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Board of Directors


Jodene Wylie - President

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​Jodene Wylie has lived in the Thunder Bay region all her life. She has a Master of Arts degree in English Literature from Lakehead University and is a lover of books, stories and mystical lands. She occasionally writes short stories and is currently working on her first novel with the hopes of one day publishing. She has a dog named Bailey and is an avid tea drinker, a novice gardener and traveller (as much as she possibly can).


         Elizabeth  Pszczolko - Vice President
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Elizabeth has been involved with NOWW since its early beginnings more than twenty years ago. She recalls early meetings with fellow writers and feeling she had found her "kindred spirits."  Since those early days, Elizabeth said it has been wonderful to see how much NOWW  and the writing community has grown and developed through the region.  Recently retired as manager of the Thunder Bay Public Health Laboratory, Elizabeth is looking forward to finding her writing legs again. because she believes, "writing is about learning and exploring."  Her work has been published in the NOWW magazine and she recently started her own blog: www.awonderinglittlevoice.com/

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Charles Campbell - Treasurer


​Charles Campbell is an accountant by day and writer by evening and weekend.  Although he has had succesfully submitted his tax returns for decades, he is far more proud of having his plays selected for the 2015 and 2016 10x10 showcases.  Charles joined NOWW to get away from financial statements and to dedicate more time to develop his writing, but much like Michael Corleone, he's been 'pulled back in' and is serving as Treasurer.


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Graham Strong
Graham is a full-time freelance marketing writer, journalist, and ghostwriter and has been a writer his entire life. Graham is a former Editor-in-Chief of Argus, the Student Newspaper of Lakehead University, and helped transition it into one of the first digitally produced newspapers in North America. Graham won an Honourable Mention in NOWW’s first writing contest in 1998 for his short story Hat Trick. Professionally, Graham provides marketing writing services to businesses and organizations around the world. He also writes for several news outlets including the Sudbury Mining Solutions Journal and the Northern Ontario Medical Journal, and has written for Canadian Press. In his spare time he is writing his first novel. Graham lives in Thunder Bay with local potter Noël Keag and their three incredible sons. His favourite writers are Paul Quarrington, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Hunter S. Thompson.
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Siobhan Farrell

Siobhan Farrell was born in England, moved to Toronto as a child and moved to Thunder Bay as an early adult. Both her parents were journalists and avid readers, so she acquired a love of reading from a young age.  Today, she writes mostly poetry, but has also started to write in other genre such as plays and creative non-fiction.  She loves to travel, hike and camp.  She is however starting a campaign to abolish winter. 

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Phil Bullough

Phil is a resident of Pearl Ontario. He was born in Port Arthur and moved with his wife, to Alberta in 1981. He worked in the oil and gas industry in Supply Chain Management and specialized in Contract Administration. After retirement they  moved back to the Thunder Bay area in 2015.

Phil  loves sports and continues to play golf and hockey. He recently began writing and has recently  had a story printed in the Feb. 2020 issue of The Walleye.   He is  currently working on a full length play.  


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Clayton Bye - Regional Representative

Clayton Bye is a long-time professional writer with over 65 books to his credit—15 of them are his and 50 are ghostwritten. Determined to write in as many genres as possible, his current projects include a thriller, a children’s chapter book and a number of ghostwrites. Having written several hundred smaller pieces,

Clayton is also well-versed in poetry, short story writing, non-fiction article production and reviewing.
He’s a small, independent publisher of strangely different anthologies, occasional special projects and much of his personal writing. He was born, raised and lives in Dryden. Clayton formerly spent 30 years in Kenora.

Support Staff

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​Don Parsons
Administrator 

Don  comes to us with a wealth of experience ideally suited to the position. He was a teacher, Vice -Principal, and Coordinator of Student Services for the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board,  He also held positions as an Education Officer for the Northern Schools Resource Alliance and was the Mental Health Project Lead for the Superior Greenstone DSB.  Don comes to NOWW with strong public relations, communication, and problem solving skills, and is deft at various social media platforms. 


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​Meagan Botterill
Contest Coordinator 

Meagan has called Thunder Bay home for the last 17 years. Originally from southern Ontario, but moving to the north for University, Meagan has a Master's of Arts degree in English Literature from Lakehead University. Meagan has worked in the non-profit sector in event and volunteer management, and is a creative business owner - nominated for an Influential Women of Northern Ontario award, as well as a Woman in Business award. She is a self-proclaimed nerd, avid movie watcher, and has a love for books and tea. Meagan was previously employed by NOWW as their Administrator and is excited to take on her new position as Contest Coordinator.

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  • Home
  • Who We Are
    • Board of Directors
    • Member Profiles
  • 20 Years (Book)
  • Workshops
    • In the Region
  • 23rd Writing Contest
    • 23rd Writing Contest Judges
    • Past NOWW Writing Contest Winners
  • Events
    • Calendar
    • Readings
    • Write NOWW LitFest
    • NOWW Blog
  • Join NOWW
  • Contact Us
  • Contests & Awards
    • NOWW Awards