Kissner, Alyson
Born in Vancouver, Canada, Alyson Kissner was awarded top prize for youth writers at the Vancouver International Writers Festival at the age of 16. She is currently completing her Master’s in Creative Writing: Poetry at the University of Edinburgh, and was this year’s recipient of the William Hunter Sharpe Memorial Scholarship. She has published in The Toast, Nailed Magazine, tNY Press, and others – and can be reached at her twitter handle @alykissner for questions, concerns, or sizeable donations.