Sylvia Lorianne Leong
Awards/Honours
2024 – the novel, THE UNWICKED WITCH, was a quarterfinalist in Pulp Literature Press’s First Page Match.
2023 – 3rd place in Vancouver’s 27th Annual North Shore Writing Competition – “North Vancouver” a short fiction adapted from Chapter Six of the novel, THE UNWICKED WITCH.
Publications
- “North Vancouver” short fiction 3rd place winner in the 2023 NSWA newsletter.
- “The Least of Myself” short fiction, Pulp Literature Press Magazine, Spring 2023.
- “Gender Neutral” short fiction, Literature Undressed Magazine, Winter 2022.
- “Ghost Story” short fiction, Pulp Literature Press Magazine, Winter 2021.
Readings
- Ongoing – Dare to be Heard, the North Shore Writers’ Association.
- Dec 2024 – Pulp Literature Press Holiday Party and Magazine Launch
- May 2023 – Noir at the Bar, Victoria, B.C..
- May 2023 – Pulp Literature Press Magazine Launch
- Aug 2021 – VPL Writer in Residence, Open Mic with Lindsay Wong.
- Jan 2021 – Pulp Literature Press Magazine Launch (Online).
Learning
- Course: Writing Tension (online) with Cece Lyra, Literary Agent.
- Course: Fiction Series for the Weekend Student, with Nancy Lee – SFU.
- Course: Humour in Writing, with Eileen Cook – CapU.
- Course: Writing With Style (advanced grammar) – UBC.
- Course: Grammar, Creative Writing – CapU.
- Book: The Elements of Style, Strunk and White.
- Book: Story Genius, Lisa Cron.
- Book: Emotional Craft of Fiction, Donald Maas.
- Book: On Writing, Stephen King.
- Book: Save the Cat Writes a Novel, Jessica Brody.
- Book: Story, Robert McKee.
- Book: Sin and Syntax, Constance Hale.
- Book: .
- Videos: Shaelin Writes, Shaelin Bishop.
Podcast: The Shit No One Tells You About Writing, Bianca Marais, Carly Watters, Cecilia Lyra.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Dec 2024 to present: Rivulets Literary Magazine editor for the North Shore Writers’ Association.
- Sept 2024 to present: Write On! Newsletter editor for the North Shore Writers’ Association.
- Feb 2024 to present: first reader for Pulp Literature Press Literary Magazine.
Memberships
- North Shore Writers’ Association
- MONOVA, Museum of North Vancouver
