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            BIO
          
          Biography
              Murgatroyd Monaghan is an Autistic mother, writer, spoken work artist and poet of mixed descent.
            ADDRESS
          
          
                                            City: ,
                                                          Province/Territory:   Ontario
                        
        
            EMAIL
          
          
                      murgatroydmonaghan@gmail.com
                    
        
            GENRE
          
          
            Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Literary Fiction.
          
        
            LANGUAGES
          
          
            English
          
        
            PUBLICATIONS
          
          Publications
          Title
              For Sailors and Soldiers Alike:Poems on the Familiar Wars of Womanhood
          
            AWARDS
          
          Awards
          Name
              First Prize Winner, Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize
          Publication
              PRISM international 
          Year
              2024
          Name
              First Prize Winner, Canadian Nonfiction Collective Prize
          Publication
              Humber Literary Review
          Year
              2024
          Name
              First Prize - GritLit Short Story Contest
          Publication
              GritLit 
          Year
              2024
          
            PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
          
                    
            Presentation details
          
          
              Audience Size
              
              Audience size
              Any
          
              Presentation Genre
              
              
              Poetry, Prose, Nonfiction/Memoir, Writing for Healing, Spoken Word/performance
              
            
              Presentation Length
              
              
              Variable 
              
            
            EQUITY INITIATIVE
          
          
          As part of the Union’s Equity Implementation Plan, we are committed to increasing awareness of authors who are Black, Indigenous, racialized, LGBTQI2S, or living with a disability. This author identifies as:
            
  
    
              
      
          
        Members who identify as:
          Black, Indigenous, and/or racialized
          LGBTQI2S
          Living with a disability
              
            Programs & Interests
          
           
                Interested in participating Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program:
              
              All members are eligible for the Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program. Are you interested in participating in this pro
              Yes
          
                Interested in participating in the Northern Ontario WITS program:
              
              The Union’s Northern Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program funds in-person visits to northern Ontario schools when possible. Ar
              Yes
           
    

