 Writers'
Alliance
of Newfoundland and
Labrador
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202-223
Duckworth Street, Haymarket Square, St. John's, NL, A1C
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Our
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| WANL Weekly
Sept 29, 2010 |
NEW: Nino Ricci to Kickoff WANL's Inaugural
Come From Away Reading Series This Sunday, October
3!
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Celebrated
author Nino Ricci will read at The Ship Pub in St. John's on Sunday
October 3, and at Jennifer's Bar Room in Corner Brook on Monday
October 4, as part of the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland &
Labrador's new Come From Away Reading Series. Both evenings get
underway at 8:00 PM. Admission is free.
For
the Come From Away Reading Series, WANL asked three Newfoundland
writers the following question: "If you were to invite a writer
from another province to come read on the Rock, who would it be?"
They told us who they wanted, we invited them, and our first
celebrated CFA is on his way! Poet Randall Maggs invited
award-winning novelist Nino Ricci and will be introducing the
author in both St. John's and Corner Brook.
Randall Maggs is the award-winning author of Night Work: The
Sawchuk Poems, winner of the 2008 Winterset Award, the 2009
E.J. Pratt Poetry Prize and the Kobzar Literary Award 2010.
Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems follows the tragic
trajectory of the life and work of hockey legend Terry Sawchuk, a
dark driven genius of a goalie who survived twenty tough seasons in
an era of scant upper-body equipment and no player representation.
The collection is illustrated with photographs depicting key
moments in the career of Terry Sawchuk, his exploits and his agony.
Published by Brick Books in 2008, Night Work: The Sawchuk
Poems is now in its second printing.Randall Maggsis also
artistic director of the March Hare festival of music and
literature and he teaches literature at Sir Wilfred Grenfell
College, Memorial University, Corner Brook. He will be at The Ship
Pub in St. John's on October 3 and at Jennifer's Bar Room in Corner
Brook on October 4 to introduce Nino Ricci.
Nino Ricci's first novel was the internationally acclaimed
Lives of the Saints. It spent 75 weeks on the Globe
and Mail's bestseller list and was the winner of the F.G.
Bressani Prize, the Books in Canada First Novel Award, and
the Governor General's Award for Fiction. Published in seventeen
countries, Lives of the Saints was the first volume of a trilogy
that continued with In a Glass House, hailed as a "genuine
achievement" by The New York Times, and Where She Has
Gone, nominated for the Giller Prize. The Lives of the Saints
trilogy was adapted for a television miniseries starring Sophia
Loren and Kris Kristofferson.
Ricci's most recent novel is the national bestseller The Origin
of Species, which earned him the Canadian Authors Association
Fiction Award as well as his second Governor General's Award for
Fiction. Set in Montreal in 1980s, the novel casts a Darwinian eye
on the life of Alex Fratarcangeli, who is torn between his baser
impulses and his pursuit of the Good.
Nino Ricci was born in Leamington, Ontario, to parents from the
Molise region of Italy, and completed university studies in
Toronto, Montreal, and Florence, Italy. He is a past president of
the Canadian Centre of International PEN, a writers' human rights
organization that works for freedom of expression. He lives in
Toronto with his wife, writer Erika de Vasconcelos, and their
children. WANL is delighted to welcome Nino Ricci to the
Rock.
The Come From Away Reading Series gives the Writers' Alliance of
Newfoundland & Labrador the opportunity to ask writers from
here to let us know about writers they admire from elsewhere. WANL
is pleased to bring Randall Maggs and Nino Ricci together for this
exciting event.
For
further informaiton please contact:
Th�a
Morash, Executive Director
Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland & Labrador
Haymarket Square, 202-223 Duckworth Street
St. John's, NL, A1C 6N1
Tel: 709-739-5215
E-mail: wanl@nf.aibn.com
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NEW: WANL 2010 AGM Info
Update
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The
2010 WANL Annual General Meeting and Professional Development
Weekend will be held November 6-7 in Grand Falls-Windsor at the
Mount Peyton Hotel.
Have you considered becoming a WANL Board Member? If you'd
like to serve on WANL's Volunteer Board of Directors, please let us
know. Inquiries may be sent to Th�a at wanl@nf.aibn.com.
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UPDATE: Just Before
Dinner Reading Series
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Port
Rexton is accessible and the reading scheduled for October 2,
featuring Jessica Grant, is a go!
Fishers'
Loft Inn, Port Rexton, presents Just Before Dinner, a reading
series now in its sixth season, featuring:
Michael
Crummey, September 11th
Greg
Malone, September 18th
Leslie
Vryenhoek, September 25th
Jessica
Grant, October 2nd
Admission
is free. Time: 6-7 pm.
Please
call for dinner reservations.
For
more information contact:
Fishers'
Loft Inn
Port
Rexton
1-877-464-3240
Presented
in association with the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and
Labrador.
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NEW: Award-winning fiction writer Alissa
York reading in St. John's, Tuesday October 5th
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Award
winning fiction writer Alissa York will read from her remarkable
new novel FAUNA, on Tuesday October 5th, 8:00 pm in the Junior
Common Room, Gushue Hall, Memorial University. The Reading is
funded by the Canada Council for the Arts and the MUN Faculty of
Arts, and is free. All are welcome. Free parking in front of Gushue
Hall (Dining Room side only). For information please contact Robert
Finley at 737-8052.
