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.
WORK ON SCREEN
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
Resume
October 2024 - Present
NonFiction and Reviews Editor
September 2023 - PRESENT
Front Desk Agent and Copywriter
January 2023 - July 2023
Marketing Relations Coordinator
September 2022 - April 2023
Co-Writer and Producer
September 2024 - Present
Graduate Teaching Assistant in The English Department
Awards
Finalist
March 2023
Outstanding Screenplays Short Story Competition
Finalist
June 2022
Bloody Horror International Film Festival
Winner
March 2022
NBCUniversal Creative Project Grant
Winner
March 2021
NBCUniversal Black, Indigenous and/ or Racialized Student Bursary