Jennica Harper

Canadian television writer and producer

Jennica Harper is a Canadian television writer and producer, most noted as a WGC Screenwriting Award winner and two-time Canadian Screen Award nominee for her work on the television sitcom Jann.^[1]

She won the WGC award in 2020 for the episode "The Big House".^[2] She was also a WGC winner in the Tweens and Teens category in 2016 for the Some Assembly Required episode "Rocket with a Pocket".^[3]

At the Canadian Screen Awards, she was a nominee for Best Writing in a Comedy Series at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021 for "What Did Jann Do",^[4] and at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for "No Drama".^[5] She also previously received a nomination for Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Limited Series at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019 for Cardinal.^[6]

She has also published four books of poetry.^[7] Her collection Wood was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2014,^[8] and Bounce House was a finalist for the ReLit Awards in 2020.^[9] Her other poetry collections were The Octopus and Other Poems (2006)^[10] and What It Feels Like for a Girl (2008).^[7] She is also known for "The Sally Draper Poems", a poetry sequence she wrote in the character of Sally Draper from the television series Mad Men for the literary magazine Numéro Cinq.^[11]

She is an alumna of the creative writing program at the University of British Columbia.^[11]

References

^ A. R. Wilson, "Jann: Co-creators Jennica Harper and Leah Gauthier on writing Season 3 and their love of spoilers". TV, eh?, October 15, 2021.
^ Kelly Townsend, "WGC virtually honours Dennis Heaton with showrunner award". Playback, April 28, 2020.
^ Craig Takeuchi, "Writers Guild of Canada awards top Canadian screenwriters of 2016". The Georgia Straight, May 5, 2016.
^ Brent Furdyk, "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.
^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
^ Brent Furdyk, "The Winners: Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Creative Fiction Storytelling". ET Canada, March 27, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Melanie, "Hidden Gems of Queer Lit: Jennica Harper’s 'What It Feels Like for a Girl'". Autostraddle, August 13, 2015.
^ Julie Baldassi, "B.C. Book Prizes nominees announced". Quill & Quire, March 12, 2014.
^ Ryan Porter, "ReLit concludes month-long awards celebration by announcing 2020 winners". Quill & Quire, April 30, 2021.
^ Darlene Shatford, "Varied Voices". Canadian Literature, Summer 2007.
^ ^a ^b "The Sally Draper Poems: A Poem Cycle by Jennica Harper". Numéro Cinq, March 2013.