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Suzanne Stewart

BIOGRAPHY
Having completed a Ph.D. in English literature (with a specialization in the Romantic Period) at the University of Saskatchewan, Suzanne also holds an M.F.A. in Creative Nonfiction from the University of King’s College in Halifax.  She lives and writes in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, where she teaches (part-time) at St. Francis Xavier University in the Department of English, as she shares her delight and passion for books with young readers and writers. When not writing, reading, or teaching, Suzanne spends her time outdoors; her journeys into the countryside, during all four seasons, inspire and shape her aesthetic experience of the world.

 

PUBLICATIONS

Suzanne’s creative nonfiction book, The Tides of Time: A Nova Scotia Book of Seasons, was published by Pottersfield Press in 2018.

Her creative writing has also appeared in a variety of journals: Literary Review of Canada: A Journal of Ideas (forthcoming); The Antigonish Review; The New Quarterly; The Dalhousie Review; The Globe and Mail; The Goose: A Journal of Arts, Environment, and Culture in Canada; and Saltscapes Magazine: Canada’s East Coast.

An enthusiastic book reviewer, Suzanne contributes regularly to The Antigonish Review and The Fiddlehead, as well as to other journals, including Essays on Canadian Writing. Her essays on art exhibitions and visual artists have appeared in The Craft Factor and NeWest Review.

Additionally, in her academic endeavours, she has published literary criticism in English Studies: A Journal of Literature and Language, Nineteenth-Century Contexts, Christianity and Literature, Romanticism, and Lumen, among other periodicals.

 

AWARDS

“Bird Keeper.” Long-listed for The New Quarterly‘s 2022 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest.

“Sun Flowers.”  Short-listed for The New Quarterly’s 2021 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest.

The Tides of Time: A Nova Scotia Book of Season. Finalist for the 2019 Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing.

“Delicious Heat.”  Long-listed for The New Quarterly’s 2018 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest.

The Tides of Time: A Nova Scotia Book of Seasons.  Recipient of the Inaugural Pottersfield Prize for Creative Nonfiction, 2018. 2nd place.

 

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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 and 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.

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 information, strategies, and skills that suit their career stage. 

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 you’re uncertain of your experience level with regard to any particular workshop, please feel free to contact us at communications@writers.ns.ca