Photo of Ryanne, wearing glasses and a cool jacket, smiling in front of the Calgary cityscape.

Ryanne Kap

PhD Student
Pronouns: she/they

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Background

Educational Background

BA English, University of Toronto Scarborough, 2020

MA English, University of Western Ontario, 2021

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Biography

Ryanne Kap is a Chinese-Canadian writer and scholar from Strathroy, Ontario. Their creative work has been published in Augur, Canthius, carte blanche, Grain Magazine, long con, and elsewhere. Their debut chapbook goodbye, already (2021) was published by Frog Hollow Press and their mini-chap correspondence (2022) is out with Model Press. Ryanne holds a B.A. in English and creative writing from the University of Toronto Scarborough (2020) and an MA in English from Western University (2021). They are currently pursuing a PhD in English and creative writing at the University of Calgary.

Awards

  • Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts. 2023
  • Eyes High Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship, Faculty of Graduate Studies. 2022
  • Jasun Singh Memorial Award in Creative Writing, University of Toronto Scarborough. 2020
  • Graduation Prize in English, University of Toronto Scarborough. 2020