Mitchell Toews

Fiction Writer

Rennie, MB
Canada
Manitoba CA
Email: 
mtoews55@gmail.com
Website: 
mitchtoewsauthor.com/
Twitter/X: 
@https://x.com/mitchell_toews
RSS feed: 
mitchellaneous.com/

Author's Bio

Mitchell Toews is the author of the fiction collection, "Pinching Zwieback" (At Bay Press, 2023). A novel is forthcoming in 2026. Mitch lives in the Canadian boreal. Find him there, or less strenuously, at Mitchellaneous.com.

Mitch appeared at over 60 readings, launches, panels, and open mics in 2023-24-25 and is available for more events, particularly in Canada. 

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
This Will Only Take a Minute (16) (Guernica Editions, 2022)
,
Out of this World: The Best Short Stories from The MOON, Volume 1 (Lilly Press, 2019)
,
We Refugees (Regal House Publishing, 2019)
,
We Refugees (Pact Press, 2019)
,
River Poets Journal 2018 Special Edition: The Immigrants (Lilly Press, 2018)
,
The Best of Fiction on the Web (Lilly Press, 2018)
Journals:
(mac)ro(mic)
,
Blank Spaces
,
Broken Pencil
,
Chiron Review
,
CommuterLit.com
,
Cowboy Jamboree
,
Doorknobs & BodyPaint
,
Fabula Argentea
,
Fictive Dream
,
Fieldstone Review
,
Literally Stories
,
Literary Heist
,
Lothlorien Poetry Journal
,
Lunate Fiction
,
My (Small Press) Writing Day
,
Occulum
,
Other Journal
,
PULP Literature
,
Quail Bell
,
Red Fez
,
Rhubarb Magazine
,
Riddle Fence
,
River Poets Journal
,
Riverbabble
,
Scarlet Leaf Review
,
Sick Lit Magazine
,
Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine
,
STORGY
,
The Cabinet of Heed
,
The Machinery
,
Tiny Seed Literary Journal
,
Twin Bill: A Literary Baseball Publication
,
Writer's Digest
Prizes won: 

As of October 1, 2025: 143 periodical/anthology publications of stories, essays, interviews, excerpts, poems; 25 winners/longlists (etc.) in contests and prizes; 4 Pushcart Prize nominations.

One book in print, a collection of short stories, Pinching Zwieback (ISBN: 9781998779055, At Bay Press, Canada, 2023) and a debut novel forthcoming spring 2026, also with At Bay Press. 

A third book, a second collection of short stories, is expected December 2026. 

Complete publication list: https://mitchellaneous.com/2021/05/27/de...

 

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More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Canadian
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Steinbach, MB
Canada
Manitoba
Raised in: 
Steinbach, MB
Canada
Manitoba
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Last update: Oct 01, 2025