About Us

The /tƐmz/ Review is a literary journal based in London, Ontario that publishes fiction, poetry, and reviews. We publish 4 issues per year (Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter), and we focus on publishing work from a diverse range of emerging and established voices. Our goal is to reflect a wide variety of editorial perspectives and publish an eclectic mix of writing.

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Co-Founding Editors

Aaron Schneider is a queer settler living in London, Ontario. He is the founding Editor at The /tƐmz/ Review, the publisher at the chapbook press 845 Press, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Writing Studies at Western University. His stories have appeared in The Danforth Review, Filling Station, The Ex-Puritan, Hamilton Arts and Letters, Pro-Lit, The Chattahoochee Review, BULL, Long Con, The Malahat Review and The Windsor Review. His stories have been nominated for The Journey Prize and The Pushcart Prize. His novella, Grass-Fed (Quattro Books), was published in Fall 2018. His collection of experimental short fiction, What We Think We Know (Gordon Hill Press), was published in Fall 2021. The Supply Chain (Crowsnest Books, 2023) is his first novel.

Amy Mitchell is a college professor with a PhD in English Literature from Western University. Her reading tendencies have been described as "promiscuous"; she is interested in a wide range of poetry and fiction, and particularly enjoys finding new and interesting works in translation. She is The Temz Review's poetry editor.

Fiction Editor

Sydney Hegele (they/them) is a fiction author, poet, and essayist from small town Southern Ontario. They are the author of The Pump (Invisible Publishing 2021), a National Indie Bestseller, winner of the 2022 ReLit Literary Award for Short Fiction and a finalist for the 2022 Trillium Book Award. Their novel Bird Suit, a lakeside gothic & queer folktale told through myths, conjecture, witness, and belief, is forthcoming from Invisible Publishing in Spring 2024. Their essay collection Bad Kids, about their experience of Dissociative Identity Disorder through a pop culture lens, will be edited by award-winning memoirist Alicia Elliot and is forthcoming from Invisible Publishing in Fall 2025. They live with their husband and French Bulldog on Treaty 13 Land (Toronto, Canada), the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples.

Assistant Editors

Mariapaula Acevedo Ruiz is a queer Latina writer based in Calgary, Alberta. She studied playwriting, screenwriting, and fiction at the University of Victoria, where she recently completed her BFA in Writing and graduated with distinction.

Hannah Briggs is a queer lover of literature currently working in management at a coffee shop in London, Ontario. In 2018, she earned a BA in English language and literature and creative writing from Western University. More recently, she’s prioritized bettering her mental wellness and developing her writing craft. She reads a variety of poems and narratives, but pieces that experiment with traditional elements of genre, form, and voice compel her most. They particularly enjoy works that explore, analyze, and contribute to a deeper understanding of the intersections of individual perspectives and relational/collective experiences, especially as they pertain to gender and sexuality, religion and the occult, nature, technology, and the elusive and often dark nature of human emotions.

Michael Lithgow’s poetry, academic writing and short stories have appeared in various journals including TNQ, the Literary Review of Canada (LRC), Cultural Trends, Canadian Literature, Existere, Topia, Event, The Antigonish Review, ARC, and Fiddlehead. His first collection of poetry, Waking in the Tree House (Cormorant Books, 2012), was shortlisted for the A.M. Klein Quebec Writers Federation First Book Award. Work from this collection was included in the 2012 Best of Canadian Poetry (Tightrope Books). Michael’s second collection, Who We Thought We Were As We Fell (Cormorant Books), was published in the spring 2021. He currently lives in Edmonton, AB and teaches at Athabasca University.

MJ Malleck is a first-generation university graduate who studied journalism and wrote corporate copy before returning to her first love, telling stories. She grew up on the Canadian side of the US border and still likes her weather report in Fahrenheit degrees. These days she attends classes and relies on a cadre of wonderful women writers for workshopping and encouragement. Her work has appeared in Entropy, Agnes & True, blank spaces and EVENT. She is working on a collection of shorts and a novel. Twitter @MJMalleck

Molly McCarron writes fiction and nonfiction. Her work has appeared in Minola Review, the Globe and Mail, Memoir Mixtapes and Hinterland magazine. She lives in Toronto.

