Writing Resume

Writing Projects and Publications 

Poetry

  • Bordelines Anthology (Ascent Aspirations Publishing)
  • Ray Burrell Poetry Contest (Ottawa Valley Writers Guild), First Prize and publication in The Grist Mill
  • Contemporary Verse 2
  • Shaunt Basmajian Poetry Contest , Canadian Poetry Association, secondary prize winner
  • Contributor to Judith’s Table

Fiction

  • Rent- Controlled Kafka, Honourable Mention, Grimm Magazine Short Fiction Competition
  • Grant Recipient, Ontario Arts Council, Short Fiction: Out of a Suitcase

Children’s Literature

  • And Then, Honourable Mention, Writer’s Digest Children’s Writing Competition
  • Writer’s Union of Canada Children’s Writing Competition: Katy with a “Y (Semi-finalist), That’s What They Said (Finalist), And Then (Semi-finalist), Brutus, the Wishing Chihuahua (Semi-finalist)
  • Grant Recipient, Ontario Arts Council: Thinkaboutit: Philosophy for Children

Creative Non-Fiction·      

  • Contributor to Six Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak, Harper Perennial
  • How I Ate a Wheelchair: A Lesson in Charity, Exceed Magazine
  • Is It Time To Give Modern Day Pirates a Moral “Break”?, www.soulscode.com 
  • Gross! The Great Unifier of the Human Collective, www.soulscode.com 
  • Where “Snot Boy”, “Dogma” and the Dalai Lama Meet, www.soulscode.com 
  • God is in the Details: Mysticism for the Cosmically Clueless, www.soulscode.com
  • Revisiting the Purity Cookbook, The Grist Mill, 2005 (3rd place in Larry Turner Contest, Valley Writers Guild)
  • Mom’s the Word: Musings on Being Childless, Thirdspace
  • She’s So Funny, article on feminist humour, www.ireadromance.com
  • Personal blog (http://amysanomalies1.blogspot.com)

 

Articles

  • Straight from the Student’s Mouth, Global Study Magazine
  • The Best of Both Worlds: Combining Theory and Practice in Canadian Education, Global Study Magazine
  • Education Outside the Canadian Classroom, Global Study Magazine
  • Cultural Canada, Global Study Magazine
  • Where the Students Are: Homestay in Canada, Global Study Magazine
  • Post- Secondary Scholarships in Canada: Not Just For Citizens, Global Study Magazine
  • Canada Coast to Coast, Global Study Magazine

 

Academic Papers

  • Advantages of Ambiguity: The Moral Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir (Master’s Thesis)
  • Beyond Sensation: Epicurean Notions of Pleasure, published in McMaster University Courseware

Marketing Materials

  • Copywriting for Studio Pinpoint 
  • Copywriting for Southern Ontario College
  • Patient guide and marketing material for Advanced Orthodynamics Inc.

Educational Materials

  • Instructional Materials for 4-H Ontario 
  • Philosophy lesson planning with online software components, Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement
  • Assisted, Interactive Online Training (white paper co-written with Ben Zimmer, Enable Training and Consulting)
  • Various technical and educational resources for adult learners, Summit Learning Centres
  • A Guide to University Applications in Canada, manual for international students in Ontario secondary schools

 

Reviews

 

701.com

  •  The Translator, by Daoud Hari (Book Review)
  • The Sexual Paradox, by Susan Pinker (Book Review) 
  • Kappa Child by Hiromi Goto (Book Review)
  • The Way the Crow Flies by Anne Marie MacDonald (Book Review)
  • Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss (Book Review)
  • Sweep Lotus by Mark Zuehlke (Book Review)
  • My Kind of Evil by JW Jones Blues Band (CD Review)
  • Rewind by Ricky Fante (CD Review)
  • Shall We Dance Soundtrack (CD Review)
  • Villanelle by Paul Riddick (CD Review)
  • Tarig Abubakar and the Afronubians Live (CD Review)
  • Atom Bomb by The Blind Boys of Alabama (CD Review)
  • Les Amants du Saint-Laurent by Le Vent du Nord (CD Review)

Monkeybiz.ca

  • Feels Like Home by Norah Jones (CD Review)
  • Mind, Body and Soul by Joss Stone (CD Review)
  • Made Me Glad by Firefly (Feature CD Review)
  • Simply Put by Erin Carpenter (CD Review)
  • Surrender Dorothy by Alana Davis (CD Review)
  • Campfire by Melwood Cutlery (CD Review)
  • Grievance and Gratitude by Layah Jane (CD Review)
  • The Cuban Collection by Omara Portuondo (CD Review)
  • The Magic Numbers (debut album, CD Review)
  • The Debut (DVD Review)-Jersey Girl (Movie Review)
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Movie Review)
  • 50 First Dates (Movie Review)
  • Garden State (Movie Review)
  • Dodgeball (Feature Movie Review)
  • Mean Girls (Feature Movie Review)
  • The Lady Killers (Feature Movie Review)
  • Shaun of the Dead (Feature Movie Review)
  • I Heart Huckabees (Feature Movie Review)

Book Reviews for Canadian Literature Magazine

-Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb

-Seduction by Catherine Gildiner

Review of Questing France, by Marilyn Barnicke Belleghem, for Quest Publishing

Philosophy Textbook Material Review, Oxford University Press, Canada

 

Humber College Humanities Textbook Committee, Article Critiques