CARINA COSTOM
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Lately

 
2020-2021               
  • PRODUCTION PROJECTS
    • Homegrown bilingual microcast series entitled "Bonjour" (Hello in French) is in beta and pre-production mode.
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • "Small Pedestals" vignette  published online at Black Bear Review (May 2021)  
    • Submitted the vignette "Small Pedestals" audio file as a pitch  to The Moth Radio Hour for possible airing.
    • Tapestry section editorial to Nelson Star (Slotted for June, 2021)
    •  "This Black Bear Has 28 minutes" - Arts & Culture Podcast -
      Contributor: Literary Craft Minute Episode #4 . Managing Editor and co-mentor on Episodes 1, 2 and 3.
  • RECOGNITION & AWARDS
    • In nomination for Raymond Carver Award for emerging authors
    • Received UAS Award of Excellence - Selkirk College - Nominated by English Instructor,  Almeda Glenn Miller
    • Received  UAS Award of Excellence  -  Selkirk College - Nominated by English Faculty, Renée Harper
  • READINGS
    • Oxygen Art Centre - Author Reading Series - Selkirk Student showcase reader (1/3) - "Small Pedestals". Featured 5 peers and reader: Associate Professor,  Creative Studies, Creative Writing,
      Matthew Rader, UBC Okanagan
  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND HOSTING
    • Held the Managing Editor position at literary journal: The Black Bear Review at Selkirk College.
    • Co-hosted a Stone's Throw Writer's Symposium on behalf of the Black Bear Review in collaboration with Eastern Washington University under the tutelage of Leesa Dean.    
    • Co-host (With Bre Harwood) - Black Bear Review Spring Launch Party: print issue No.10 - Special Guest: Anne DeGrace.          

 2018-2019
  • PANEL, EDITORIAL COLLECTIVE
    • As Part of the Black Bear Review collective, offered counsel to igh school participants of
      the annual  L.V. Rogers 24 Hour Literary Competition.
    •  Joine the the Black Bear Review as an editorial team member - Fiction.
  • READINGS
    • Read  “Abalone” at Words on Baker, a spoken word open mic for poetry, prose, slam, and song at Dominion Café, Nelson, BC.  Feature set: Brad Bradley, award-winning poet and host of CJLY's Poetry for Keeps.
    • Read  “Abalone” at The Black Bear Review's Night Growlers – Poetry and Prose Readings, The Dam Inn, South Slocan, BC
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • My non-fiction short story, “The Xerophyte”, is published in the Black Bear Review
    • “An Act of Reclamation”, is published in the Nelson Star, Tapestry section.
  • AWARDS/RECOGNITION
    • Recipient of the Creative Spark Columbia Basin Grant for BC Artists in Schools.
  • EVENTS
    • Third Annual Stone's Throw Writing Symposium at The Mir Center for Peace - Selkirk College.
    • Elephant Mountain Literary Festival/ EMLF in Nelson, BC.
2017
  • SELECT READINGS
    •  “Red Sea” at The Nelson Poetry Slam.
    • “Read Sea” at the Royal ahead of singer-songwriter Sophie D’Orléans.
  • RESIDENCY
    • Started Artist Residency in Motherhood
  • Creative Writing studies ongoing.
2016 - 2021
  •  Creative Writing Program at Selkirk College, Nelson, BC.
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  • Land Acknowledgement
  • om
  • About
  • Publications
    • Nelson Star News, Tapestry
    • Journal Articles
    • Handmade Books 'n Things
    • Illustration and Photography
    • Artist Residency in Motherhood
    • Moth
  • Episodes
  • Blog
  • Press
  • Lately
  • Say Bonjour
  • Share Our Pet