Elena Bentley (MA English, University of Toronto) is a multi-genre writer and proud Métis aunty. Her poetry chapbook, taliped, was a finalist in the 2022 Vallum Chapbook Award and was recently published by 845 Press.
Her poems can be found in various literary journals like Arc Poetry, Room, The Malahat Review, PRISM international, and Grain. In 2022, she received an Honourable Mention in Grain’s Short Grain Contest (poetry category), and in 2021 she was a finalist for CV2’s 2-Day Poem Contest; in addition, she was shortlisted for CANSCAIP’s 2023 Writing for Children Competition (Young Adult category).
She is also the author of the children’s picture book The Pickle in Grandma’s Fridge (YNWP, 2022). Elena has previously served as a board member for the Saskatchewan Book Awards and for JackPine Press; as a juror for the 2023 Alberta Literary Awards; as a book reviewer for SaskBooks; and as the Managing and Poetry Editor for Windscript and spring magazines.