Elizabeth Pszczolko - President
![]() 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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Tessa Hargreaves - Secretary |
Tessa Hargreaves is a mother of three beautiful boys and an employee of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Lakehead University and loves to write and perform poetry. She is an avid consumer of the YA and Fantasy genres, wether it be books, TV shows or movies. She loves dreaming of far off lands and mystical beings and one day she hopes to have the time and commitment to create her own YA novel.
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Jodene Wylie
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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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Doug Diaczuk Doug Diaczuk is a writer and journalist in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He has a master’s degree in English Literature from Lakehead University and is currently working as a reporter/photographer with the Thunder Bay Source. Doug has been a member of the Northwestern Ontario Writer’s Workshop for the past two years. His work has been published in Geist, Quill and Quire, and Subterrain. In 2015, Doug won the 38th annual 3-Day Novel Contest for his novel Chalk, which was published in 2016. Chalk has also been shortlisted for the Northern Lit Award. Doug’s short story, Frogs Don’t Swim, was included in the NOWW collection, Twenty Years on Snowshoes. |
Autumne Atwood
Autumne Atwood is currently a stay at home mom to her beautiful children, Clay and Calliope. She has a Master of Social Work degree from The University of Toronto. She is a lover of books with a strong interest in non-fiction, particularly memoirs. She enjoys writing short stories of a personal nature, yoga, volunteering, and travelling. Autumne lives in Thunder Bay with her husband Lyndon, and their children. |