Jeff Cottrill is a fiction writer, poet, journalist and spoken-word artist based in Toronto, Canada. He has headlined in countless literary series throughout Canada, the U.K., the U.S., France, Ireland and Australia over the last twenty-plus years. His performance style is influenced by slam conventions, but subverts them with wit, ironic humour and a satirical tone. In November 2025, his second novel, Performance Reviews, was published, following his 2022 debut Hate Story.

Jeff's poetry and flash fiction have been published in several international anthologies, including Paper Teller Diorama (New York), Sinew: Ten Years of Poetry in the Brew (Nashville), Globalisation: The Sphere Keeps Spinning (Sydney, Australia) and Monstrous (Leeds, U.K.). Other short fiction and poems have appeared in The South Shore Review and The Dreaming Machine. His poem “This is Not Real Poetry” (published in the annual Brownstone Poets anthology) was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2021.

Jeff’s journalistic credits include OHS Canada, Toronto.com, NOW, EYE WEEKLY, Exclaim!, Post City Magazines, YellowPages.ca, Divorce Magazine, JobPostings and Digital Journal. In 2015, he was nominated for a Kenneth R. Wilson Memorial Award for his OHS Canada article “Off the Rails.” He holds a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Toronto, as well as a certificate in creative writing from Humber College. Jeff is the former Literary Editor of Burning Effigy Press.

Jeff likes writing, movies, travel, and puppies.