Ali Bryan

Ali Bryan is an award-winning author, manuscript reviewer and story consultant with a background in personal training and marketing. Ali has helped hundreds of emerging writers elevate their craft and level up their writing. Her style is thoughtful, solutions-oriented and empowering.

Professional Highlights:

·       5 traditionally published novels, with 3 forthcoming

·       Published with Big 5 (US) and small press (US & Canada)

·       Shortlisted for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, Longlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Wilbur Smith Prize for Adventure Writing, CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize, Best-of-the-Net and Pushcart Prize, Winner of the Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction and the Howard O’Hagan Award for Short Story

·       Work optioned for TV by Sony Pictures

·       Served as a Writer-In-Residence for the Calgary Public Library, the Banff Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University and the Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society W.O. Mitchell Retreat

Sandra McIntyre

Sandra McIntyre is a writer, professional editor and book coach with more than twenty years’ experience in the book publishing industry. Sandra has helped hundreds of writers–from beginners to award-winning authors–find clarity and reach their writing goals. Her style is supportive, honest and creative.

Professional Highlights:

·       Short fiction nominated for the Journey Prize and the National Magazine Awards for Fiction

·       Honoured with the (HRM) Mayor’s Award for Cultural Achievement for work championing new writers

·       Editor of two published anthologies of short fiction and more than two hundred books, including many that have won or been shortlisted for awards like the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature, Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction, and the Amazon.ca First Novel Award

·       Previously the managing and acquiring editor of a mid-sized regional publisher; instrumental in launching its fiction imprint