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Pantea Pezeshkan
Jennifer DeLeskie
BIO
Biography

Jennifer DeLeskie is a writer based in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Prairie Fire, Exile Quarterly, The Dalhousie Review, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, AE Presents: Unréal, The Colored Lens, and elsewhere. She is Prairie Fire's nominee for both the 2026 Journey Prize and the National Magazine Award, and has been nominated for the Carter V. Cooper Exile Award and the Fish Publishing Short Story Prize. Jennifer is the editor-in-chief of Quist, an online journal from the Quebec Writers' Federation showcasing the work of young Quebec writers. A member of the Quebec Writers' Federation and Codex Writers, she will publish her debut novel, Everclear—which examines settler identity through a speculative fiction lens—with Flame Arrow Publishing in August 2026.

ADDRESS
City: Montreal, Province/Territory: Quebec
EMAIL
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Realists of a Larger Reality: Or Why I Read (and Write) Science Fiction
Publisher
QWF Writes
Year
2021
Title
"Learning to Share Boxes," Chronicling the Plague
Publisher
Guernica Editions
Year
2021
Title
(Not) a Metaphor
Publisher
The Dalhousie Review, Vol 102.2
Year
2022
Title
Ocosingo
Publisher
Exile Quarterly, Vol 44.4
Year
2022
Title
The Magic Kingdom
Publisher
Soliloquies Anthology, Vol 26.2
Year
2022
Title
But Mayflies on the Water, Gazing at the Sun
Publisher
Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue #366
Year
2022
Title
Blue Monday
Publisher
Marrow Magazine, Issue 6
Year
2023
Title
To Live Here, On Earth
Publisher
Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature
Year
2023
Title
Parents should be defending children’s rights, rather than rushing to claim their own
Publisher
The Globe and Mail
Year
September 15, 2023
Title
The Diet of Worms
Publisher
Whisk(e)y Tit
Year
2024
Title
Two Hands Clasping a Crowned Heart
Publisher
Brilliant Flash Fiction
Year
2024
Title
Gird Yourself and You Will Be Broken
Publisher
Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality and the Arts
Year
2025
Title
Our Lady of the Ravine
Publisher
The Colored Lens
Year
Spring 2025
Title
Like a Webbing Made of a Hundred Roots
Publisher
Prairie Fire
Year
Forthcoming Winter 2025
Title
The Story of the Little Frog
Publisher
Fraidy Cat Press
Year
Fall 2025
Title
You Shall Love Your Crooked Neighbor With Your Crooked Heart
Publisher
Dim Shores Presents: Suffering the Other
Year
Forthcoming Spring 2026
Title
Everclear
Publisher
Flame Arrow Publishing
Year
Forthcoming August 2026
Title
The Pile of Debris Grows Skyward
Publisher
AE Presents: Unréal
Year
Forthcoming Autumn 2026
AWARDS
Awards
Name
The Imagination Unbound Fellowship
Year
2025
LINKS
Links
https://quistlit.com/
https://quietdomino.ca/
Programs & Interests
Interested in participating Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program:
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Interested in participating in the Northern Ontario WITS program:
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Yes