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NEW Book Launch: Not a Word of a
Lie - an original recitation by Dave
Paddon
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Not
a Word of a Lie
an original recitation by Dave Paddon (author of The Christmas
Turr) with linocut illustrations by Duncan Major
Please join us
Friday, October 8th: 5 pm - 7 pm
The Crow's Nest Officers' Club
(by the War Memorial on Duckworth Street)
Books will be available for purchase; cash or cheque preferred. For
more information about Not a Word of a Lie, please visit www.runningthegoat.com/inprint.html
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NEW: Public lecture on Canadian poet
Richard Outram, St. John's, Wednesday October 20
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On
Wednesday October 20th, Peter Sanger will be delivering a public
lecture to launch his most recent book, THROUGH DARKLING AIR, a
comprehensive literary biography of the important Canadian poet
Richard Outram. The talk will take place in the Map Room of the QE2
Library at Memorial University at 7:30 p.m. Examples of Outram's
collaborations with artist Barbara Howard will be on display from
the Library's Gauntlet Press Collection. The lecture is funded by
Gaspereau Press and the Faculty of Arts, and is free. All are
welcome. Free Parking in MUN Lots 18 and 16A. For information
please contact Robert Finley at 737-8052.
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Let
St. John's City Council know that we need a bigger investment in
arts and culture!
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Last
year, the St. John's Arts Advisory Committee recommended that
Council double the 2010 budget for arts grants from $1.00 per
capita to $2.00 per capita. Council deferred the recommendation to
the following year, and now as discussion begins about the City's
2011 budget, it's time to let Council know that a greater
investment in the arts is important and necessary.
On September 28, 2009, St. John's City Council endorsed a new
document: Planning for a Creative Future: The City of St. John's
Municipal Arts Plan. The first strategic direction in this
important document - Financial Support of the Arts: Funding the
Future - acknowledges that arts grants are "a real investment in
the prosperity of the City as a whole" and prioritizes direct
investment from the City through arts grants. This document is an
important step toward greater involvement of the City in supporting
and helping to develop the arts here, but we need action in order
to make that vision a reality.
So get in touch with Council and let them know that doubling the
2011 budget for arts grants needs to be an active priority - not
just in a policy document but in the budget!
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A
Dramatic Reading of Rig
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Rising
Tide Theatre presents (a dramatic reading) of Rig
Written
by: Mike Heffernan
Adapted by: Joan Sullivan
On
the night of February 15th, 1982, the Ocean Ranger, the rig they
said they could never sink, toppled into the sea, creating one of
the worst tragedies in Newfoundland's history. There were no
survivors. The whole province mourned. We were gripped in a
sadness, an anger and a collective sense of pain. Mike Heffernan's
relative was on the rig that night. His book simply and eloquently,
in the words of those affected most, captures the many facets of
that terrible night and its aftermath. Joan Sullivan has edited his
book with sensitivity and an eye to juxtaposition.
Arts
and Culture Centre, St. John's
Basement
Theatre
Sunday, October 3 at 7:30PM
Tickets: $16.00
Box
Office phone: 709 729-3900
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Book
Launch - Danny Williams: The War with Ottawa, by Bill
Rowe
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Danny
Williams: The War With Ottawa by Bill Rowe will be launched on
Thursday, September 30, at 7:00 pm at the Fluvarium, 5 Nagles
Place. The book will be available for purchase. The author will be
present to read and sign. There will be refreshments and a cash
bar. Everyone welcome! For more information, please contact Flanker
Press at 709-739-4477 (toll-free at 1-866-739-4420).
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Reading
featuring Jeff Bursey and Beth E. Janzen
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The
Bookery is proud to present a reading featuring
Jeff
Bursey and Beth E. Janzen
to be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 19, 2010
At Eastern Edge Gallery, 72 Harbour Drive
Free
and open to the public
Jeff
Bursey is the author of Verbatim: A Novel
Beth
E. Janzen is the author of The Enchanted
House
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Bill
Rowe will be signing copies of Danny Williams: The War
With Ottawa, on Saturday, October 2 from 1:00 to 3:00
pm at Costco, Stavanger Drive. For more information, please contact
Flanker Press at 739-4477 (toll-free at
1-866-739-4420).
Local
teacher, actor, and author, Aedon Young is having
a book signing for her debut novella Mara Roams at
Chapters on Kenmount Road in St. John's on October 2, 2010 from 2-4
pm. The book is a coming-of-age fantasy in
which a fourteen-year-old girl, who suffers from vertigo, has an
accident riding her bicycle one day and finds herself in an
alternate dimension. Mara Roams was originally published
as an ebook in 2009 and was
released this year in hardcover. For more information visit Aedon's
website: http://www.aedonyoung.com/
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Breakwater
Books announces Irish Book Tour of Kate Evans
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From
a press release dated Sept. 17, 2010:
Breakwater
Books Ltd. today announced that it will be participating in a trade
mission to Ireland on September 20th-24th in partnership with the
provincial government's Department of Innovation, Trade and Rural
Development and the Irish Business Partnerships. As part of the
mission, Breakwater Books Ltd. author, Kate Evans, will be touring
Ireland September 20th-October 3rd, promoting her debut novel,
Where Old Ghosts Meet.
