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.
If you are interested in submitting, please read our submission guidelines.
If you are interested in submitting, please read our submission guidelines.
Founding Editors
Aaron Schneider teaches in the Department of English and Writing Studies at Western University, where he also runs the Creative Writers Speakers Series. His stories have appeared/are forthcoming in The Danforth Review, filling station, The Puritan, Hamilton Arts and Letters, untethered, and The Chattahoochee Review. His first book, Grass-Fed, is available from Quattro Books. Visit his website here.
Amy Mitchell is The /tƐmz/ Review's social media editor (as well as a writing editor) and a college professor. She holds a PhD in English Literature from Western University. Her reading tendencies have been described as "promiscuous"; she is interested in a wide range of fiction and poetry, and particularly enjoys finding new and interesting works in translation.
Assistant Editors
Marisa Coulton is pursuing a degree in International Relations and French at Western University in London, Ontario. She believes that (1) language is the most powerful tool we have; (2) that bravery is the most admirable quality in a person; and (3) that the best is yet to come. She is would like to stay young forever, if that’s an option. Her short fiction has been featured in Joyland, untethered, and CAROUSEL literary magazines. Visit: thingsconsidered.blog.
Erica McKeen is a writer of poetry and speculative fiction. Her work has appeared in The Quilliad, Occasus, the Minola Review print anthology, The Word Hoard, and elsewhere. She received the Occasus first- and third-place prizes, as well as the Lillian Kroll prize in creative writing from Western University. Erica lives in London, Ontario, where she received her BA in English Literature and Creative Writing from Western University.
Amanda Merpaw lives, writes, and teaches in Toronto. Her poems have appeared in Room and the Literary Review of Canada. She is a reader, peer reviewer, and editor for a variety of literary and academic journals. She holds an MA in English from Ryerson University and an MT from OISE/The University of Toronto.
Elizabeth Sak is an Honors Business Administration candidate at the Ivey School of Business, pursuing a dual degree with Creative Writing at Western University. Her poetry has been featured in OCCASSUS, Symposium, and Nom De Plume. In 2017, she received the Judge’s choice for the Alfred Poynt award in Poetry.
Gervanna Stephens is a Jamaican poet and proud Slytherin with congenital amputation living in Canada. Her work has appeared/are forthcoming in Moonchild Magazine, Montreal Writes, Mojave Heart, Empty Mirror, The /tƐmz/ Review & WusGood.black. She holds an MA in Education, hates public speaking, has two sisters who are better writers than her & thinks unicorns laugh when we say they aren’t real. Tweets @gravitystephens or visit her website: www.gervannastephens.wordpress.com.
Katrina Younes is a devoted Trekkie and loves chocolate sundaes. She is an MA candidate at Western University and also holds a JD from Western Law. Her work has appeared in Western Journal of Legal Studies (Chambers) and Harvard Law School Case Studies Blog and is forthcoming in Black Mask Magazine.
Resident Interviewer
Kevin Heslop is a London, Ontario-based poet and actor whose second chapbook, there is no minor violence just as there is no negligible cough during an aria, is forthcoming with Frog Hollow Press; his first chapbook, con/tig/u/us, was published by The Blasted Tree in 2018. His poems won Poetry London and Occasus Literary Journal prizes in 2015. As an actor, he has appeared as Creon, Katherine Minola, and Saul Levi Mortera. Kevin is also the resident interviewer for Poetry London and organizes LOMP: reading series.