Maryam Gowralli

Maryam Gowralli is an editor, writer and poet based in Mohkínstsis (Calgary, AB | Canada).

As a creative and technical professional, Maryam holds a BA with Distinction and an MA in English Literature at the University of Calgary. Her interests include:

  • Creative Writing: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

  • Globalization and Global Literature

    • Indonesian/Pacific Rim/International Indigenous Studies and Literature

    • South-Asian Literature

    • Caribbean Literature

    • Muslim Literature

  • Environmental Literature

  • Immigrant & Diaspora Fiction

Maryam is the Creative Nonfiction Editor for filling Station, a Canadian literary magazine which focuses on innovative and experimental forms. As an artist and scholar, she seeks to explore the interconnections and anxieties between the local and the global, while empowering individuals to write through holistic praxis, community, more-than-human relations and interdisciplinary strategies.

She has been an MC, performer, guest lecturer and panelist for over eight years, and volunteers/works on advocacy projects in person and remotely. Please contact for further inquiries.

SERVICES:

Rates based on sliding fees and consultation, contact to discuss.

Manuscript Consultation

I provide initial consultations for creative non-fiction, fiction and poetry manuscripts, which include a cover letter addressing universal issues within your manuscript like scope, voice, pacing, arrangement, specific notes on certain passages, and more. For developmental consultations, I proceed with more substantive edits, structural suggestions and line-edits throughout your manuscript. The number of these rounds, and their frequency, is up to you.

Copyediting

I edit to improve stylistic choices, readability and grammar, while ensuring the text is free from logical and grammatical/syntactical errors as per the medium. I edit technical writing, critical writing, poetry, fiction and nonfiction.

 

Copywriting and
Technical Writing

I have experience writing for individuals, non-profits, businesses and healthcare industries, and can combine the skills of effective communication with practical experience. Technically, I have developed reports, procedural manuals, training guides, website infographics, online documents and other forms of communication.

 

Graphic Design and
Illustration

I create advertisements, social media graphics, infographics, book cover design and digital illustrations.

 

“Bali Life” by Lee Man Fong, (Indonesian, 1913-1988)