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Manahil Bandukwala

 

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Full
First name
Manahil
Last name
Bandukwala
 

ABOUT

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Biography
Manahil Bandukwala (she/her) is a writer & visual artist. She is currently Coordinating Editor for Arc Poetry Magazine & Digital Content Editor for Canthius. She is a member of Ottawa-based writing collective VII. Her collaborative chapbook with Conyer Clayton, Sprawl | the time it took us to forget (Collusion, 2020), was shortlisted for the bpNichol Award. Her first full length poetry collection is MONUMENT (Brick Books, 2022).
Self-identification: equity-deserving groups
  • Racialized
 

PUBLICATIONS AND RECOGNITION

Books and other publications
Heliotropia (Brick Books, 2024)
Women Wide Awake (Mawenzi House 2023, co-written/created with Nimra Bandukwala
MONUMENT (Brick Books, 2022)

Chapbooks:
encounter (Rahila's Ghost Press 2022, co-written with Nimra Bandukwala)
Holy Disorder of Being (Gap Riot Press 2022, co-written with VII)
Orbital Cultivation (Collusion Books 2021, co-written with Liam Burke)
Tower (Collusion Books 2021, co-written with VII)
Sprawl | the time it took us to forget (Collusion Books 2020, co-written with Conyer Clayton)
Paper Doll (Anstruther Press 2019)
Pipe Rose (battleaxe press, 2018)
Awards and other achievements
The Writer's Trust of Canada Rising Star, selected by Shani Mootoo 2023
"Can we locate souls in space? The pairing problem, solved" shortlisted for the Austin Clarke Award for Literary Excellence
"Letter to my great-grandchild" shortlisted for CV2 Foster Poetry Prize 2022
"Sprawl | the time it took us to forget" shortlisted for bpNichol Chapbook Award 2021
Winner of University of Waterloo Graduate Creative Writing Award 2021
Honourable mention for George Johnston Poetry Prize 2020
Emerging Writer Award from Room magazine 2019
“To ride an art horse” longlisted for CBC Poetry Prize 2019
“Things I have learned from laundry” won Lilian I. Found Award for Poetry 2019
Poetic forms and styles
  • Long poem
  • Print poetry
  • Prose poetry
Other writing expertise
  • Literary fiction
Translations
English
 

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Contact me through my website: https://www.manahilbandukwala.com/contact
Poets in the Schools (Ontario)
  • Poets in the Schools (primary grades)
Editorial services
  • Poetry manuscript evaluation
  • Poetry manuscript editing
  • Individual poem editing
  • Fiction editing
  • Non-fiction editing
  • One-on-one mentoring
Editorial services: detail
My editorial experience draws directly from my work as a writer in various genres and disciplines. I offer a keen eye for thematic development, tone, and clarity. My goal as an editor is to help you develop a manuscript that speaks to your lived experience and enchants your audience. By working with me, you will develop your own unique voice as you find a home for your writing.