Where our 2019 Contributors come from.
We are so proud to be Canadian and love to celebrate our contributors—most who currently call Canada home, some who join us from afar.
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Blank Spaces Contributors
Erin Alladin ~ poet (The Bus North, Canadian Shield, Cycle, The Winter and I — Volume 3, Issue 3 - 03/19)
John Alpaugh ~ writer (Will's Jackpot) — Volume 3, Issue 4 - 06/19)
Kimberlee Ashby ~ writer (The Empty Page — Volume 4, Issue 2 - 12/19)
Anna Baines ~ poet (No Art, No Art pt 2: Neighbours) — Volume 3, Issue 4 - 06/19)
Dessa Bayrock ~ writer (knock-kneed and Lines scribbled in an airplane for Scott — Volume 4, Issue 2 - 12/19)
Paula Boon ~ poet & artist (And Again) — Volume 4, Issue 1 - 06/19)
Craig Clark ~ writer (Glown [NOMINATED FOR A PUSHCART PRIZE] — Volume 3, Issue 4 - 06/19)
Alyssa Cooper ~ (Little Poems — Volume 4, Issue 1 - 06/19)
Abby Couture ~ poet (The Sacred Place — Volume 4, Issue 1 - 06/19)
Rob Croxford ~ aritst (Mixed Messages — Volume 3, Issue 3 - 03/19)
Kamille Cyr ~ poet (Enfouissement — Volume 3, Issue 3 - 03/19)
Jacalyn Den Haan ~ writer (Porch Sessions — Volume 3, Issue 3 - 03/19)
Milena Doncheva ~ artist (Personal Mythology — Volume 4, Issue 2 - 12/19)
Kendra Duke ~ poet (Missing Stitches — Volume 4, Issue 1 - 06/19)
Magida El-Kassis ~ poet (boys are like bees) — Volume 3, Issue 4 - 06/19)
Irit Epstein ~ artist (Inner Spaces — Volume 3, Issue 3 - 03/19)
Tracy Evans ~ poet (Surface Tension) — Volume 3, Issue 4 - 06/19)
Michael Foy ~ writer (All the Little Things — Volume 3, Issue 3 - 03/19)
Rachel Freeman ~ writer (Hometown — Volume 3, Issue 3 - 03/19)
Roq Gareau ~ writer (The Insolvency of Starlight [NOMINATED FOR A PUSHCART PRIZE] — Volume 3, Issue 3 - 03/19)
Rosalind Goldsmith ~ writer (The Sandcastle) — Volume 3, Issue 4 - 06/19)
Meaghan Hackinen ~ writer (Nightwalking — Volume 3, Issue 3 - 03/19)
Daniel Harrison ~ poet (Sunsets Over Lake Winnipeg or Fond Memories of Childhood Summers — Volume 4, Issue 1 - 06/19)
Doley Henderson ~ writer (Zambezi — Volume 4, Issue 2 - 12/19)
Jennie Hunter ~ writer (Time Infinite Squared) — Volume 3, Issue 4 - 06/19)
Kees Kapteyn ~ writer (Geosmin — Volume 4, Issue 2 - 12/19)
Dorothy Jane Kavanaugh ~ (Agentis [NOMINATED FOR A PUSHCART PRIZE] — Volume 4, Issue 1 - 06/19)
Desiree Kendrick ~ writer (I See You, Do You See Me? — Volume 3, Issue 3 - 03/19)
Leona Kennedy ~ artist (Returning to Creativity — Volume 4, Issue 1 - 06/19)
Olivia Kingsbury ~ (Doloroso) — Volume 4, Issue 1 - 06/19)
Victor Knyazev ~ (Wednesday Morning) — Volume 4, Issue 1 - 06/19)
Anjali Kapoor Kohli ~ artist (cover art) — Volume 4, Issue 1 - 06/19)
Vlad Krakov ~ writer (Good Mourning and Dissatisfaction — Volume 4, Issue 2 - 12/19)
Rachel Laverdiere ~ writer (Home is Beyond the Horizon — Volume 4, Issue 1 - 06/19)
Ober-Rae Starr Livingstone ~ artist (Catching the Light) — Volume 3, Issue 4 - 06/19)
Riley Martin ~ photographer (Urban Visions) — Volume 3, Issue 4 - 06/19)
Margo McCall ~ writer (Into the Heart of the Storm [NOMINATED FOR A PUSHCART PRIZE] — Volume 4, Issue 2 - 12/19)
Heather McLeod ~ writer (Without Her) — Volume 3, Issue 4 - 06/19)
Jonathan Mendelsohn ~ writer (Tokyo Tomato) — Volume 3, Issue 4 - 06/19)
Harvey Mitro ~ writer (Taking Flight) — Volume 3, Issue 4 - 06/19)
Brian Moore ~ writer (Summer, Heading North) — Volume 4, Issue 1 - 06/19)
Gail M. Murray ~ writer (Our Canada Our Country Our Stories — Volume 3, Issue 3 - 03/19)
Isobel Orfi ~ writer (Telescopes — Volume 3, Issue 3 - 03/19)
David Perlmutter ~ writer (On the Margins — Volume 4, Issue 2 - 12/19)
Tina Petrick ~ writer (Love Made for TV — Volume 4, Issue 1 - 06/19)
Joanne Probyn ~ artist (Sewn Open — Volume 4, Issue 2 - 12/19)
