The Jack McClelland Writer-in-Residence
 On behalf of the Jack McClelland Writer-in-Residence Committee and the Chair of the Department of English at St. George, we are pleased to announce that the University of Toronto's Jack McClelland Writer in Residence for 2015 is Shani Mootoo.
Shani's first fiction book was a collection of short stories, Out on Main Street (1992), and she has also published a poetry book, The Predicament of Or (2002). Beyond being a wonderful writer--she was the recipient of the K.M. Hunter Artist Award for Literature in 2012--Shani is also a multimedia visual artist.
Born in Dublin, Ireland, to Trinidadian parents, she grew up in Trinidad and relocated to Vancouver when she was in her twenties. She currently lives in Prince Edward County. |
Jack McClelland Writers-in-Residence 2014-15 Shani Mootoo 2009-10 Michael Redhill 2008-09 Christopher Dewdney 2007-08 David Gilmour 2006-07 Don McKay 2005-06 Camilla Gibb 2004-05 George Fetherling 2003-04 Steven Heighton 2002-03 Albert F. Moritz 2001-02 Kildare Dobbs 2000-01 Austin Clarke 1999-00 Erin Mouré 1998-99 Sarah Ellis 1997-98 Roo Borson 1996-97 Jane Urquhart 1995-96 Tom Wayman 1994-95 Susan Musgrave 1993-94 Tomson Highway Spring 1993 Audrey Thomas 1991-92 Judith Merril 1990-91 Patrick Lane 1989-90 Lorna Crozier 1988-89 Erika Ritter 1987-88 Al Purdy 1986-87 Gwendolyn MacEwen 1985-86 Mary di Michele 1984-85 Leon Rooke 1983-84 Mavis Gallant Spring 1983 Dorothy Livesay Fall 1982 Brian Moore 1981-82 Irving Layton 1980-81 Marian Engel 1979-80 Timothy Findley 1978-79 Dennis Lee 1977-78 Carol Bolt 1976-77 John Newlove 1975-76 Adele Wiseman 1974-75 Fletcher Markle 1973-74 W.O. Mitchell 1972-73 Margaret Atwood Spring 1971 Josef Škvorecký Fall 1970 R.D.C. Finch 1969-70 Margaret Laurence 1968-69 Jack Ludwig 1965-68 Earle Birney |
Those interested in taking this seminar, please submit directly to me a two-page sample of fiction in digital format (MS word or PDF) with a return UTORmail address. No cover letter is necessary.
NB: attachments should be saved under the applicant's and the prize's names (e.g., Smith _Jack-McClelland_writing-sample) and the submission email should include the following subject heading: "Jack McClelland Writer in Residence Seminar." The deadline for submission is Monday, December 1st.
If absolutely necessary, I will accept hard copies; to submit a hard copy, please mail it to my address below, or drop it off during office hours at the Drop Box located across from the elevators on the 6th floor of the Jackman Humanities Building (170 St George St.). Please keep in mind that all doors to the Jackman Humanities Building are locked after 6:00 p.m. Hard copies of writing samples should include the applicant's name and a University of Toronto email address, and list my name on the envelope.
The screening results will be announced by the end of December.
Smaro Kamboureli
Chair, The Jack McClelland Writer-in-Residence Committee
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Smaro Kamboureli
Professor, Avie Bennett Chair in Canadian Literature
Department of English
University of Toronto
170 St George Street
Toronto, ON, Canada
M5R 2M8
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John Gordon "Jack" McClelland (1922 - 2004) |
Each year the University of Toronto appoints a Canadian writer to work with students, faculty and staff interested in creative writing. (The appointment process is internal; no external applications are considered.) From January to April, the Writer-in-Residence offers a seminar on creative writing and holds office hours for consultations on writing. The Jack McClelland Writer-in-Residence Program is housed at Massey College and is jointly sponsored by Massey and the Department of English.
