Mere Joyce

BIOGRAPHY
Mere Joyce is an author of books for young adults. Her writing includes contemporary tales, high-action mysteries, fairy-tale fantasies, and her personal favorite–ghost stories. When she’s not writing, Mere can be found teaching library studies, or spending time at home with her family outside of Antigonish. She’s also been known to be a selective, yet highly enthusiastic fangirl.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Presence (Oracle of Senders, 3.5) – Independent/Shattered Tea Press, 2021
  • The Cavial’s Charge (of Fear and Flowers, 2) – Evernight Teen, 2021
  • Wraith (Oracle of Senders, 3) – Independent/Shattered Tea Press, 2021
  • The Catafal’s Crow (of Fear and Flowers, 1) – Evernight Teen, 2021
  • Jelly Roll – Orca Book Publishers, 2020
  • Revenant (Oracle of Senders, 2) – (Originally 7S Pub) Independent/Shattered Tea Press, 2019
  • Things that Fall – Dancing Cat Books, 2019
  • Shade (Oracle of Senders, 1) – (Originally 7S Pub) Independent/Shattered Tea Press, 2018
  • Shadow – Orca Book Publishers, 2018
  • Getting the Brush Off – Orca Book Publishers, 2017
  • Blank Canvas – Evernight Teen, 2015
AWARDS
  • Jelly Roll – CCBC Best Books Kids and Teens, Spring 2021
  • Shadow – Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, Summer 2018; CCBC Best Books for Kids and Teens, Fall 2018


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Experience Levels

The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) uses the following terms to describe writers’ experience levels:

  • New writers: those with less than two years’ creative writing experience and/or no short-form publications (e.g., short stories, personal essays, or poems in literary magazines, journals, anthologies, or chapbooks).
  • Emerging writers: those with more than two years’ creative writing experience and/or numerous short-form publications.
  • Early-career authors: those with 1 or 2 book-length publications or the equivalent in book-length and short-form publications.
  • Established authors: those with 3 or 4 book-length publications.
  • Professional authors: those with 5 or more book-length publications.

Please keep in mind that each form of creative writing (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for children, writing for young adults, and others) provides you with a unique set of experiences and skills, so you might consider yourself an ‘established author’ in one form but a ‘new writer’ in another.

Occasionally, WFNS uses the phrase “emerging and established writers/authors” to mean ‘writers and authors of all experience levels.’

The “Recommended experience level” section of each workshop description refers to the above definitions. A workshop’s participants should usually have similar levels of creative writing and / or publication experience. This ensures that each participant gets value from the workshop⁠ and is presented with info, strategies, and skills that suit their experience. 

For “intensive” and “masterclass” workshops, which provide more opportunities for peer-to-peer feedback, the recommended experience level should be followed closely.

For all other workshops, the recommended experience level is just that—a recommendation—and we encourage potential participants to follow their own judgment when registering.

If uncertain about your experience level with respect to any particular workshop, please feel free to contact us at communications@writers.ns.ca