Breakwater Books Ltd. reported the St. John's launch of "Where Old
Ghosts Meet" was an enormous success, far exceeding sales and crowd
expectations. Author Kate Evans read to a full house and sold out
twice over at the signing opportunity following the
performance.
Newfoundland and Labrador's Partnership with the Republic of
Ireland, The Ireland Business Partnerships (IBP) was established as
a public/private partnership between the private sector and the
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1997. The IBP has a
mandate to identify, foster and promote trade and partnership
opportunities in business, education and culture between
Newfoundland & Labrador and Ireland.
Ireland
book tour performance dates for "Where Old Ghosts Meet" by Kate
Evans are as follows:
Monday, Sept 20th -Ballymun Library, Ballymun Road, Dublin 11, 7
pm
Wednesday, Sept 22nd-Ballyroan Library, Orchardstown Ave.,
Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, 8pm
Friday, Sept 24th-Culture Night Performance- Irish Writer's Centre,
19 Parnell Square, Dublin, 10pm
Wednesday, Sept 29th-Public Reading- International College for
Personal and Professional Development, 3 Garden Vale, Athlone,
1pm
Thursday, Sept 30th-Public Reading- Charlie Byrne's Bookshop,
Cornstore Mall, Middle Street, Galway, TBA
For more information contact Breakwater Books at 709.722.6680
or www.breakwaterbooks.com
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NEW: NL Public
Libraries - Open House
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The
St. John's Public Libraries will be celebrating the 75th
Anniversary of Public Libraries in Newfoundland and Labrador with
an Open House on Friday, October 29th, from 2:00 to 5:00 pm at the
A.C. Hunter Library, 2nd floor, Arts & Culture Centre,
Allandale Road.
All are welcome to join us for music and snacks. There will be
draws for prizes as well!
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75th
Anniversary - NL Public Libraries
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To
commemorate 75 years of public libraries in Newfoundland and
Labrador, NL Public Libraries are collecting true stories about
how libraries have positively impacted your life, those of your
family or people you know. Stories can be short or long, but we'd
love to hear from you! All stories contributed by name will be
entered into a draw for a prize.
Please
send your responses to:
email:
rroberts@nlpl.ca
fax:
709-737-2660
or
visist your local NL Public Library in person
For
futher information call: 709-737-3950 or visit NL Public libraries
online at http://www.nlpl.ca/.
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Wayzgoose
- Calling All Printers and Book Artists!
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The
Book Arts Association of Newfoundland and Labrador will be holding
its third biennial wayzgoose the last week of
October. This celebration of printing and book arts ends with a
Printers' Fair at the Anna Templeton Centre on the afternoon of
Saturday, October 30th. Printers or book artists interested in
having a table at the fair can contact Marnie Parsons (marnie.parsons@mac.com) to learn more about the
event. Tables should be reserved by the middle of October at the
very latest.
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| Conferences,
Classes and Workshops |
Newfoundland Writers and Friends Book
Club
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Division
of Lifelong Learning, Memorial University of Newfoundland - Join us
this fall as we discuss the work of three of this province's most
distinguished authors. Then
hear what the authors themselves have to say. Chad Pelley,
award-winning author of, Away From Everywhere, will guide group
discussions, making this a fun and engaging opportunity for all
book lovers!
$12
per session or $30 for all three!
Call
(737-7979) or go online today!
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Writing Courses at the Division of Lifelong
Learning, MUN, Fall 2010
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Division
of Lifelong Learning, Memorial University of Newfoundland is
offereing a series of writing courses beginning in October, courses
inclde:
- Creative
Writing, level 1
- Creative
Writing, Level 2
- Writers'
Club with Chad Pelley
- The
Art of Life - An adventure in self-expression and discovery through
words and art
- Resum�
Writing
- Basics
of Editing
For
information on costs, dates and how to register, visit the Division
of Lifelong Learning online.
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Creative Writing for Children, Division of
Lifelong Learning, MUN, Fall 2010
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Creative
Writing For Children
Geared
for young writers, 11+, students will work to develop, nurture, and
improve their writing craft in a fun and supportive group. Learn to
express everyday thoughts and feelings using unique and interesting
written words.
Saturday 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm; 5 sessions starting October 16, 2010,
ending November 13, 2010
Tuition: $59.00
Instructor: Jacquie Fleming
Location: Memorial University
Call
709-737-7979
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NEW: Upcoming HB
Creativity writing workshops (St.
John's)
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1. NEW Short Story Workshop (with Paul Butler),
Saturday October 2, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm: This workshop requires
participants to send (electronically) one short story (max word
count: 4,500 words) seven days prior to the workshop date (i.e.
25th September). 1 place left!
