Presenters

In-Person Conference

Finnian Burnett is a writer whose work explores the intersections of the human body, mental health, and gender identity. They are a recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts grant, a finalist in the 2023 CBC nonfiction prize, and a 2024 Pushcart nominee.

Their work appears in Blank Spaces Magazine, Reflex Press, The Daily Sci-Fi, CBC Books, contest anthologies such as Word on the Lake, The Wine Country Writer’s Festival anthology and more. Their two novellas-in-flash, The Clothes Make the Man and The Price of Cookies, are available through Ad Hoc Fiction and Off Topic Publishing respectively.

When not writing or teaching, Finnian enjoys cold weather walking, Star Trek, and cat memes.

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