Rose Divecha is a multi-faceted author whose works of fiction, non-fiction, memoir and poetry have received literary recognition through various awards and publications.

NON-FICTION:

Geist Magazine, vol. 32, no. 128, Winter 2024, Clearing Out My Mother’s House.

North End Breezes Community Newspaper, 2017-2023, personal essays and monthly column.

More of Our Canada Magazine, September 2016, Pepper Problem.

Daytripping in Southwestern Ontario, The Habanero Pepper Incident, vol. 23, issue 1, No News is Good News, vol. 25, issue 3.

HAL Magazine’s Gillett Reminiscence Award for Memoir Writing (2023) for her short memoir piece Perhaps.

The Carole LaMothe English Essay Prize, from Brock University, for her academic essay, “Micronarratives and Social Media: Was Rear Window the Precursor to Scrolling?”

POETRY:

Recipient of the Michael Hornyansky Creative Writing Prize, Brock University, for collection of poetry titled, Between My House and Your House: Six poems on Loss, Longing and the Changing Landscape.

FICTION:

2025 gritLIT Honourable Mention for short story, Swiss Miss No More.

2025 The Hummingbird Contest, PULP Literature Long-listed for flash fiction, Slim Pickings in ’78.

2021 gritLIT Short-listed for short story, Silent.

2017 The Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest, PULP Literature Long-listed for short story, The Arrangement.

2016 The Raven Contest, PULP Literature Long-listed for short story, The Doorman.

BLOG:

My Pelee Life was a regular feature on the Discover Pelee website from 2015 – 2020 and was nominated for The Liebster Blogger Award and The Versatile Blogger Award.

PODCAST:

Contributor to the P.I.R.A.T.E. Radio Podcast , Pelee Island, episode 1.

Rose lives in Hamilton, ON. and spends much of her summer on Pelee Island, reading, writing and riding her bike. Both communities provide no shortage of inspiration to write.