APPROVED BIOS
MINI VERSION
Vicki McLeod is a writer, coach and award-winning entrepreneur. She is the author of four nonfiction books that explore being fully human in a technical world. Her short story, Georgie, was longlisted for the 2020 CBC Nonfiction Prize and she is the winner of the BC-Yukon 2020 Flash Fiction prize for My People Came Down from the Mountains. In 2021, her essay Leave With What You Came With was long listed for the BC-Yukon Creative Nonfiction prize, and All My Love, Alex, a collage of essays, records, and found poetry was shortlisted for Event Magazine’s 2021 Creative Nonfiction prize, receiving second place. Her 5000-word essay, What Are You Doing Here? was published in PRISM International magazine in 2023. A graduate of the 2018 SFU Writers Studio, she has studied with authors Christina Myers, JJ Lee, Aislinn Hunter, and poet Rob Taylor. She is a west coast wild swimmer and leads workshops, writes poetry and personal essays and bakes bread.
SHORT VERSION
Vicki McLeod is a writer, author, coach, consultant and an award-winning entrepreneur. She is an advocate for mindful business, everyday happiness and living a life rich with meaning. For more than two decades she has helped organizations, governments, and small businesses create conversations that matter with clients, customers, and stakeholders. She has coached and mentored leaders, executive teams, and individuals to take inspiration and turn it into strategy. She leads retreats and workshops, writes books, poetry, short stories, and personal essays. You can find her online at vickimcleod.com and offline swimming on beautiful Vancouver Island on the west coast of Canada, or in pajamas, making something.
LONG VERSION
Vicki McLeod is a writer, author, coach, consultant and an award-winning entrepreneur. She is an advocate for mindful business, everyday happiness and living a life rich with meaning. For more than two decades she has helped organizations, governments, and small businesses create conversations that matter with clients, customers, and stakeholders. She has coached and mentored leaders, executive teams, and individuals to take inspiration and turn it into strategy. She has worked with clients in the government, education, environmental, and skilled trades sectors since 1994. She is the author of Effective Communication at Work, Speaking and Writing Well in the Modern Workplace (Rockridge Press 2020), You and the Internet of Things, A practical guide to understanding and integrating the IoT into your daily life (Self-Counsel Press 2020), #Untrending, A Field Guide to Social Media That Matters, How to Post, Tweet, and Like Your Way to a More Meaningful Life (First Choice 2016) and co-author of Digital Legacy Plan, A Guide to the Personal and Practical Elements of Your Digital Life Before You Die (Self-Counsel Press 2019). For many years she wrote a biweekly newspaper column on the intersection of digital and analog life. She is passionate about being fully human in a technical world and using technology wisely and well. Her short memoir piece, Georgie, was longlisted for the CBC 2020 Nonfiction Prize and she is the winner of the BC-Yukon 2020 Flash Fiction prize for My People Came Down from the Mountains. In 2021, her essay Leave With What You Came With was long listed for the BC-Yukon Creative Nonfiction prize, and All My Love, Alex, a collage of essays, records, and found poetry was shortlisted for Event Magazine’s 2021 Creative Nonfiction prize, receiving second place. Her 5000-word essay, What Are You Doing Here? was published in PROSM International magazine in 2023. A graduate of the 2018 SFU Writers Studio, she has studied with authors Christina Myers, JJ Lee, Aislinn Hunter, and poet Rob Taylor. She is currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts program at Vancouver Island University, with a Creative Writing major. She is a west coast wild swimmer, devoted to a full life on Vancouver Island.
