About
My name is Jazeen Hollings. I’m an award-winning writer, poet, and illustrator with a passion for helping others fulfill their creative dreams.
I’ve published writing, screened films, released songs, written novels. I graduated with honours from the University of British Columbia with an M.F.A in Creative Writing. I won the Cherie Smith Prize in Creative Writing and was a quarterfinalist of the Screencraft Short Screenplay Competition. I’ve guest lectured at the University of McGill on sustainability in filmmaking and at the University of British Columbia on stand up comedy.
I adore a spicy tarot spread, bad dancing and even worse movies. I live and work within the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.
Publications, Films, Music & Awards
Poetry
"We Waltz" — Flora Fiction
Fiction
"Father's Acrylic Gunshot"— Idle Ink
"George and the Horse"— Literally Stories
Nonfiction
"Our Ears, This Moment" — Discorder Magazine
"Kenyan Nutritionist Maureen Muketha Tackles Hunger and Gender Equality" — Faze Magazine
Films
"Within the Silence" Short Film—Screened at the Toronto Independent Film Festival — Director/Writer/Producer
"Cigarette" Music Video —Director/Cinematographer/Editor
"The Bodhi Wave" Documentary — Director/Cinematographer/Editor
Music
Tongue Shy — Solo Project
"Adored" — Sava Mal (disbanded) Vocalist, Rythm Guitar, Composer
Awards
Cherie Smith Prize in Creative Writing
Quarterfinalist ScreenCraft Short Screenplay Competition
Education
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing — University of British Columbia
Screenplay Certificate — George Brown College
Bachelor's in Graphic Design — OCAD University