Sam Bollinger

Sam Bollinger is graduating from VIU with a major in Creative Writing and a minor in English. Her debut children's chapter book is forthcoming from Orca Book Publishers, and her poetry and reviews have appeared or are forthcoming in Arc Poetry Magazine, The Malahat Review, Canthius, and Portal Magazine, where she received the 2025 Portent Prize for Poetry. She was the co-Managing Editor of Portal Magazine in 2024 and currently works as a children's book editor on the traditional and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation.