Poetry. Prose. Portfolio. Perhaps.

Owen Schaefer is a Canadian writer and poet. Prior to moving to Hong Kong in 2013, he lived in Tokyo for fifteen years, where he worked as a writer, proofreader, and editor, as well as arts editor for Tokyo Weekender Magazine. His fiction and poetry have been published in a number of literary journals and anthologies, and he is currently working toward his MFA at the University of British Columbia.




Short Fiction

Antilang, Issue 2, 2018 — flash-fiction: The Last Town / Myopia

Hong Kong Future Perfect Anthology — In the Floating City

Dimsum: Asia's Literary Journal, Vol. 9 — Fazima

Jungle Crows: A Tokyo Expatriate Anthology — Trio

Pressed Literary Journal, Vol. 8 — The Sinking of the Disco Barge

Tokyo Advocate — Fifteen Minutes


Poetry

Barzakh, Spring 2017 — Border Crossings

McGill Street Magazine — On a Queen Street East Church; Bloor Subway; Photographer


Arts Writing

Tokyo Weekender Magazine


Awards

Writer's Federation of New Brunswick Annual Competition, winner, poetry — Raising the Whale

Writer's Federation of New Brunswick Annual Competition, 3rd place, poetry — Incidence

Writers' Union of Canada Postcard Story Competition, shortlisted — Myopia


Contact

On Twitter: @owenschaefer

Mail: owen -[at]- this domain