photograph: shelby fondrick

Clayton Longstaff’s writing has appeared in publications including The Dalhousie Review, Geist, Literary Review of Canada, Prism, and Canadian Literature. He has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. In 2024, he was shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award, and in 2025 for the Bridport Poetry Prize. 

He lives in Victoria, Canada, where he works as a public school teacher.​ He is not on social media and can be reached by email.