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Indigenous writer, artist, and educator
Francine Cunningham (born 1984) is an Indigenous writer, artist, and educator. She is
Cree and
Métis .
[1]
Her debut novel, On/Me , was nominated for the
BC and Yukon Book Prize for The Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes. as well as
Indigenous Voices Award for a poetry book in English and was nominated for a 2021 City of Vancouver Book Award.
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Personal life
Cunningham is originally from
Calgary , Alberta.
[3] She currently lives in
Strathmore, Alberta. She lived in Vancouver , British Columbia for over 15 years.
[3]
Career
Cunningham graduated from
Keyano College with a diploma in Visual and Performing Arts with conservatory style training in acting.
[4] She received her
Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the
University of British Columbia .
[3]
In 2014, She participated in the Indigenous Writing Studio at the Banff Arts Center and placed second in the Our Story: Aboriginal Arts and Stories contest.
[3]
At present, she runs creative writing and art workshops as a guest in First Nation's reserves across Canada.
[2]
Her collection God Isn't Here Today won the 2023
ReLit Award for short fiction.
[5]
Publications
Anthology contributor
"How to teach hard topics: The Native Youth Program and Indian Residential Schools as a case study" in Transforming Our Practices: Indigenous Art, Pedagogies, and Philosophies , published in 2017 by
The National Art Education Association
Artwork
Books
Poetry
Room Magazine : Indigenous Brilliance (2021)
[8]
Room Magazine : Growing Room (2021)
[9]
"I miss the smell of cooking,"
Koffler Digital : A Matter of Taste exhibition (2021)
[10]
"Coven, A Spell to Bring My Mom Back From The Dead,"
Poetry is Dead (2018)
"Caged,"
Word and Colour (2017)
[11]
"Star Matter,"
Red Rising Magazine (2017)
"Whales Can't save us all but they try,"
Word and Colour (2017)
[12]
"Through Ribs and Things, Build up, Untitled,"
The This Magazine (2017)
[13]
"Water is Spirit Love Medicine Balance" in
Gatherings: Water Anthology published by
Theytus Press (2016)
"Resistance,"
Word and Colour (2016)
[14]
"A Conversation With a Massage Therapist,"
The Maynard (2016)
[15]
"For Your Darkness, Storyteller,"
Echolocation Magazine (2015)
"A selection of four poems,"
Hamilton Arts and Letters (2015)
[16]
"The Road,"
The Ubyssey (2010)
Short creative nonfiction
Short fiction
"God Isn't Here Today,"
Humber Literary Review (Spring/Summer 2021)
[20]
"Asleep Till You're Awake,"
The Malahat Review (2020)
[21]
"Starting A Religion,"
Grain Magazine (2018)
[22]
Short Grain Contest: 1st Place Winner
"Complex 2675: Issue One,"
Joyland Magazine (2017)
[23]
"Last,"
In Shades Magazine (2017)
[24]
"Secrets like Lead,"
Litro Magazine (2016)
[25]
"Nanosim#694" (Twitter fiction)
[26]
"The Places In-Between,"
The Quilliad Magazine (2015)
"Pornorama,"
The Puritan (2015)
[27]
"Slips," Active Fiction Project, a chose your own adventure story on the streets of Vancouver (2015)
[28]
Other
Awards
References
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"Indigenous Arts & Stories - 2822" . Our Story . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"Award winning Indigenous writer" . FrancineCunningham . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"Francine Cunningham" . Goodreads . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
^ Cunningham, Francine (April 25, 2016).
"Author Note: Francine Cunningham" . The Puritan . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"2023 ReLit Awards winners announced" .
Quill & Quire , October 2, 2023.
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"ART + POETRY: FRANCINE CUNNINGHAM" . WATCH YOUR HEAD . 2019-11-21. Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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God Isn't Here Today
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"Indigenous Brilliance" . Room . 44 (3).
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"Growing Room" . Room Magazine . 44 (1). 2021.
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"A Matter of Taste Chapter I." Koffler.Digital . 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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" "Caged" – Francine Cunningham" . Word and Colour . 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"New Poetry by Francine Cunningham: "Whales can't save us all—but they try" " . Word and Colour . 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"thethismagazine.com" . The This Magazine . Archived from
the original on 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"New poem, "Resistance," by Francine Cunningham" . Word and Colour . 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
^ Cunningham, Francine (Spring 2016).
" "A conversation with a massage therapist" " . The Maynard . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"HA&L Biographical Sketch • Francine Cunningham" . HA&L Magazine . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
^ Cunningham, Francine.
"Half-Breed" . The New Quarterly (150).
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"Transcendence—by Francine Cunningham" . QWF Writes . 2017-07-21. Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"The Malahat Review Issue 195" . The Malahat Review . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
^ Cunningham, Francine (Spring 2021).
"God Isn't Here" . The Humber Literary Review . 9 (1): 4–7.
^ Cunningham, Francine (Fall 2020).
"Francine Cunningham, "Asleep Till You're Awake" " . The Malahat Review (212).
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"2018 Short Grain Winners Announced!" . Grain Magazine . August 6, 2018. Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"Complex 2675: Issue One | JOYLAND" . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"Last" . In Shades Magazine . Archived from
the original on 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
^ Cunningham, Francine (2016-10-28).
"Litro #157: Nightmares: Secrets like Lead" . Litro Magazine . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"#694" . Nanoism: A place for twitter-fiction . 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"Francine Cunningham | Pornorama | The Puritan Issue 30: Summer 2015" . THE PURITAN . 2015-09-01. Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"Writers" . Active Fiction Project . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"Zipline" . That's AWSM! . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"Surfing" . That's AWSM! . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"Motocross" . That's AWSM! . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"Flyboard" . That's AWSM! . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"That's AWSM! Paragliding" . That's AWSM! . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"Helicopter" . That's AWSM! . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"The Berg: 2017 Web Series" . Story Hive . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"An Invitation To A Ceremony of Healing: Tracey Lindberg's "Birdie" " . PRISM international . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"Eisha Marjara Tackles Tough Issues Head On: A Review of "Faerie" " . PRISM international . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
^ Cunningham, Francine (2016-04-25).
"Puritan Author on Writing Short Fiction" . the Town Crier . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"Digital Zine Making: NYP | Citizens of Tomorrow" . Citizens of Tomorrow . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"A Piece of Me" . iPortal: Indigenous Studies Search Tool . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"WRITING" . Francine Cunningham . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
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"Indigenous Awards | The Hnatyshyn Foundation" . RJHF . Retrieved 2021-10-21 .
^ Deborah Dundas,
"5 Canadians nominated for first Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for women and non-binary writers, worth $150,000 (U.S.)" .
Toronto Star , March 8. 2023.
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