2. Five-Week Novel-Writing Course: Tuesday evenings, October 12 -
November 9. Get a serious start on the novel you've been planning
for so long. This is an intensive five-week course which will help
you create a synopsis, and identify key scenes drafts of which you
will write during the length of the course. Each week you will
receive detailed, constructive feedback and a writing challenge for
the following week. You may have some of the novel written already,
or you may wish to start from scratch with an idea. Our aim is that
by the end of the five weeks you will be past the point of no
return, too excited about your story to abandon it. In a relaxed
atmosphere, you'll gain experience with:
- methods
for getting started
- problem-solving
- weaving
an absorbing plot
- giving
characters a life of their own
- clarifying
themes
Participants
will get a chance to discuss their ideas during the workshop.
Professional writing experience is not required.
3. Level 2 Novel Writing Workshop, Saturday, 16 October, all day
(maximum in workshop: 3). NOTE DATE CHANGE! This
intensive small-group workshop requires the sharing of two chapters
and a synopsis (up to 7,000 words) ten days before the workshop
commences. The workshop focuses on structure, narrative drive,
character, dialogue, theme and description.
4. NEW! Writing Stories for Children, Saturday,
20th November, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm with guest facilitator, acclaimed
children's author, Susan Chalker Browne. Ever thought of writing a
children's book but don't know where to start? Maybe you have an
idea, but aren't sure it'll work. Join Susan Chalker Browne for
writing tips, publishing advice, and energetic discussion. Bring
your story ideas, your favourite pen, and be prepared to
write!
Susan's bio: Susan Chalker Browne is an award-winning writer from
St. John's. She has written nine books for children, including
Freddy's Day at the Races, The Land of a Thousand Whales, and
Goodness Gracious, Gulliver Mulligan. Her latest book, Freddy's
Hockey Hero, has just been released.
5.
NEW! Introduction to Journaling Workshop with
Maura Hanrahan. Practiced by Virginia Woolf, Samuel Pepys, Anne
Frank, and countless 'ordinary' people, journaling is an exciting
and satisfying art form. In this relaxing workshop, award-winning
Maura Hanrahan will lead you through a discussion of various
aspects of journaling and will show you how to create a meaningful
journal.
Saturday, Oct. 23, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm, at HB Creativity, 223
Duckworth St., Haymarket Square, St. John's. Cost $49.00. No
writing or journaling experience is necessary.
Note that tea, perked coffee and biscuits are provided at all
half-day workshops. Fees for all our services, including workshops,
are tax-deductible.
Our
location SUITE 201, 223 DUCKWORTH STREET (HAYMARKET SQUARE), St.
John's, A1C 1G8.
For
More information contact:
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Culture
as Business Workshop
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Culture
Consult (http://cultureconsult.ca/) will be
presenting a 2-day workshop, entitled "Culture as Business", in a
dozen locations across Canada in 2010-2011, including St. John's on
the weekend of October 16-17. The workshop is for artists,
musicians, writers, actors, dancers, and anyone else looking to
make a living in the cultural sector.
Items covered include:
- Career options & lifestyle implications
- The economics of culture
- Hard skills (Finance, Budgeting, Accounting, Taxes)
- Soft skills (Contracts, Copyright/IP, Negotiation, Marketing
& Promotion, Professional Communication)
- Long-term planning (Statistical Resources, Market Research,
Strategic Planning)
By the end of the weekend, participants will have the beginnings of
a comprehensive business plan, something that they can literally
take to the bank.
Registration is $250/person for two days, with a reduced price of
$200/person for groups of 5 or more individuals. For further
details, or to register online, please see http://cultureconsult.ca/
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Leighton
Artists' Colony for Independent Residencies (Banff, AB) Accepting
Applications
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Set
amid the spectacular backdrop of the Canadian Rockies, The Banff
Centre's nine Leighton Artists' Colony Studios offer professional
artists an opportunity for concentrated work in an exceptional
environment. The quiet and secluded wooded setting of the studios,
thoughtfully designed interiors, and serene forest views create an
ideal space for creativity and intense productivity.
These independent residencies offer artists the ability to delve
into their work as a solitary retreat, as well as the option to
engage within the larger artistic community of The Banff Centre,
which attracts over 4,000 international artists in a variety of
disciplines and presents over 400 world-class performances and
events each year. The Banff Centre is also accepting applications
for residencies in the Painter House studio, an ideal work space
for collaborative projects, while at the same time offering private
working space suitable for individuals or break out groups.
The Leighton Studios are available year-round and applications are
accepted on an ongoing basis. Residencies are available for fall
2010 and beyond.
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Canadian
Creative Writers and Writing Programs (CCWWP) (Calgary,
AB)
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The
Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs (CCWWP) Conference:
Early bird registration for the conference in October 2010 is now
open! Please go to http://www.regonline.ca/CCWWP2010. You're
encouraged to register as soon as possible, to take advantage of
the early bird rate, and to assist the organizing committee in
planning and budgeting.
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Humber
School for Writers Correspondence Program
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NEW: Literary Arts Fall Application
Deadlines, Banff Centre for the Arts (AB)
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Writing
Studio
Program
dates: April 25 - May 28, 2011
Application deadline: November 15, 2010
Program
director: Greg Hollingshead
Fiction and other narrative prose faculty: Lynn Coady,
Michael Crummey, Dick Hebdige, Daphne Marlatt,
Padma Viswanathan
Poetry faculty: John Barton, Carolyn Forch�, Jan Zwicky
Designed
for literary writers and poets at an early stage in their careers,
the Writing Studio offers an extended period of uninterrupted
writing time, one-on-one editorial assistance from experienced
writers/editors, and an opportunity to engage with a community of
working writers. Financial assistance is available.
