Member Review
The Writers' Union of Canada provided me with invaluable support at a difficult point in my career when it seemed that all the decision-making power over my work was in the hands of the publishing industry. I will always be grateful for that, as well as for the work that the Union continues to do every day to promote and protect the rights of writers.
Member Profile
Maria Saba
An Ottawa-based writer, storyteller, and arts educator, Maria Saba was born and raised in Iran. She has published three books of nonfiction and over a hundred articles, essays, interviews, and critiques on literature, dance, folklore, anthropology, and chemical physics. "My First Friend", her short story published in Scoundrel Time, is nominated for the Pushcart Prize and won the Editor's Choice Award. Maria founded Tirgan short story contest open to the Persian speaking world in 2011. She is the recipient of Ontario Volunteer Award in Art and Culture in 2013 as well as grants in English literature from Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, and the City of Ottawa Arts Funding. Maria has attended Banff Writing Studio, Banff Residency, Anam Cara Residency, and is the resident writer at Al Purdy A-Frame in 2018. Currently, she is writing her first collection of short stories.
