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Jessica Marsh

She/Her | Writer | Halifax, NS, Canada

Jessica’s short stories have appeared in The New Quarterly, The Fiddlehead, Grain and will be in The Sun's June 2025 issue. Her work has been nominated for The Journey Prize and the National Magazine Awards. Jessica wrote “Wake” (dir. Jeremy Webb), winner of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Short Film Face Off. She is a Praxis Screenwriting Centre Fellow. With the generous support of two consecutive Canada Council for the Arts grants, Jessica is working on her first novel.

Selected work

Cover of The Sun

Dear Old Dad

The Sun, 2025

NonfictionEssayLiterary
Cover of Grain

Anthony from Brooklyn Says Thank You For Lunch

Grain, 2023

NonfictionEssayLiterary
Cover of The Fiddlehead

When it Rains

The Fiddlehead, 2022

NonfictionEssayLiterary
Cover of The New Quarterly

We Go Alone

The New Quarterly, 2013

FictionShort Story