In(ter)ventions:
Literary Practice at the Edge
Program
dates: February 14-26, 2011
Application deadline: November 15, 2010
Faculty: Fred Wah - collaboration and hybridity,
J.
R. Carpenter - digital literature, Lance Olsen - new
narrative
A
new, ground-breaking residency program specializing in new writing
practices, including digital literature, collaboration, and new
narrative. Participants will work with faculty experienced in these
realms to develop new or current work. Financial assistance is
available.
Spoken Word
Program
dates: April 4-16, 2011
Application deadline: November 15, 2010
Director: Sheri-D Wilson
Faculty: Brian Brett, Regie Cabico, Anne Waldman
A
unique milieu for the spoken word artist, the program offers space
to write, one-on-one editorial assistance from experienced writers,
daily classes, time to develop stronger performance dynamics, and
the opportunity to engage in a vibrant network of spoken word
artists. Financial assistance is available.
Self-directed Writing Residency (Winter)
Program
dates: Minimum of three days between January 4 and March 31,
2011
Application deadline: November 26, 2010
These
residencies offer the time, space, and facilities for creative
thinking, editing, and manuscript development. Writers in all
genres are invited to apply.
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| Jobs,
Funding, and Other Opportunities |
NLAC
Community Arts Program
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The
Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council (NLAC) is now accepting
applications for its:
Community Arts Program to support projects by community based
non-profit arts organizations and groups.
Application deadline: September 30, 2010
(Projects must start on/after December 1, 2010)
Contact the NLAC for an application form and details:
The Newman Building
1
Springdale Street
726-2212 or toll free 1 (866) 726-2212 (NL only)
email: nlacmail@nfld.net
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NEW: Historic
Joy Kogawa House Writer-in-Residence - Call for Expressions of
Interest
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Historic
Joy Kogawa House will host a resident author between September 15,
2011, and March 15, 2012, as part of our annual writer-in-residence
program.
Writers are encouraged to identify innovative ways their residency
will foster greater appreciation for Canadian writing and involve
communities not typically exposed to Canadian literature. Please
email, fax, or mail applications by midnight on December 15, 2010,
to:
Author Residency Selection Committee
Historic Joy Kogawa House
1450 West 64th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6P 2N4
E-mail: kogawahouse@yahoo.ca
Fax: 604.263.6581
For application guidelines, visit www.kogawahouse.com.
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Canada
Council for the Arts Grants for Professional Writers: Creative
Writing (English Language)
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Deadline:
October 1
The
Grants for Professional Writers program covers subsistence, project
and travel expenses. The Creative Writing Grants component gives
Canadian authors (emerging, mid-career and established) time to
write new literary works, including novels, short stories, poetry,
children's literature, graphic novels and literary non-fiction. For
more information on the grants, eligibility and how to apply, visit
the Canada Council for the Arts online.
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BERTON
HOUSE WRITERS' RETREAT NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
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Deadline:
October 1, 2010
The Writers' Trust of Canada is now accepting applications for the
Berton House Writers' Retreat program.
An application form is available on their website. Four residency
positions are available covering the period between July 2011 and
June 2012. Each residency lasts three months. Writers-in-residence
are housed in Pierre Berton's childhood home in Dawson City, Yukon.
They receive a $6,000 honorarium and their housing and travel costs
are covered. The residency provides a unique opportunity for
writers to advance their writing careers.
Further information about Berton House and the program is available
at http://www.bertonhouse.ca/.
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Applications
for 2011 National Artists Program Being Accepted
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Application
Deadline: September 30, 2010.
The
Provincial Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is encouraging
young artists to apply for the 2011 National Artists Program (NAP),
a mentorship program for artists ages 16-22 offered in conjunction
with the upcoming Canada Winter Games, taking place in Halifax,
Nova Scotia, February 11-27, 2011.
For
an application for NAP, along with detailed information about
program objectives and eligibility requirements, please
visit:
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Saskatoon
Public Library Writer in Residence
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Applications
are invited from creative writers for the term position of
Saskatoon Public Library/Canada Council for the Arts Writer in
Residence from September 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012. Remuneration: up
to $30,000 for a nine-month term. Criteria are based on Canada
Council guidelines; position subject to Canada Council
funding.
Applications,
including reference letters, must be received by 5 p.m. Monday,
November 1, 2010.
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Submit
your top-ten list of all-time favourite Canadian
books
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Last
year, Stephen Patrick Clare and Trevor J. Adams published Atlantic
Canada's 100 Greatest Books, the ultimate companion guide to the
best in East Coast writing. The authors are now taking the
conversation to the national level and are calling upon Canadians
from coast-to-coast-to-coast to submit their top-ten list of
all-time favourite Canadian books in an effort to survey the
literary landscape and celebrate our great literary heritage. Send
them your top-ten list of all-time favourite Canadian books-and
enlist others to do the same. Replies can be sent via return email
or through the website:
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House
for rent makes ideal writer's retreat (Tilting)
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Want
to get away to a place back in time and work on your writing in
peaceful surroundings? This could be the place for you. A four
bedroom salt box house in excellent condition is available for rent
in Tilting, Fogo Island. It can be rented for any length of time up
until Christmas. If you are interested and want the details, call
(709) 782-3173 or (709) 691-4594 and speak to Ann
Galway.
