WRITER
ama.m.kelsy@gmail.com
WRITER
AMA KELSY
Writer & Model
Ama [awe-maw] is a writer, model and graduate student based in Toronto. With a BA in Film and Television, marketing and copywriting exposure, and a current graduate student pursuing her MA in English at Toronto Metropolitan University while also working as a Non-Fiction and Review editor for the White Wall Review. She has had the pleasure of exploring more than one medium of writing and working with people who bettered her skills.
Now “Ama’s Diary,” the blog started in 2023, has its hand in articles commenting on cultural shifts and keen observations from her seat in society. Her goals for the future are to publish her own sci-fi realism novel and work around the world in the publishing, literary agency and modelling industries.
Education
Toronto Metropolitan University
Expected completion: Spring/Summer 2025
Master of Arts in English
Sheridan College Institute of Technology
Complete
Bachelor of Film and Television with a focus in Screenwriting
University of Toronto
In Progress
Strategic Copywriting Certificate
WORK ON SCREEN
Resume
Oct. 2024 - Present
NonFiction and Reviews Editor
White Wall Review
Sept. 2023 - Present
Front Desk Administrator
Aethos Clinic
Jan. 2023 - Jul. 2023
Marketing Relations Coordinator
Encore Canada
Sept. 2024 - Apr. 2025
Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU)
Graduate Teaching Assistant in The English Department
Apr. 2025 - Jul. 2025
Graduate Practicum Placement
Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA)
Awards
Mar. 2023
Finalist
Outstanding Screenplays Short Story Competition
Jun. 2022
Finalist
Bloody Horror International Film Festival
Mar. 2022
Winner
NBCUniversal Creative Project Grant
Mar. 2021
Winner
NBCUniversal Black, Indigenous and/ or Racialized Student Bursary