PUBLICATIONS
Essays
2023: – “What Are You Doing Here” second prize- 2022 CNF contest, (PRISM international magazine, Winter 2023 61.2)2022: - “All My Love, Alex” second prize- 2021 non-fiction contest, (EVENT poetry and prose magazine, Issue 51/1)
2021: - “My People Came Down from the Mountains” winner 2020 FBCW BC & Yukon Flash Fiction contest, (Wordworks magazine, Issue 2021/1)
2018: - “Long Night, with Flowers,” (emerge 2018 Simon Fraser University)
Books
2020: “Effective Communication at Work, Speaking and Writing well in the Modern Workplace” (Rockridge Press)2020: “You and the Internet of Things: A practical guide to understanding and integrating the IoT into your daily life” (Self-Counsel Press)
2019: “Digital Legacy Plan: A Guide to the Practical and Personal Elements of your Life Before You Die” co-authored with Angela Crocker (Self-Counsel Press)
2016: “#Untrending: A Field Guide to Social Media That Matters, How to Post, Tweet and Like Your Way to a More Meaningful Life” (Self-published)
Print Journalism
2016–2020: Twice-monthly #Untrending column – Maple Ridge News, Black Press2011–2015: Monthly Social Chicks column – Maple Ridge Times, Glacier Media
1990–2020: Feature Writer, Columnist, Contributor Glacier Press, Black Press, Shared Vision Magazine
- Monthly Alternatives column – Maple Ridge Times
- Weekly entertainment features – Maple Ridge News
- Regular contributor – Shared Vision Magazine
Related Activities
2021 - 'Leave with What You Came With' longlisted for FBCW Creative Nonfiction prize2020 - 'Georgie', longlisted for the 2020 CBC Nonfiction Prize
2018 - Completed SFU Writers Studio and 2019 Graduate Studio
2017 - ‘A Long Look at the Sky’, short story shortlisted for Surrey International Writers Conference annual writing contest
2017–2018 - Surrey International Writers Conference full package registration(s) including mentorship sessions, blue pencil, and pitch sessions
2011–2022: Blogging and personal essays - Dishing in The Kitchen, The Social Chicks, vickimcleod.com, LinkedIn (200+ blog posts and/or online essays)
1993–present - Designed, and facilitated numerous writing workshops, classes, and retreats privately, and for arts councils and continuing education programs; attended many others as a participant; and recently Backeddy Writing Retreat(s) (2014, 2015) co-facilitated with author Christina Crook, and 2017 Loon Lake Writing Retreat co-facilitated with author Angela Crocker.
APPROVED BIOS
MINI VERSION
Vicki McLeod is a writer, coach and award-winning entrepreneur. She is the author of four nonfiction books that explore being fully human in a technical world. Her short story, Georgie, was longlisted for the 2020 CBC Nonfiction Prize and she is the winner of the BC-Yukon 2020 Flash Fiction prize for My People Came Down from the Mountains. In 2021, her essay Leave With What You Came With was long listed for the BC-Yukon Creative Nonfiction prize, and All My Love, Alex, a collage of essays, records, and found poetry was shortlisted for Event Magazine’s 2021 Creative Nonfiction prize, receiving second place. Her 5000-word essay, What Are You Doing Here? was published in PRISM International magazine in 2023. A graduate of the 2018 SFU Writers Studio, she has studied with authors Christina Myers, JJ Lee, Aislinn Hunter, and poet Rob Taylor. She is a west coast wild swimmer and leads workshops, writes poetry and personal essays and bakes bread.
SHORT VERSION
Vicki McLeod is a writer, author, coach, consultant and an award-winning entrepreneur. She is an advocate for mindful business, everyday happiness and living a life rich with meaning. For more than two decades she has helped organizations, governments, and small businesses create conversations that matter with clients, customers, and stakeholders. She has coached and mentored leaders, executive teams, and individuals to take inspiration and turn it into strategy. She leads retreats and workshops, writes books, poetry, short stories, and personal essays. You can find her online at vickimcleod.com and offline swimming on beautiful Vancouver Island on the west coast of Canada, or in pajamas, making something.
