Francine Cunningham

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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 is nominated for a 2021 City of Vancouver Book Award.[2]

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]

Publications[]

Anthology contributor[]

  • Boobs: Women Explore What It Means to Have Breasts, published March 15, 2016 by
  • "To plant life (all)" in Watch Your Head, published 2020 by Coach House Books[5]
  • "Still, Small Voice" in The Best Canadian Essays 2017, published by TightRope Books
  • "A conversation with a massage therapist" in #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women, published 2017 by Annick Press
  • "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

Artwork[]

  • "Language," (2018)
  • (2013)

Books[]

  • On/Me, published January 21, 2020 by
  • God Isn't Here Today, expected to be published May 10, 2022 by [6]

Poetry[]

  • Room Magazine: Indigenous Brilliance (2021)[7]
  • Room Magazine: Growing Room (2021)[8]
  • "I miss the smell of cooking," : A Matter of Taste exhibition (2021)[9]
  • "Coven, A Spell to Bring My Mom Back From The Dead," (2018)
  • "Caged," (2017)[10]
  • "Star Matter," (2017)
  • "Whales Can't save us all but they try," (2017)[11]
  • "Through Ribs and Things, Build up, Untitled," (2017)[12]
  • "Water is Spirit Love Medicine Balance" in published by (2016)
  • "Resistance," (2016)[13]
  • "A Conversation With a Massage Therapist," (2016)[14]
  • "For Your Darkness, Storyteller," (2015)
  • "A selection of four poems," (2015)[15]
  • "The Road," The Ubyssey (2010)

Short creative nonfiction[]

Short fiction[]

  • "God Isn't Here Today," (Spring/Summer 2021)[19]
  • "Asleep Till You're Awake," The Malahat Review (2020)[20]
  • "Starting A Religion," Grain Magazine (2018)[21]
    • Short Grain Contest: 1st Place Winner
  • "Complex 2675: Issue One," (2017)[22]
  • "Last," (2017)[23]
  • "Secrets like Lead," (2016)[24]
  • "Nanosim#694" (Twitter fiction)[25]
  • "The Places In-Between," (2015)
  • "Pornorama," (2015)[26]
  • "Slips," Active Fiction Project, a chose your own adventure story on the streets of Vancouver (2015)[27]

Other[]

  • Teen Reality TV show airing on APTN (Television) (2018)[28][29][30][31][32][33]
  • "The Berg," (Web-Series)(2017)[34]
    • Winner 10K Web-Series Edition
  • Royal BC Museum, Seeing the Museum Through an Indigenous Lens: Spring Issue, (Guest Editor)(2017)
  • International Innovation Pedagogy in a Digital World. Research summary from Citizens of Tomorrow team. (Article) (2016)
  • "Birdie," (Book Review)(2016)[35]
  • "Faerie," (Book Review)(2016)[36]
  • "Author Note," (Non-Fiction) (2016)[37]
  • Nineteen Questions, Interview With Author Lee Maracle. (Interview) (2014)
  • "Who I (really) am: An exploration of Urban Aboriginal Identity through short film," (2014)
  • Mixed Tribes zine with some Aboriginal youth at (2013)[38]
  • A Piece of Me with at (2011)[39]

Awards[]

Awards Received by Cunningham[40]
Year Award Work Result Ref.
2014 "2822" Second Place [1]
2017 Hnatyshyn Foundation: REVEAL Indigenous Art Awards Winner [41]
's 10K Web-Series Edition "The Berg" Winner [34]
2018 Grain Magazine: Short Grain Contest "Starting A Religion" Winner
2019 Indigenous Voices Award, Unpublished Prose Category Teenage Asylums Winner
The Malahat Review's Far Horizon's Fiction Award "Glitter Like Herpes" Shortlist
The New Quarterly's Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest "Half-Breed" Shortlist
2020 BC and Yukon Book Prize, Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes On/Me Nominated
"Blood Quantum" Winner
Indigenous Voices Award On/Me Nominated
2021 The Malahat Review's Fiction Open Season Award "Late Nights Over Mayo" Shortlist

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Indigenous Arts & Stories - 2822". Our Story. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b "Award winning Indigenous writer". FrancineCunningham. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b c d "Francine Cunningham". Goodreads. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Cunningham, Francine (April 25, 2016). "Author Note: Francine Cunningham". The Puritan. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "ART + POETRY: FRANCINE CUNNINGHAM". WATCH YOUR HEAD. 2019-11-21. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "66 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2022". CBC Books, January 11, 2022.
  7. ^ "Indigenous Brilliance". Room. 44 (3).
  8. ^ "Growing Room". Room Magazine. 44 (1). 2021.
  9. ^ "A Matter of Taste Chapter I." Koffler.Digital. 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  10. ^ ""Caged" – Francine Cunningham". Word and Colour. 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "New Poetry by Francine Cunningham: "Whales can't save us all—but they try"". Word and Colour. 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "thethismagazine.com". The This Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  13. ^ "New poem, "Resistance," by Francine Cunningham". Word and Colour. 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ Cunningham, Francine (Spring 2016). ""A conversation with a massage therapist"". The Maynard. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "HA&L Biographical Sketch • Francine Cunningham". HA&L Magazine. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ Cunningham, Francine. "Half-Breed". The New Quarterly (150).
  17. ^ "Transcendence—by Francine Cunningham". QWF Writes. 2017-07-21. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  18. ^ "The Malahat Review Issue 195". The Malahat Review. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ Cunningham, Francine (Spring 2021). "God Isn't Here". The Humber Literary Review. 9 (1): 4–7.
  20. ^ Cunningham, Francine (Fall 2020). "Francine Cunningham, "Asleep Till You're Awake"". The Malahat Review (212).
  21. ^ "2018 Short Grain Winners Announced!". Grain Magazine. August 6, 2018. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ^ "Complex 2675: Issue One | JOYLAND". Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  23. ^ "Last". In Shades Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  24. ^ Cunningham, Francine (2016-10-28). "Litro #157: Nightmares: Secrets like Lead". Litro Magazine. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  25. ^ "#694". Nanoism: A place for twitter-fiction. 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  26. ^ "Francine Cunningham | Pornorama | The Puritan Issue 30: Summer 2015". THE PURITAN. 2015-09-01. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  27. ^ "Writers". Active Fiction Project. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  28. ^ "Zipline". That's AWSM!. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  29. ^ "Surfing". That's AWSM!. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  30. ^ "Motocross". That's AWSM!. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  31. ^ "Flyboard". That's AWSM!. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  32. ^ "That's AWSM! Paragliding". That's AWSM!. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  33. ^ "Helicopter". That's AWSM!. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  34. ^ a b "The Berg: 2017 Web Series". Story Hive. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  35. ^ "An Invitation To A Ceremony of Healing: Tracey Lindberg's "Birdie"". PRISM international. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  36. ^ "Eisha Marjara Tackles Tough Issues Head On: A Review of "Faerie"". PRISM international. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  37. ^ Cunningham, Francine (2016-04-25). "Puritan Author on Writing Short Fiction". the Town Crier. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  38. ^ "Digital Zine Making: NYP | Citizens of Tomorrow". Citizens of Tomorrow. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  39. ^ "A Piece of Me". iPortal: Indigenous Studies Search Tool. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  40. ^ "WRITING". Francine Cunningham. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  41. ^ "Indigenous Awards | The Hnatyshyn Foundation". RJHF. Retrieved 2021-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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