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Recent Work
Essays
Short Stories
Adaptations
New Ride
One of two stories that placed Jennifer in the Top 10 in the CNF category of WOW! Magazine's Q1 Edition, this story is an account of a day spent with her aging mother.
"A gorgeous piece ... excellent dialogue ... strong voice. Powerful!" ~Angela Mackintosh, Editor in Chief, WOW! Magazine.
Goodwill
Selected runner-up in the Creative Nonfiction category - Q!, 2024/25 of
WOW! Magazine, this piece recounts a young woman's journey toward independence.
"A stunning essay!"
~Angela Mackintosh, Editor in Chief of WOW! Magazine
In Between
Selected runner-up in the Creative Nonfiction category of the 2022 Eden Mills Literary Contest, this personal essay uses the lens of liminality to explore elder care and the death of a parent during pandemic times.
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"In Between is an understated and poetic personal essay about the death of a parent during pandemic times that adopts bird and sky imagery to underline its themes of loss and relinquishment."
​~Judges Susan Olding & Sylvia Olsen
Upstream
Published in Canadian Stories Magazine in 2021, this piece was inspired by true events from Jennifer's childhood in The Kawarthas and is part of her Cottage Series of short stories.
The Winds Howl
Jennifer's prize-winning short story from The Stratford Writer's Festival 2020 Short Story Contest is about the effects of the pandemic on her elderly parents.
Tulips and Peonies
A story about choosing love, this piece about the birth of Jennifer's son is included in the memoir writing program Memoir Writing Ink.
Moments of Glad Grace
A Performance Piece
adapted by Jennifer Paquette
and Alison Wearing
Jennifer collaborated with bestselling author Alison Wearing, adapting Wearing's memoir Moments of Glad Grace into a performance piece, a part of the National Arts Centre's Canada Performs series.​
​"A talented writer with decades of theatre experience, Jennifer accepted my invitation to adapt Moments of Glad Grace into a script, and to my delight, she managed to extract many of the most engaging characters and weave them through some of the book's most humorous and tender moments."
​~Bestselling Author, Alison Wearing
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