Kit Roffey (They/Them) is a queer non binary writer. They are a graduate of Huron at Western University, holding a BA in English and Cultural Studies. Their work has appeared in Prairie Fire, The Quilliad, Vallum, and Event, among others. They can be found on Instagram @poetry_kit

Leah Sandals (she/they) is a writer and editor based in Toronto. Her poetry and short fiction have been published in Prism International, Room Magazine, Filling Station, Freefall, Dusie, Touch the Donkey, and Mom Egg Review. Her work has been supported by creative writing grants from the Toronto Arts Council and the Ontario Arts Council. She has read at the Bi+ Arts Festival, knife | fork | book and other venues.

Resident Interviewer

Sharon Berg attended the Banff School of Fine Arts Writing Studio in 1982 and was accepted to Banff’s Leighton Artist Colony in 1987. She is also an alumni of Humber College’s Writing Program. She did her B.A. in Indigenous Studies at Laurentian U, followed by her B.Ed for Primary Education at U of T. Her M.Ed focused on First Nations Education at York U, and her D.Ed focused on Indigenous Education at UBC. She also received a Certificate in Magazine Journalism from Ryerson U. Sharon founded and operated the international literary E-Zine Big Pond Rumours (2006-2019) and its associated press, which released chapbooks of Canadian poets as prizes for the magazine’s contests. She's published five full books and three chapbooks, working in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Her work appears in periodicals across Canada, the USA, Mexico, the UK, the Netherlands, India, Germany, Singapore, and Australia. Her 3rd poetry collection Stars in the Junkyard (Cyberwit 2020) was a Finalist in the 2022 International Book Awards, and her narrative history The Name Unspoken: Wandering Spirit Survival School (Big Pond Rumours Press 2019) won a 2020 IPPY Award for Regional Nonfiction. When she retired from teaching, she opened Oceanview Writers Retreat in Charlottetown (Terra Nova National Park) Newfoundland.

Resident Reviewers

Kevin Canfield's work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Cineaste, Film Comment and other publications. He lives in New York City.

Marcie McCauley's work has appeared in Room, Other Voices, Mslexia, Tears in the Fence and Orbis, and has been anthologized by Sumac Press. She writes about writing at marciemccauley.com and about reading at buriedinprint.com. A descendant of Irish and English settlers, she lives in the city currently called Toronto, which was built on the homelands of Indigenous peoples - Haudenosaunee, Anishnaabeg, Huron-Wendat and Mississaugas of New Credit - land still inhabited by their descendants.

In Memoriam

We were greatly saddened to lose our resident reviewer Carla Scarano D'Antonio in 2023. Please do visit her websites and consider purchasing a copy of Negotiating Capanata (a very strong poetry collection) in her honor.

Carla Scarano D’Antonio lives in Surrey with her family. She obtained her Degree of Master of Arts in Creative Writing with Merit at Lancaster University in October 2012. Her pamphlet Negotiating Caponata was recently published by Dempsey & Windle (2020); she has also self-published a poetry pamphlet, A Winding Road (2011). She has published her work in various anthologies and magazines, and is currently working on a PhD on Margaret Atwood’s work at the University of Reading. In 2016, she and Keith Lander won first prize in the Dryden Translation Competition with translations of Eugenio Montale’s poems. She writes in English as a second language.

Visit her websites:
http://carlascarano.blogspot.com/
http://www.carlascaranod.co.uk/

Editors Emeriti

Grace Beato
Alex Chappell
Marisa Coulton
Ágnes Cserháti
Miriam Cummings
Catherine Dorton
David Estringel
Rebecca Evans
Shelly Harder
Erin Kirsh
Heather Kocsis
Erica McKeen
Amanda Merpaw
Khashayar Mohammadi
Steve Murphy
Jenny O'Reilly
Elizabeth Sak
Michelle Sinclair
Gervanna Stephens
Katrina Younes