Pulse

Pulse This is Pulse. A gathering of literary work by the OCAD U Creative Writing BFA Program. Submissions open now!

Introducing— cue drum roll —the first official Pulse tote bag! Perfect for every and any occasion, from grocery shopping...
05/13/2024

Introducing— cue drum roll —the first official Pulse tote bag! Perfect for every and any occasion, from grocery shopping and daily use to carrying school supplies. You can find our totes at today’s launch party. We can’t wait to see you there!

Model: Emaan Mahboob
Photographer/ Editor: Anna Yang
Photographer Assistant: Sarah Berry

The launch party for the third edition of Pulse is tomorrow! This edition is an accumulation of all the incredible and e...
05/12/2024

The launch party for the third edition of Pulse is tomorrow! This edition is an accumulation of all the incredible and evocative work created by all of you and we are so excited to share it with the world!

Join us for a wonderful time celebrating the work of your fellow peers. And to our contributors—come and see all your hard work pay off! Feel free to bring family and friends!

There will be copies of the journal for purchase, Pulse merchandise (tote bags, stickers, etc), live music, readings, food, a photo wall comprised of work from the journal, and more! We can’t wait to see you there!

📅 : May 13th, 2024

⏰ : 5:00pm-8:00pm

📍: Main Campus Building, 100 McCaul, Great Hall

If there are any questions, feel free to DM us or contact us at [email protected]

credits to our designer for the pretty poster!

MEET OUR FACULTY LEAD:Catherine Black is a Toronto-born writer, Associate Professor, co-founder and Chair of the Creativ...
05/12/2024

MEET OUR FACULTY LEAD:

Catherine Black is a Toronto-born writer, Associate Professor, co-founder and Chair of the Creative Writing BFA program at OCAD University.

Catherine’s first collection of prose poetry Lessons of Chaos and Disaster was the second book in Guernica Edition’s “First Poets Series,” and her lyric nonfiction novella A Hard Gold Thread (Guernica, 2011) was nominated for the ReLit award.

Her third book, Bewilderness, was nominated for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award. Her debut novel, Blessed Nowhere, won the Guernica Prize for Literary Fiction and will be published in 2024.

MEET OUR TREASURER:Lia is a fifth year creative writing student at OCAD. They frequently play D&D and infrequently post ...
05/12/2024

MEET OUR TREASURER:

Lia is a fifth year creative writing student at OCAD. They frequently play D&D and infrequently post on TikTok. They are known to create elaborate playlists on Spotify for their characters.

She loves Greek Mythology, and was a competitive dancer for 12 years before university. They were featured last year in Grad-X with their short story Wax Wings, a modern re-imagining of the story of Icarus.

Stay tuned to meet the rest of Pulse’s 2024 Editorial Board!

MEET OUR SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR: Iman Sehrai is a third year Creative Writing student at OCADU. She is the oldest of...
05/12/2024

MEET OUR SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR:

Iman Sehrai is a third year Creative Writing student at OCADU. She is the oldest of five children and enjoys abstract painting, hosting dinner parties and snuggling her senior cat Boba.

Stay tuned to meet the rest of Pulse’s 2024 Editorial Board!

MEET OUR SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR:Michal is an exchange student from Czech Republic. He’s studying screenwriting and d...
05/12/2024

MEET OUR SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR:

Michal is an exchange student from Czech Republic. He’s studying screenwriting and dramaturgy in Master programme at Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

Michal is a screenwriter of several short films, documentaries and plays. Czech national finalist in poetry slam.

Stay tuned to meet the rest of Pulse’s 2024 Editorial Board!

MEET OUR SOCIAL MEDIA & PROMOTIONS MANAGER:Emaan is a third year Creative Writing student with a focus on romance and fa...
05/12/2024

MEET OUR SOCIAL MEDIA & PROMOTIONS MANAGER:

Emaan is a third year Creative Writing student with a focus on romance and fantasy fiction writing. She can usually be found with an iced shaken espresso, kicking her feet over a romance novel, or crying over fictional character deaths.

After abandoning law because she realized it meant actually speaking in court, she turned to her lifelong love for creating stories. Now, she’s writing one of her own.

Stay tuned to meet the rest of Pulse’s 2024 Editorial Board!

MEET OUR WEB DESIGNER: Frances (she/her), A.K.A Sam Mercy perhaps, is a proficiency collector, nocturnal poet, storycraf...
05/11/2024

MEET OUR WEB DESIGNER:

Frances (she/her), A.K.A Sam Mercy perhaps, is a proficiency collector, nocturnal poet, storycrafter in her dreams, professional sentence runner-on-er, amateur photographer, coding novice and wannabe artist. You can catch her daydreaming about how much angst she can fit in her new D&D character on the Lakeshore West line.

Stay tuned to meet the rest of Pulse’s 2024 Editorial Board!

MEET OUR DESIGNER:Anna is a third year Creative Writing student with a focus on prose, poetry, and graphic novel writing...
05/11/2024

MEET OUR DESIGNER:

Anna is a third year Creative Writing student with a focus on prose, poetry, and graphic novel writing. She also dabbles in graphic design and illustration. You can find her buying a silly little drink, annoying her cat BB, or working on her webcomic THE END/THE WORLD/AND US.

