ZILLA JONES is an African-Canadian woman writing in Treaty 1 (Winnipeg). In 2023, she won the Journey Prize and was shortlisted for the Bronwen Wallace Award, and in 2024, was shortlisted for the CBC Short Story Prize. Her work has appeared in Prairie Fire, Grain, The Malahat Review and elsewhere. Her debut novel, The World So Wide, is forthcoming with Cormorant Books in April 2025.
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