Marina McDonald
Marina McDonald is a fourth-year Creative Writing and Journalism student. Her work is featured in Ha-Shilth-Sa, Lazy Dog, The Navigator, and Portal Magazine. Her journalism has been celebrated with the Barry Broadfoot Award (2025). Her poetry was awarded the Pat Bevan Scholarship (2024). Her poem “Apple of My Eye” was published in Portal 2024. She previously worked as a publishing assistant at Strong Nations Publishing and served as production manager for an online magazine. She was a Non-Fiction editor for the Portal 2025 issue where her book review of The Wind Has Robbed the Legs Off a Madwoman is published. Marina is a Portal 2026 Gustafson Feature Writer, Portfolio Series Coordinator, and Poetry Editor. She has carried out her creative endeavours through the support of the Heartstone Foundation Bursary (2021-2025). Marina’s memoir "Vicious Cycle," interview with Gustafson Distinguished Poet Marilyn Dumont, and review of The Crane by Monica Kidd will be published in Portal 2026.