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Mentors
Jan 2026 Mentors
Claudia Casper
Literary and Speculative Fiction
Emily Stringer
Facilitator
JJ Lee
Creative Non-Fiction
Kevin Spenst
Poetry
Carleigh Baker
Autobiographical and short fiction
Sep 2025鈥揓un 2026 mentors
Junie D茅sil
Poetry
Nazanine Hozar
Literary Fiction
Roz Nay
Commercial Fiction
Brian Payton
Fiction and Non-Fiction
Jan 2025 mentors
JJ Lee
Creative Non-Fiction
Claudia Casper
Literary and Speculative Fiction
Leanne Dunic
Fiction and Hybrid Forms
Kevin Spenst
Poetry
Sep 2024-Jun 2025 mentors
Junie D茅sil
Poetry
Brian Payton
Fiction and Non-Fiction
Stella Harvey
Fiction, Personal Narrative
Saleema Nawaz
Fiction
Roz Nay
Commercial Fiction
Jan鈥揇ec 2024 mentors
- Leanne Dunic, Fiction and Hybrid Forms
- JJ Lee, Non-Fiction
- Carrie Mac, Speculative/YA Fiction
- Rob Taylor, Poetry
- Emily Stringer, Program Facilitator
Sep 2023鈥揓un 2024 mentors
- Eileen Cook, Speculative/YA Fiction
- Claudia Cornwall, Non-Fiction
- Kayla Czaga (on leave), Poetry
- Stella Harvey, Fiction
- Saleema Nawaz, Fiction
- Brian Payton, Fiction and Non-Fiction
- Abby Pelaez, Program Facilitator
Jan鈥揇ec 2023 mentors
- Joanne Arnott, Poetry
- Claudia Casper, Speculative/YA Fiction
- Leanne Dunic, Fiction and Hybrid Forms
- JJ Lee, Non-Fiction
Sep 2022鈥揓un 2023 mentors
- Eileen Cook, Speculative/YA Fiction
- Claudia Cornwall, Non-Fiction
- Kayla Czaga, Poetry (on leave)
- Stella Harvey, Fiction
- Saleema Nawaz, Fiction
- Brian Payton, Fiction and Non-Fiction
- Rob Taylor, Poetry
- Tamara Jong, Program Facilitator
Jan鈥揘ov 2022 Mentors
- Joanne Artnott, Poetry (on leave)
- Claudia Casper, Speculative/YA Fiction
- Leanne Dunic, Fiction and Hybrid Forms
- Anosh Irani, Fiction
- JJ Lee, Non-Fiction
- Kevin Spenst, Poetry
- Emily Stringer, Program Facilitator