Jocelyne Gregory is a Canadian author. She lives on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Canada.
Writing Degrees and Certificates
- Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from The School of Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.
- Certificate in Creative Writing from Simon Fraser University The Writer’s Studio program.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Education and Curriculum Development from Simon Fraser University.
Writing, Mentoring, and Manuscript Consultations
- Mentor-apprentice for the speculative fiction/young adult group with the SFU The Writer’s Studio program from September 2016 to June 2017.
- Undergraduate Teaching Assistant with the UBC Creative Writing department in 2019 and 2020.
- Manuscript Consultant with Simon Fraser University The Writer’s Studio and the Sechelt Public Library in 2018, 2019, 2022, and Spring 2023.
Publications
- “Clouds” National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand website on their Micro Madness page: https://nationalflash.org/micro-madness/
- “All the Dogs are Dancing” Emerge 16
- “Jellyfish” 50-Word Stories
- “The Holy Harvest” The Dancing Plague: A Collection of Utter Speculation
- “Dragons Anonymous” Zooscape
- “Millennial Lobster: A Poetry Collection”
- “Ultimate Timeshare” Speculation Publications: Beach Shorts
- “The Teddy Bear Club” Brave New Girls: Tales of Girls Who Engineer and Explore
- “The Heist” Space Brides, Wolfsinger Publications (2023/2024)
Book Reviews
Children’s Book Reviews written with the University of British Columbia’s Young Adult Book Reviews
- Super Sons: The PolarShield Project by Ridley Pearson, illus. by Ile Gonzalez
- Teddy Bear of the Year by Vikki VanSickle, Illus. by Sydney Hanson
- The Bug Girl (a true story) by Sophia Spencer and Margaret McNamara, Illus. by Kerascoët
- Making Comics by Lynda Barry
- I Like The Me I See! by Jessica “Culture Queen” Herbon, Illus. Solomia Kovalchuk
- It Happened on Sweet Street by Caroline Adderson, Illus. by Stéphane Jorisch
- The Bat by Elise Gravel
- The Cockroach by Elise Gravel
- 5 Questions for Vikki VanSickle
- Butterflies Are Pretty … Gross! by Rosemary Mosco, illus. by Jacob Souva
Plays
- “Unfortunately Our Last Slave Just Died: From the Real Housewives of Ancient Britannia” (2016). The portion of the play she co-wrote, alongside Roxanne Gregory, was performed at Comedy Quickies with The Whistler Writer’s Festival and won the Best Comedy Writing Award.
Awards
- 2013 and 2014, Second round of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition for her adult novel “All the Dogs are Dancing” (written under J.M. Goguen, All the Dogs are Dancing (2018) published by Ninestar Press can be found on Ninestar Press.)
- UBC Brissenden Scholarship in Creative Writing.
- UBC Laura Steiman Memorial Scholarship in Children’s Literature.
- 3rd Quarter Honorable Mention from Writers of the Future Contest – 2022
- 4th Quarter Honorable Mention from Writers of the Future Contest – 2022
- Winner of Best Trailer at the Swedish International Film Festival for “Gladiatrix” – 2023
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