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| Awards,
Contests, and Calls for Submissions |
NEW The Writers' Union of Canada Launches
its 18th Annual Short Prose Competition for Developing
Writers
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The
Writers' Union of Canada is pleased to launch its 18th annual Short
Prose Competition for Developing Writers, which invites writers to
submit a piece of fiction or nonfiction of up to 2,500 words in the
English language that has not previously been published in any
format. A $2,500 prize will be awarded to an unpublished Canadian
writer, and the entries of the winner and finalists will be
submitted to three Canadian magazines for
consideration.
Writers
Tarek Fatah, K.V. Johansen, and Sharon Pollock will serve as the
jury.
Submission
Guidelines: To be eligible, submissions must be written by Canadian
citizens or landed immigrants who have not had a book published by
a commercial or university press in any genre and who do not
currently have a contract with a book publisher. Any text, fiction
or nonfiction, up to 2,500 words, in the English language, that is
original and not previously published in any format, is eligible. A
typed, double-spaced entry on white paper along with an entry fee
of $25 (cheque or money order) per submission, should be sent
to:
The
Writers' Union of Canada
90
Richmond Street East, Suite 200
Toronto,
Ontario, M5C 1P1
The
deadline for submissions is November 10, 2010.
The
winner will be announced in early February.
Electronic
submissions will not be accepted.
The Writers' Union of Canada is the country's national
organization representing professional authors of books. Founded
in 1973, the Union is dedicated to fostering writing in Canada, and
promoting the rights, freedoms, and economic well-being of all
writers. For more information, please visit www.writersunion.ca
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NEW Call for Submissions - Zen-inspired
poetry
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Matrix
Magazine
Matrix
Presents: ZEN-INSPIRED POETRY
Kado, or the
way of poetry, is one of the ways to satori, or enlightenment. The
observer steps away: the Zen poem celebrates "not the self or the
seer, but the world seen" (Sam Hamill). Zen aesthetics value
simplicity, naturalness, directness, and profundity. Attention to
the moment is one of its hallmarks. No other Asian form has so
intrigued and proliferated in the English-speaking world as the
Japanese haiku. Send us your Zen-inspired poems in forms that are
related or have been shaped by it such as haiku, tanka, haibun, and
the collaborative renku.
Please submit your work by 31 Oct 2010, one poem per page except
for haiku which may be 3 - 4 per page, to matrixzenpoetry@gmail.com, attention, the issue
editors: Mary di Michele & Susan Gillis. Electronic submissions
only, please!
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The
34th Atlantic Writing Competition Now Open for
Entries!
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Entries
must be received by December 3rd, 2010.
Entry forms: .doc or html.
Established
in 1975 under the auspices of the Nova Scotia Branch of the
Canadian Authors' Association, the Atlantic Writing Competition has
been sponsored by the Writers' Federation since 1976. We encourage
writers in Atlantic Canada to explore and celebrate their talents
by sending in their new, untried work. Beginning writers may try
their hand in five categories: Novel, Juvenile/YA Novel, Short
Story, Poetry, or Writing for Children. Established writers are
also eligible but must work in an area that is new to
them.
Anyone
resident in the Atlantic Provinces since June 1st, 2008 is eligible
to enter. Only one entry per category is allowed. Each entry
requires its own entry form and registration fee.
Writers whose work has been professionally published in book form
or frequently in periodical or media production may not enter in
the genre in which they have been published or produced. Entries
must be the original, unpublished work of the writer, and must not
have been accepted for publication or submitted elsewhere.
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Essay
Competition for Newfoundland and Labrador Youth
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From
a press release from For the Love of Learning
ESSAY
COMPETITION OFFERS OPPORTUNITY FOR CAREER GUIDANCE TO NEWFOUNDLAND
AND LABRADOR YOUTH.
Newfoundland and Labrador high school students are offered the
opportunity to receive hands-on experience and insight into a
prospective career. For the Love of Learning's annual 'Future Looks
Bright' essay contest offers selected youth first hand experience
of a particular career and the academic path to it.
The non-profit is asking for essays from NL youth detailing why the
author would benefit from this unique opportunity, their
academic/career goals, and what obstacles (social, economic or
otherwise) they must overcome in reaching those goals. For the Love
of Learning's executive selects the winning essay.
The writer of the winning submission will be offered a week in St.
John's to career and school shadow in their field of interest. The
week will include sitting in on related post-secondary classes and
career shadowing with a professional in their chosen field.
Transportation and billeting will be provided by For the Love of
Learning, Inc.
Last year's winner was Cole Walsh, a 15 year old high school
student from Flower's Cove, NL who aspires to being a chemist. He
spent his week sitting in on Memorial University lectures,
participating in laboratory classes, assisting in a research
laboratory and meeting with department heads. Cole's week was
filled out with a tour of campus and a meeting with Academic
Advising. "It was phenomenal!" he wrote. "It really gave me clarity
in terms of what I want to do with my life and hopefully can do the
same for other youth like me. It was a once in a lifetime
chance."
