Marilyn Irwin

A graduate of Algonquin College’s Creative Writing program,  winner of Arc’s 2013 Diana Brebner Prize , and a 2014 Hot Ottawa Voice, Marilyn’s work has been published by  above/ground press ,   Arc Poetry Magazine ,  Bywords ,  In/Words , and  New American Writing ,   among others .  She has four chapbooks:  for when you pick daisies  (self-published and above/ground, 2010) ,  flicker  (above/ground, 2012),  little nothings  (self-published, 2012)   ,  and  tiny  (In/Words, 2014).  for when you pick daisies  was reprinted in full in the anthology  Ground rules: the best of the second decade of above/ground press 2003-2013  (Chaudiere Books, 2013). A fifth chapbook is imminent. She lives with her two cats in Ottawa.