Writer-in-Residence
2024-25 Writer-in-Residence: Saeed Teebi
Saeed Teebi is a writer and lawyer based in Toronto. His debut collection of short stories, Her First Palestinian, published in 2022, was a finalist for numerous awards, including the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Prize and the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Award. His short story "Her First Palestinian" was a finalist for the CBC Short Story Award. His next book will be a work of personal non-fiction titled You Will Not Kill Our Imagination. He is also working on a novel.
Office Hours
To book an appointment to discuss your creative writing with Saeed, please email Vivian Foglton at vivian.foglton@uwo.ca. Submission guidelines are below and should be provided one week in advance of the appointment.
- Prose (fiction or non-fiction): 10 pages, Word document, double-spaced, 12 pt font, Times New Roman
- Poetry: 5 pages, Word document, double-spaced, 12 pt font, Times New Roman
Saeed's office hours will be on Mondays from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm beginning September 9th.
About Western's Writer-in-Residence
The Writer-in-Residence Program is sponsored by the James A. and Marjorie Spenceley Fund, the Department of English and Writing Studies, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, and London Public Library.
