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Rebecca Rose

BIOGRAPHY
Rebecca Rose is a Nova Scotian queer femme author, speaker, and activist who has written two non-fiction books: Before the Parade: A History of Halifax’s Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Communities (1972-1984) and Amazing 2SLGBTQIA+ People in Atlantic Canada.

In 2021, Rebecca was shortlisted for the Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award for Before the Parade.

Rebecca holds a Journalism degree from Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU). Born in Cape Breton, Rebecca now lives in the hills of Dartmouth with her wife, child, and cat.

PUBLICATIONS

 

  • CAA Magazine online
  • The Coast
  • Halifax Media Co-op
  • Nova Scotia Advocate
  • Our Times Magazine
  • Out: Queer Looking Queer Acting Revisited, essay “Beyond Lesbian and Gay”, 2014
  • Rabble.ca
  • Wayves Magazine
  • Xtra Magazine
  • Review of Journalism
AWARDS
  • 2021 Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award shortlist for Before the Parade
  • Dennis Mock Student Leadership Award, Toronto Metropolitan University April 2008
  • Wanda Stankiewicz Memorial Scholarship, Toronto Metropolitan University School of Journalism 2007-08 September 2008

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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