MEET OUR ARTIST

Photo of George holding an electric guitar wearing leather jacket and eyes down (looking at the floor / guitar)

George Yonemori

award-winning poet, author, and musician

George Yonemori is an award-winning poet, author, and musician from Scarborough, Ontario.

The Toronto Public Library, the TCTE Short Fiction Contest, Scarborough Fair, magaZINEity, and the Royal Ontario Museum have published his work. His poetry was featured in Scarborough Arts' annual exhibition at Cedar Ridge Creative Centre, where his work received an award from esteemed interdisciplinary artist Rodney Diverlus.

 He co-runs the non-profit organization Stay Golden Outreach, which Global News featured. Stay Golden hosts free creative writing workshops for teenagers. He is working on publishing his debut novel and studies English at UTSC.

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