LONG VERSION
Vicki McLeod is a writer, author, coach, consultant and an award-winning entrepreneur. She is an advocate for mindful business, everyday happiness and living a life rich with meaning. For more than two decades she has helped organizations, governments, and small businesses create conversations that matter with clients, customers, and stakeholders. She has coached and mentored leaders, executive teams, and individuals to take inspiration and turn it into strategy. She has worked with clients in the government, education, environmental, and skilled trades sectors since 1994. She is the author of Effective Communication at Work, Speaking and Writing Well in the Modern Workplace (Rockridge Press 2020), You and the Internet of Things, A practical guide to understanding and integrating the IoT into your daily life (Self-Counsel Press 2020), #Untrending, A Field Guide to Social Media That Matters, How to Post, Tweet, and Like Your Way to a More Meaningful Life (First Choice 2016) and co-author of Digital Legacy Plan, A Guide to the Personal and Practical Elements of Your Digital Life Before You Die (Self-Counsel Press 2019). For many years she wrote a biweekly newspaper column on the intersection of digital and analog life. She is passionate about being fully human in a technical world and using technology wisely and well. Her short memoir piece, Georgie, was longlisted for the CBC 2020 Nonfiction Prize and she is the winner of the BC-Yukon 2020 Flash Fiction prize for My People Came Down from the Mountains. In 2021, her essay Leave With What You Came With was long listed for the BC-Yukon Creative Nonfiction prize, and All My Love, Alex, a collage of essays, records, and found poetry was shortlisted for Event Magazine’s 2021 Creative Nonfiction prize, receiving second place. Her 5000-word essay, What Are You Doing Here? was published in PROSM International magazine in 2023. A graduate of the 2018 SFU Writers Studio, she has studied with authors Christina Myers, JJ Lee, Aislinn Hunter, and poet Rob Taylor. She is currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts program at Vancouver Island University, with a Creative Writing major. She is a west coast wild swimmer, devoted to a full life on Vancouver Island.
PUBLICATIONS
Essays
2023: – “What Are You Doing Here” second prize- 2022 CNF contest, (PRISM international magazine, Winter 2023 61.2)2022: - “All My Love, Alex” second prize- 2021 non-fiction contest, (EVENT poetry and prose magazine, Issue 51/1)
2021: - “My People Came Down from the Mountains” winner 2020 FBCW BC & Yukon Flash Fiction contest, (Wordworks magazine, Issue 2021/1)
2018: - “Long Night, with Flowers,” (emerge 2018 Simon Fraser University)
Books
2020: “Effective Communication at Work, Speaking and Writing well in the Modern Workplace” (Rockridge Press)2020: “You and the Internet of Things: A practical guide to understanding and integrating the IoT into your daily life” (Self-Counsel Press)
2019: “Digital Legacy Plan: A Guide to the Practical and Personal Elements of your Life Before You Die” co-authored with Angela Crocker (Self-Counsel Press)
2016: “#Untrending: A Field Guide to Social Media That Matters, How to Post, Tweet and Like Your Way to a More Meaningful Life” (Self-published)
Print Journalism
2016–2020: Twice-monthly #Untrending column – Maple Ridge News, Black Press2011–2015: Monthly Social Chicks column – Maple Ridge Times, Glacier Media
1990–2020: Feature Writer, Columnist, Contributor Glacier Press, Black Press, Shared Vision Magazine
- Monthly Alternatives column – Maple Ridge Times
- Weekly entertainment features – Maple Ridge News
- Regular contributor – Shared Vision Magazine
Related Activities
2021 - 'Leave with What You Came With' longlisted for FBCW Creative Nonfiction prize2020 - 'Georgie', longlisted for the 2020 CBC Nonfiction Prize
2018 - Completed SFU Writers Studio and 2019 Graduate Studio
2017 - ‘A Long Look at the Sky’, short story shortlisted for Surrey International Writers Conference annual writing contest
2017–2018 - Surrey International Writers Conference full package registration(s) including mentorship sessions, blue pencil, and pitch sessions
2011–2022: Blogging and personal essays - Dishing in The Kitchen, The Social Chicks, vickimcleod.com, LinkedIn (200+ blog posts and/or online essays)
1993–present - Designed, and facilitated numerous writing workshops, classes, and retreats privately, and for arts councils and continuing education programs; attended many others as a participant; and recently Backeddy Writing Retreat(s) (2014, 2015) co-facilitated with author Christina Crook, and 2017 Loon Lake Writing Retreat co-facilitated with author Angela Crocker.
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BOOKS
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