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Nicolai Gregory
Ellen Chang-Richardson
BIO
Biography

Ellen Chang-Richardson is an award-winning poet, hybrid genre writer, judicial assistant, and editor of Taiwanese and Chinese Cambodian descent. Co-founder of the experimental Riverbed Reading Series, they are an editor for Paper Bill Press, long con magazine, and Room. Their debut collection, Blood Belies (Wolsak & Wynn), was shortlisted for the 2025 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. Their second collection, Through the Eyes of Another: a collection of ekphrasis, is forthcoming in Spring 2027.

ADDRESS
City: Ottawa, Province/Territory: Ontario
EMAIL
GENRE
Poetry, Creative Non-Fiction, Hybrid, Experimental Fiction
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
the moleskin coat
Publisher
above/ground press
Year
2025
Title
Blood Belies
Publisher
Wolsak & Wynn
Year
2024
Title
concussion, baby
Publisher
Apt 9 Press
Year
2023
Title
Assimilation Tactics
Publisher
Coven Editions
Year
2022
Title
snap, pop, performance: a series of ekphrasis
Publisher
Gap Riot Press
Year
2020
Title
Unlucky Fours
Publisher
Anstruther Press
Year
2020
AWARDS
Awards
Name
POWER OF THE POETS Ekphrastic Contest
Publication
The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery x Toronto International Festival of Authors
Year
2020
Name
Vallum Award for Poetry
Publication
Vallum Contemporary
Year
2019
LINKS
Links
Author Website
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