Eric Prost ~ writer (Long and White — Volume 4, Issue 2 - 12/19)
Hina Rani ~ writer (Summer — Volume 3, Issue 3 - 03/19)
Irene Reilly ~ writer (A Tale of Two Tables — Volume 4, Issue 2 - 12/19)
Sherri Rohovich ~ writer (Bolero and Road Rage — Volume 4, Issue 2 - 12/19)
Andrew Ruhl ~ photographer (Dallas Pier — Volume 4, Issue 2 - 12/19)
Nicole Schroeder ~ writer (This Man — Volume 3, Issue 3 - 03/19)
Mackenzie Shaw ~ poet (Pseudo Conscience, Trip Up — Volume 4, Issue 1 - 06/19)
Sheri Singleton ~ poet (Sunday Morning 9 A.M. [NOMINATED FOR A PUSHCART PRIZE] — Volume 3, Issue 3 - 03/19)
Alyssa Thiessen ~ writer (Glass) — Volume 3, Issue 4 - 06/19)
Colin Thornton ~ writer (Ten Minutes in Maine — Volume 4, Issue 2 - 12/19)
Jennifer Turney ~ writer (A Luna Moth — Volume 3, Issue 3 - 03/19)
Mirjana Villeneuve ~ poet (Self-Help, Step One) — Volume 3, Issue 4 - 06/19)
Silvana Virdiramo ~ artist (At Home Among Her Flower Children) — Volume 3, Issue 4 - 06/19)
Ronald Zajac ~ writer (Tunnel Vision — Volume 4, Issue 1 - 06/19)
Corals Zheng ~ poet (Eulogy to that Frozen Banana — Volume 3, Issue 3 - 03/19)
56 pages, cover art by Irit Epstein
Featuring the work of Erin Alladin, Rob Croxford, Kamille Cyr, Jacalyn den Haan, Irit Epstein, Michael Foy, Rachel Freeman, Roq Gareau, Meaghan Hackinen, Desiree Kendrick, Gail M. Murray, Isobel Orfi, Hina Rani, Nicole Schroeder, Sheri Singleton, Jennifer Turney, and Corals Zheng.
48 pages, cover art by Ober-Rae Starr Livingstone
Featuring the work of John Alpaugh, Anna Baines, Craig Clark, Magida El-Kassis, Tracy Evans, Rosalind Goldsmith, Jennie Hunter, Ober-Rae Starr Livingstone, Riley Martin, Heather McLeod, Jonathan Mendelsohn, Harvey Mitro, Alyssa Thiessen, Mirjana Villeneuve, and Silvana Virdiramo.
OUR BIGGEST ISSUE YET!
60 pages. Cover art by Anjali Kohli
Featuring the work of Paula Boon, Alyssa Cooper, Abby Couture, Kendra Duke, Dorothy Jane Kavanaugh, Leona Kennedy, Olivia Kingsbury, Victor Knyazev, Anjali Kohli, Rachel Laverdiere, Brian Moore, Tina Petrick, Mackenzie Shaw, Ronald Zajac, and more!
56 pages, cover art by Milena Doncheva
Featuring the work of Kimberlee Ashby, Dessa Bayrock, Milena Doncheva, Doley Henderson, Kees Kapteyn, Vlad Krakov, Margo McCall, Gail M Murray, David Perlmutter, Joanne Probyn, Eric Prost, Irene Reilly, Sherri Rohovich, Andrew Ruhl, and Colin Thornton.
56 pages, cover art by Irit Epstein
Featuring the work of Erin Alladin, Rob Croxford, Kamille Cyr, Jacalyn den Haan, Irit Epstein, Michael Foy, Rachel Freeman, Roq Gareau, Meaghan Hackinen, Desiree Kendrick, Gail M. Murray, Isobel Orfi, Hina Rani, Nicole Schroeder, Sheri Singleton, Jennifer Turney, and Corals Zheng.
A full table of contents can be found here.
48 pages, cover art by Ober-Rae Starr Livingstone
Featuring the work of John Alpaugh, Anna Baines, Craig Clark, Magida El-Kassis, Tracy Evans, Rosalind Goldsmith, Jennie Hunter, Ober-Rae Starr Livingstone, Riley Martin, Heather McLeod, Jonathan Mendelsohn, Harvey Mitro, Alyssa Thiessen, Mirjana Villeneuve, and Silvana Virdiramo.
A full table of contents can be found here.
OUR BIGGEST ISSUE YET!
60 pages. Cover art by Anjali Kohli
Featuring the work of Paula Boon, Alyssa Cooper, Abby Couture, Kendra Duke, Dorothy Jane Kavanaugh, Leona Kennedy, Olivia Kingsbury, Victor Knyazev, Anjali Kohli, Rachel Laverdiere, Brian Moore, Tina Petrick, Mackenzie Shaw, Ronald Zajac, and more!
See the full table of contents HERE
56 pages, cover art by Milena Doncheva
Featuring the work of Kimberlee Ashby, Dessa Bayrock, Milena Doncheva, Doley Henderson, Kees Kapteyn, Vlad Krakov, Margo McCall, Gail M Murray, David Perlmutter, Joanne Probyn, Eric Prost, Irene Reilly, Sherri Rohovich, Andrew Ruhl, and Colin Thornton.
A full table of contents can be found here.