Steve Locke

Steve Locke is a writer, poet, arts educator, and community facilitator from Winnipeg in Treaty One territory. As a winner of titles including Winnipeg Individual Slam Champion and Winnipeg Grand Slam Champion, his disarming and engaging spoken word performances exploring mental health and modern existential questions have been featured on community and festival stages across the country, including The Victoria Spoken Word Festival, The Saskatoon Poetic Arts Festival, The Canadian Festival of Spoken Word, and locally at the Writers, Fringe, Improv, and Spoken Word Festivals. On the page, his fiction, poetry, and reviews have appeared in The Winnipeg Review, Oratorealis, CV2, Poetry is Dead, and Prairie Fire magazines. In classrooms and community spaces facilitating mentorships, workshops, and residencies, he works with youth to build confidence in self-expression through the written and spoken word. For booking info, visit stevelockewpg.com and on Instagram and Facebook @stevelockewpg.