Stella Harvey – 2026 Whistler Writer in Residence
February 17th, 2026
Author and founder of the Whistler Writing Society, Stella Harvey will be joining the society this fall as its 2026 Writer in Residence.
As a creative writing mentor, Stella Harvey has had a profound impact on countless writers as they embark on their creative writing journeys.
Publicity for the Society says: “Writing is an act of exposure. You’re laying your heart and mind out there for others to see. This is why it’s so important to have a mentor who is both empathetic and critical. To keep going, a writer needs encouragement, but to get better at the writing craft, they also need a critical eye—someone who is not afraid to ask the hard questions about the work and point out areas for improvement. Stella is a mentor who delivers on both of these aspects.”
The Whistler Writer in Residence program takes place at the Artists’ Cabin at The Point Artist-run Centre on Alta Lake.
If you are interested in applying for the Writer in Residence (WIR) program at Whistler, participants are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Read more about the WIR program here. Please reach out to rebecca@whistlerwritersfest.com to let her know of your intention to participate.
The Point Artist-run Centre on Alta Lake near Whistler, BC
ABOUT STELLA HARVEY
Stella Leventoyannis Harvey is a fiction writer whose short stories have appeared in The Literary Leanings Anthology, The New Orphic Review, Emerge Magazine and The Dalhousie Review. Her non-fiction has appeared in Pique Newsmagazine, The Question, the Globe and Mail and CBC. Signature Editions published her first novel, Nicolai’s Daughters, in 2012 and Psichogios Publications of Athens published the Greek translation in 2014. The Brink of Freedom was published by Signature Editions in 2015. Finding Callidora, Stella’s third novel, was published by Signature Editions in 2020. Stella makes her home in Whistler where she founded The Whistler Writing Society, which each year produces the Whistler Writers Festival and other literary programming. The festival continues although Stella has retired from her role as Artistic and Executive Director. She won the Whistler Champion of Arts and Culture award (2015) and the Whistler Citizen of the Year Award (2022) for her efforts to promote the literary arts in Whistler, and the Rotary Foundation’s Paul Harris Fellow award. She has mentored students in The Writers’ Studio at Simon Fraser University for the past nine years and volunteers in various capacities in Whistler and Vancouver.
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