denise ryan

my news career began at 10, with a satirical weekly i wrote and sold door to door while delivering the toronto star.

an internship at vancouver magazine led to my first job as associate editor; after joining the vancouver sun i co-founded the award-winning mix magazine, became literary editor and later served in multiple senior editorial roles before moving to reporting while raising a family.

i have received three webster awards, a sovereign award, an amnesty international award, a western magazine award for best new magazine, and was a national newspaper award finalist.

my fiction, essays and poetry have appeared in the journey prize anthology, toronto life, salon.com and other journals.

i mentor other writers with manuscripts in development.

education

bfa in creative writing, ubc

masters, vermont college of fine arts.

why i love journalism

i care about people: tell me your story.