Zak Jones

Zak Jones is a writer, teacher, labor organizer, and United States Army veteran. A dual citizen living in Toronto, his writing has appeared in Vallum Magazine, PRISM international, The Ex-Puritan, and elsewhere. His short story, “So Much More to Say,” won the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s 2023 Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, and his story, “Love Handles” won the 2023 Norma Epstein National Award. 

Zak holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Toronto and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English. His SSHRC-funded doctoral research examines “bad veteran” narratives and their outsized role in American cultural and psychic faultlines post-WWII.

List of Publications

Recent Creative Publications

Vallum Contemporary Poetry – “No Photos of Ralph” 2022
tba (Western University’s Grad Journal) – “Sweet Return” and “Navel-Gazing” 2022
Bad Nudes Anthology – “Grandfather Dying” 2019
Hart House Review: Centennial Edition – “Coming to Christ” and “Saw the Mama” 2019
Half a Grapefruit Magazine – “Three Poems,” 2019
The Puritan¬ Magazine – “Signpost” 2019
TRANSverse Journal: (Comp. Lit., UofT) – “Knocking Weather” 2019
The Lamp (Queens U) – “Screens: The World is Worse off Without National Geographic” 2019
Palimpsest: Yale University’s Graduate Literary Arts Journal – “Colt” 2019
Bad Nudes Issue 3.4 – “Three Poems” 2019
PRISM International (University of British Columbia) – “Tidal” 2019
Fieldstone Review (University of Saskatchewan) – “Kiremit Çaddesi, Balat, Istanbul: June 2015” 2019