Stay tuned to meet the rest of Pulse’s 2024 Editorial Board!

MEET OUR ONLINE CONTENT EDITOR: Dylan is a fourth year creative writing student at Ocad University. As an avid reader wi...
05/10/2024

MEET OUR ONLINE CONTENT EDITOR:

Dylan is a fourth year creative writing student at Ocad University. As an avid reader with a penchant for science fiction, and crime thrillers, he tends to write descriptive narratives that toy with themes of identity, grief, and the dangers of technological advancement. He dreams of one day writing the next Canadian best-seller, hoping his narratives can enthrall and inspire just as past novelists have done for him.

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MEET OUR ONLINE CONTENT EDITOR:Sarah is a third year Creative Writing student. She thoroughly believes that buying books...
05/10/2024

MEET OUR ONLINE CONTENT EDITOR:

Sarah is a third year Creative Writing student. She thoroughly believes that buying books and reading books are two separate hobbies. She dabbles in photography, where she focuses mostly on self-portraits and experiments with faceless figures. In her writing, she explores topics of family, loneliness, and fitting in.

Stay tuned to meet the rest of Pulse’s 2024 Editorial Board!

MEET OUR ONLINE CONTENT EDITOR:Ash is a third year Creative Writing student with a focus on poetry, travel writing, game...
05/10/2024

MEET OUR ONLINE CONTENT EDITOR:

Ash is a third year Creative Writing student with a focus on poetry, travel writing, game writing and copywriting. They enjoy travelling, looking up baking recipes, but never actually baking and working their own mini projects.

Stay tuned to meet the rest of Pulse’s 2024 Editorial Board!

MEET OUR PROSE EDITOR + PRODUCTION MANAGER:Anna is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on prose writing and illustra...
05/09/2024

MEET OUR PROSE EDITOR + PRODUCTION MANAGER:

Anna is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on prose writing and illustration. She has interest in prose flow, sequential art, and animation. Because of this, she has developed the hobby of reminding people she’s a writing major. Her work has been published by OCAD’s 2023rd edition of the Art & Science Review. It is the only instance so far of her not using a penname.

Stay tuned to meet the rest of Pulse’s 2024 Editorial Board!

MEET OUR PROSE EDITOR:Alesha is a third year creative writing student at OCADU. She’s a prose/poetry writer and enjoys w...
05/07/2024

MEET OUR PROSE EDITOR:

Alesha is a third year creative writing student at OCADU. She’s a prose/poetry writer and enjoys writing about fantasy and magical realism. She enjoys everything racing and will regularly sacrifice her mental well-being for a good race weekend. She also likes art.

Stay tuned to meet the rest of Pulse’s 2024 Editorial Board!

MEET OUR POETRY EDITOR:Casper is a 3rd year Creative Writing major at OCADU. He mostly writes poetry and short fiction, ...
05/05/2024

MEET OUR POETRY EDITOR:

Casper is a 3rd year Creative Writing major at OCADU. He mostly writes poetry and short fiction, with lofty aspirations of getting around to his novel eventually. You can read his work in the previous two editions of Pulse or by asking him nicely. When he’s not writing Casper enjoys various arts and crafts, watching movies, and wandering about.

Stay tuned to meet the rest of Pulse’s 2024 Editorial Board!

MEET OUR ACQUISITIONS EDITOR:Artemis is a second year creative writing student at OCAD U. They’re a writer of long-form ...
05/03/2024

MEET OUR ACQUISITIONS EDITOR:

Artemis is a second year creative writing student at OCAD U. They’re a writer of long-form fiction and prose, and have an unnaturally strong draw towards the fantastical and paranormal. They enjoy deep dives into niche topics, cooking the same dish until it sickens them, and snowboarding.

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MEET OUR MANAGING EDITOR:will work for sonic youth CD’s.Stay tuned to meet the rest of Pulse’s 2024 Editorial Board!
04/26/2024

MEET OUR MANAGING EDITOR:

will work for sonic youth CD’s.

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MEET OUR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:Vicky, born Maria Victoria di Donato, is currently working on a BFA in Creative Writing at OCAD...
04/22/2024

MEET OUR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:

Vicky, born Maria Victoria di Donato, is currently working on a BFA in Creative Writing at OCAD University. She has a BA in English Literature from TMU and currently works as a Competitive Gymnastics Coach at Scarborough Gym Elites. Growing up, she traversed all of America with her family, having lived in the United States, Canada, Argentina, and Brazil before the age of twelve.

Vicky is currently working on her debut novel, The City of Old, a YA Sci-Fi dystopian set in futuristic and abandoned Old Toronto. Whether she is flipping, traveling, writing, or having meaningful conversations with the people she cares about, Vicky is a passionate storyteller and cherishes making the most out of the little things in life.

Stay tuned to meet the rest of Pulse’s 2024 Editorial Board!

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