About our 2024-25 Writer Saeed Teebi: Saeed Teebi is a writer and lawyer based in Toronto. His debut collection of short stories, Her First Palestinian, published in 2022, was a finalist for numerous awards, including the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Prize and the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Award. His short story "Her First Palestinian" was a finalist for the CBC Short Story Award. His next book will be a work of personal non-fiction titled You Will Not Kill Our Imagination. He is also working on a novel.
We asked Saeed Teebi and two of this year’s talented participants to reflect on a season of creativity, courage, and community at the Library. Read about their experience here.
Writer-in-Residence FAQ
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To schedule an appointment, email Vivian Foglton at vivian.foglton@uwo.ca.
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Once you have scheduled an appointment, please email your work to vivian.foglton@uwo.ca
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Any kind of creative writing! Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, prose. You name it.
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Prose (fiction or non-fiction): 10 pages, Word document, double-spaced, 12 pt font, Times New Roman
Poetry: 5 pages, Word document, double-spaced, 12 pt font, Times New Roman
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Please come prepared to discuss your work. This could include your intentions with the work, your hopes and plans for it, and what you see as the next steps.
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Please email vivian.foglton@uwo.ca for meetings at Western University. If you are meeting at London Public Library, starting Winter 2025, call 519-661-4600.
The Writer-in-Residence program is sponsored by the James A. and Marjorie Spenceley Fund, the Department of English and Writing Studies, and the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Western University and by London Public Library Donors.
For more information about the Writer-in-Residence program and for information on how to apply for this position, please visit the Department of English and Writing Studies website.