Cassidy McFadzean is the author of three books of poetry: Crying Dress (House of Anansi, 2024), Drolleries (McClelland & Stewart, 2019), shortlisted for the Raymond Souster Award, and Hacker Packer (M&S, 2015), winner of two Saskatchewan Book Awards and finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award. Her fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Joyland, The Walrus, Hazlitt, and Dead Writers (Invisible Publishing, 2025). Her chapbook Third State of Being (Gaspereau Press, 2022) was a finalist for the bpNichol Chapbook Award. Cassidy was born in Regina, earned an MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, an MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College, and now lives in Toronto.
Poet-in-Residence
2025 / 2026
Cassidy McFadzean’s tenure as Poet-in-Residence will run from November 2025 to July 2026. A feature of new work by Cassidy will appear in Arc Poetry Magazine #112, the Spring 2027 issue, alongside work by poets who participate in mentorships with Cassidy during her residency. Previously unpublished Canadian poets who submit their poems to Arc will be considered for participation in the program. However, all poets are welcome to participate, and interested parties should send queries to editorialcoordinator@arcpoetry.ca.