Short Biography
Nicole Pakan is an active member of the Edmonton literary community, performing and organizing events around the city. She is the Co-Editor for the international online and print literary journal DailyHaiku.
Publication and Performance History
Nicole's work has appeared or is forthcoming in a number of journals, exhibitions, and anthologies, including: filling Station, The Prairie Journal, Other Voices, Notebook Magazine, Misunderstandings Magazine, The Toronto Quarterly, fait accomplit, blood ink, the Edmonton Stroll of Poets Anthology, the Killer Blinks Chapbook Anthology, the Cortex Multimedia Exhibition, the Poet's Across Borders cultural project, and blue skies poetry
She performs regularly, recently appearing as a featured/headlining reader at The Edmonton Poetry Festival, The Roar: Spoken Word Festival, and the 44th Avenue Troudabour Series.
Awards
- Winner : Edmonton Regional CBC Poetry Faceoff 2009.
- Shortlisted : CV2 2-Day Poem Contest, 2008.

