T. W. Way, https://www.alpurdy.ca/alumni-anthology/ 2020 “Life under Lockdown”, Letter to the Editor, Toronto Star, March 18 https://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editors/2020/03/21/will-the-world-learn-any-lessons-from-the-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic.html 2020 “COVID19: Proof that no Man is an Island”, Stories to Connect us, Commonwealth Writers, https://www.commonwealthwriters.org/stories-to-connect-us/ 2019 “Forbidden Art: A Journey in Persian Dance” Scoundrel Time, https://scoundreltime.com/forbidden-art-a-journey-in-persian-dance/ 2018 “Age Old Ways” Cosmonauts Avenue, July 2018, USA 2018 “Nest” Firewords Magazine, Issue 10, July 2018, UK, page 22. 2018 “Scientist versus Writer” Write Magazine, Volume 45, number 3, winter 2018, Toronto, pages 27-28 2018 “How It Ends: After Trump” Scoundrel Time, http://scoundreltime.com/how-it-ends-maria-saba/ 2017 “My First Friend” Scoundrel Time, http://scoundreltime.com/my-first-friend/ (winner of the Editors’ Choice Award in fiction and nominated for the Pushcart Prize) 2017 “Scientist versus Writer” Tincture Journal, Australia, pages 60-63. 2017 “Canada in 150 Words” Ottawa One Five O Anthology, OIW, page 69. 2016 “Rastegan” The New Quarterly, Issue 140, pages 92-94. 2016 “The Dead” in Ambit, Issue 224, April 26, United Kingdom, pages 51-53. 2016 “Sorority of the Defeated” in Another Place anthology, Bushmead, pages 85-103. 2015 “The Darabi Family” in Nashwaak Review, Volume 34/35, Number 1, Summer/Fall 2015, pages 324-337. 2011 “Three Persian Love Stories” (book), 2011, Berlin, Gardoun Publications, ISBN: 978-1780830580 2011 Hurmuz and its Colors (multimedia) http://jadidonline.com/story/06062011/frnk/iran_hormuz_island 2009 Mama Safiyah and the Blasphemous Winds, Multimedia (multimedia) http://jadidonline.com/story/22052009/frnk/zaar_ritual 2009 Ardeshir Palace, Multimedia (multimedia) http://jadidonline.com/story/07102009/frnk/ardeshir_palace 2010 Jakkadi, Encylcopaedia Iranica, http://www.iranica.com/articles/jakkadi (article online and print). 2010 “Zar dar Iran va Kishvar-ha-yi Digar” (book), Tehran, Naghmehye Zendegi Publications, ISBN: 978-964-2882-58-8 2010 “Vis o Ramin” (book), Tehran, Naghmehye Zendegi Publications, ISBN: 978-28822-3-8 2009 “Forbidden Dance”, creative non-fiction, Guerilla Magazine, Ottawa http://www.getguerilla.ca/past-issues/issue-20/46-featuresissue20/190-maria-sabaye 2009 Zar, Encyclopaedia Iranica (article online and print) http://www.iranica.com/articles/zar 2009 Sarkis Djanbazian, Encyclopaedia Iranica (article online and print) http://iranica.com/articles/djanbazian-sarkis--ballet-master 2006 “Feminine Breeze” (article), Ontario Voice of Women Newsletter, Toronto
Other Memberships Writers' Union of Canada, PEN Canada
Awards PEN Canada Scholarship for Writers in Exile, Ontario Volunteer Award for contributions to art and culture, Editors’ Choice Award in fiction for "My First Friend" and nomination for the Pushcart Prize, Long-listed for Disquiet Literary Prize, Semi-finalist for Iowa Short Fiction Award, Long-Listed for Joy Kogawa Award for fiction
Contests Longlisted for Disquiet Literary Contest, first chapter of “The Secret of Names”, PEN Canada Scholarship for Writers in Exile, mentorship with David Bezmozgis, Humber College, Toronto, Semi-finalist for Iowa Short Fiction Award & John Simmons Short Fiction Award for the short story collection, “My First Friend: Stories”
Genres Academic, Childrens Books, Freelance, Gay & Lesbian, Parenting, Short Stories, Young Adult
Available For Readings, Presentations, Workshops, Book Club Meetings, Speaking Engagements
Services Offered Freelance Writing, Research, Storytelling, Translation, Web Content