Essays of 1000-1,500 words are requested and should be submitted to
the above address by January 3, 2011. For further information,
please see www.ftlol.org, or
contact Peter Hynes at 722-8848 or peterhynes@fortheloveoflearning.org.
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NEW: 2010 Canadian
Tales of the Fantastic Short Story
Competition
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Writers of short fiction are invited to enter the 2010 Canadian
Tales of the Fantastic Short Story Competition. To be considered, a
story must have two things. First, it must contain an element of
the Fantastic; second, it must be identifiably Canadian. An element
of the Fantastic is self-explanatory, but what is 'Identifiably
Canadian'? If the story is written by a Canadian, or written about
Canadians, or takes place in Canada, then it meets the
'Identifiably Canadian' condition.
The
contest closes December 31st, 2010. The entry fee is $15 for one
manuscript, $25 for two, or $30 for three.
First
place pays $500. Second place pays $150 and the third pays $100.
Ten Honourable mention prizes of
$25.00 will also be awarded. All winning entries will be published
by Red Tuque Books in the upcoming anthology, 'Canadian Tales Of
The Fantastic'. Winners will receive a complementary copy of the
anthology in addition to the prize money. Winners will be contacted
by February 28th, 2011. Results will posted on the Red Tuque Books
website in March, 2011.
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Sycamore
Review Wabash Prize for Poetry
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Sycamore
Review Wabash Prize for Poetry
Prize:
$1000 and publication in Sycamore Review.
Judged
by Jane Hirshfield.
Deadline:
Oct. 1.
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Opium
Magazine Seven-Line Story Contest
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Opium
Magazine Seven-Line Story Contest
Prize:
$1000 and publication in Opium for the best seven line story or
prose poem.
Deadline:
Oct. 4.
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2010
RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers
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The
Writers' Trust is now accepting submissions for the 2010 RBC
Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers.
A
prize of $5,000 will be given for the best collection of poetry by
a writer under the age of 35. Two honourable mentions will each
receive $1,000 prizes.
To
be eligible candidates must be a Canadian citizen or permanent
resident, under the age of 35, unpublished in book form and without
a book contract, but whose literary work has appeared in at least
one independently edited magazine or anthology. Applicants should
submit 5 - 10 pages of previously unpublished poetry. The
candidate's name, address, email, telephone number, and details
confirming their eligibility must appear only on the cover
sheet accompanying the manuscript. All pages must be unstapled and
consecutively numbered. Entries will not be returned.
DEADLINE
FOR SUBMISSION: DECEMBER 17, 2010
Submissions should be sent to:
RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers
c/o The Writers' Trust of Canada
90 Richmond Street East, Suite 200
Toronto, Ontario, M5C 1P1
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Pat
Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards
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The
League of Canadian Poets is now accepting submissions for its
annual book awards for titles published in 2010!
The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is given for a book of poetry by a
Canadian woman published in the preceding year, and is in memory of
the late Pat Lowther, whose career was cut short by her untimely
death in 1975.
The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is given in the memory of Gerald
Lampert, an arts administrator who organized authors' tours and
took a particular interest in the work of new writers. The award
recognizes the best first book of poetry published by a Canadian in
the preceding year.
Both awards carry a $1,000 prize, and are presented each year at
the annual LCP Poetry Festival and Conference in June, with the
shortlist announced during National Poetry Month in April.
The deadline for submission to these awards is November 1st,
2010. For books that are published after this date, but still
within the calendar year, please email readings@poets.ca by Nov 1st, 2010 to arrange
to have the deadline extended (to Dec 15th at the latest). If you
are a League member, please contact your publisher to see if your
title has been submitted before sending it in yourself to avoid
duplication.
For more information on these awards, and to download a submission
form, please go to: http://www.poets.ca/linktext/awards.htm
For more information contact:
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Prairie
Fire Press & McNally Robinson Booksellers
2010 Writing Contests
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3
contests, $6,000 in cash prizes!
The Banff Centre Bliss Carman Poetry Award
(1-3 poems per entry, maximum 150 lines per entry), Judge:
Christian B�k
Short Fiction (one story per entry, maximum 10,000 words), Judge:
Joan Thomas
Creative Non-Fiction (one article per entry, maximum 5,000 words),
Judge: Hal Niedzviecki
1st prize $1,250, 2nd prize $500, 3rd prize $250 in all
categories
Deadline:
Postmarked November 30, 2010.
Entry fee is $32 (per category). This entitles you or your
designate to a one-year (4 issues) subscription to Prairie Fire.
Make cheque or money order payable to Prairie Fire and enclose with
your entry. You may also use all major credit cards.
For
full contest rules check out www.prairiefire.ca, or contact: Prairie Fire
Press, 423-100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg Manitoba R3B 1H3. Phone
(204) 943-9066,
Winning pieces will be published in Prairie Fire magazine,
with authors paid for publication.
Send entries to: Prairie Fire Press, 423-100 Arthur Street,
Winnipeg, MB R3B 1H3. For more information check out our website
at www.prairiefire.ca, call (204) 943-9066, or
e-mail us at prfire@mts.net.
