Michelle Deines, Writer Publications Page
Michelle Deines has had poetry and non-fiction published in several magazines.
Poetry
“The Elephant’s Heart” & “The Polar Bear Exhibit.” Artis Natura. Vol. 2, Issue 2: “Flora and Fauna” (2018): Online & in Print (Artis Natura, Volume II, Issue 1 & 2)
"The Orange X." The Writers' Cafe Magazine. Issue 11: "Into The Trees" (2018): Online.
"The Wolves of Chernobyl." Event Magazine 40.1 (2011): Print.
"The Detail of Life." The Antigonish Review No. 153 (2008): Print.
"The Baking Lesson." Other Voices. 20.1 (2007): Print.
"Crossing the Georgia Strait at Night." Contemporary Verse 2 28.2 (2005): Print.
"The Seamstress' Love Poem." The Malahat Review No. 149 (2004): Print.
"The Apple Tree." Leaf Press: Monday's Poem Series (2004): Online.
"I have this picture of you." Jones Ave IX: 1 (2003): Print.
"Red Socks." Zygote Magazine Vol. 7 (2001): Print.
"Listening to the Rain" and "The Tattoo." Chaos Magazine (1999): Print.
"Kiwi." The Emily (1997): Print.
Non-Fiction
"Notre Dame d’Espace." Maisonneuve Magazine. Fall 2018. Print & Online.
"Searching for Home." Understorey Magazine. Issue 9 (2016): Print & Online.
"On the Floor: Inside InSite, North America's Only Supervised Injection Site." Canadian Dimension. Vol. 45 (2011): Print.
"Guerilla Traffic Control: The Art of Sticking it to Car Culture." briarpatch. Vol. 36 (2007): Print.
"Guerilla Traffic Control." Our Voice. August/September 2007: Print.
"I Got a Ride to Drummondville with John the Baptist." paperplates 6:2 (2004): Online.
"'Ferhming' on Cape Breton: Working the Organic Farm Circuit in Nova Scotia." The Martlet. 53: 11. (2001): Print.
"Time to Dive: On the Role of the High School Drama Teacher." Drama Contact No. 23 (1999): Print.
Anthologies
Letters From Montreal: Tales of an Exceptional City. Ed. by Madi Hasiam. Véhicule Press, 2022. (“Notre Dame d’Espace”)
Reviews
Rebent Sinner by Ivan Coyote. Understorey Magazine. November, 2019. Online.
A Circle on the Surface. Carol Bruneau. Understorey Magazine. September 4, 2018. Online.
Awards
The Nighthawks. Winner, Yellow Point Drama Group Playwriting Contest. December 2019.
Individual Creation Grant, Playwriting. BC Arts Council, 2016.
I am the Bastard Daughter of Engelbert Humperdinck. (Co-written with Kathryn Kirkpatrick.) Nominated for Outstanding Original Script, Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, 2015.
Ghosts in Baghdad. Nominated for Outstanding Original Script, Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, 2014.
I am the Bastard Daughter of Engelbert Humperdinck. (Co-written with Kathryn Kirkpatrick.) Nominated for Cultchivating the Fringe Award at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre, 2013.
Ghosts in Baghdad. Special Merit Prize Winner, Theatre BC Playwriting Competition, 2013.
The Toilet Paper Caper. Nominated for the Stage West Family Comedy Award (Tom Hendry Awards), 2013.
National Graduate Scholarship: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, 2010.
"The Baking Lesson." Honourable Mention, 20th Anniversary Poetry Prize, Other Voices 20:1. 2007