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Mitchell Toews
Mitchell Toews

Mitchell Toews is a writer, painter, avid windsurfer, and rower. Nearly 100 literary journals and anthologies have published his fiction since 2016. He is a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee, a finalist in The Writers' Union of Canada's 2021 Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers and a pending finalist for the 2022 J.F. Powers Prize for Short Fiction.
Mitch is querying a collection of short stories that are thematically linked and take place on the prairies in a small Mennonite community. He is also currently at work on his debut novel as a protege to Canadian novelist, playwright, poet, and educator Armin Wiebe through a "Mentorship Microgrant" sponsored by the Writers' Union of Canada. (April 2022)
Member — Manitoba Writers' Guild
Professional Artist — as designated by Manitoba Arts Council
New/Early Career Artist — as designated by Canada Council for the Arts
Mitch and Jan live at Jessica Lake in the Manitoba Whiteshell Provincial Park. Frequent trips — once Covid is no longer a factor — to children and grandkids in BC are an important part of life. Cross-country skiing, a lifelong love of many sports but particularly baseball and a complicated relationship with the Vancouver Canucks are other interests.