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Prism
International 2011 literary contests!
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Prism
International is pleased to announce that we are ready to receive
entries for our 2011 literary contests!
Entry
fees for all contests are $28, and additional entries can be added
for $7 each. Every participant receives a one-year subscription to
Prism International.
The
Non-Fiction Contest is first up, with a deadline of November 30th,
2010. The grand prize is $1500, and this contest is being judged by
Brian Brett, a poet, novelist and non-fiction writer whose latest
book, for Trauma Farm: A Rebel History of Rural Life, won the
Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize in 2009.
The
Short Fiction Contest has a deadline of January 29, 2011. The best,
unpublished story will receive $2000, as well as publication
payment for our fiction contest issue. Three runner-up prizes of
$200 dollars are also conferred. Works of translation are eligible.
This year's judge will be announced shortly. Hold on to your
bifocals and lean on in.
The
Poetry Contest also has a January 29, 2011 deadline. Each entry can
be up to three poems. $1000 is awarded for the best original,
unpublished poem and the winner receives publication and payment in
our upcoming Poetry and Fiction Contests Issue. $300 and $200 are
awarded to runners-up. Works of translation are eligible. This
year's poetry judge is Vancouver poet laureate, Brad Cran. He is a
contributing editor at Geist magazine, and you can read some of his
work on their site.
Contest entries must be sent to Prism through snail mail,
accompanied by an entry form and cheque or receipt of credit card
payment. For entry forms and the option to pay fees by credit card,
please visit Prism's contest page at http://prism.arts.ubc.ca/contests.php.
Entries can be sent to:
Prism International
Creative Writing Program
The University of British Columbia
BUCH E462-1866 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z1
CANADA
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She
Said Yes! Theatre Company's MAIL-ORDER DRAMATURGY
PROGRAM
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She
Said Yes! Theatre Company presents the fourth annual MAIL-ORDER
DRAMATURGY PROGRAM
It is a long-distance dramaturgy program for new plays in
development. Works must be in the first draft stage or later. Each
script will be paired with a professional dramaturge, who will work
with the playwright via email through the completion of a further
two drafts of their work.
Submission deadline is October 1st, 2010, at 5 pm. Submissions
should be emailed or postmarked by this date.
For more information on She Said Yes! and its work,
visit
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The
CBC Literary Awards Online Workshops
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The
CBC Literary Awards has a great new opportunity for you writers out
there!!
Does that second paragraph need a little work?
Imagine...
Before sending in your fiction submission to this year's CBC
Literary Awards, you could have a chance to get some first-hand
feedback online from one of Canada's most prominent writers!!
The CBC Literary Awards has partnered with The Malahat Review to
offer five writers the chance to have award-winning writer Andr�
Alexis offer expert writing advice on short excerpts of their work.
That person could be you!
You must be willing to share the feedback you receive online with
other visitors to the website, and also send us a second draft of
that same piece! The writing excerpts will be anonymous, and
therefore eligible to be entered into this year's CBC Literary
Awards.
The experience will last two weeks online and offer other writers
from across the country the chance to follow your creative
process!
What to do
Send us a 250-word excerpt (no longer) from one of your unpublished
short stories before September 20, 2010, along with the phone
number where we can reach you during the day.
Literary_awards@cbc.ca (subject: Literary
Awards Workshop)
There is no fee!
We will contact you by September 24 to let you know if you have
been chosen.
Excerpts will be posted on our website after October 4 at
www.Cbc.ca/literaryawards
Good Luck!
For more information contact us at: literary_awards@cbc.ca
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A
message from the desk of the CBC Literary Awards
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Less
than 2 months left until the deadline for this year's
competition!
Greetings writers!! It's that time of the year again. Time to
compose or polish off those works destined for this year's CBC
Literary Awards competition.The Awards Team is anxiously awaiting
your original and unpublished works (short story, poetry, and
creative non-fiction) by November 1, 2010.
Submit online!
Join us on Facebook!
The CBC Literary Awards are Canada's only literary competition
celebrating original, unpublished works in both official languages.
There is a first prize of $6,000 and a second prize of $4,000 in
all 3 categories courtesy of the Canada Council for the Arts. In
addition, the winning texts are published in Air Canada's enRoute
magazine and on our website, and the authors and their winning
entries will get exposure on the CBC.
Visit our new website (www.cbc.ca/literaryawards) and get inspired!
There you find regularly updated writing tips from the pros, as
well as interviews with former winners and jurors. You can also
read last year's winning entries and find resources in your
province that can help you with your writing. We hope to make our
website a wonderful resource and place to connect with other
participants. So be sure to bookmark the page and check back
often!
We look forward to receiving your submissions!
The Awards Team
Literary_Awards@cbc.ca
1-877-888-6788
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The
Malahat Review's Open Season Awards
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Deadline:
November 1, 2010
$1000 Prize in each of three categories
Submit work in any of our three marquee genres: poetry, short
fiction, or creative non-fiction. Poetry: up to three poems per
entry (max. 100 lines each); Short Fiction and Creative
Non-Fiction: one piece (max 2500 words)
Fees: $35 CAD for Canadians
$40 USD for US entries
$45 USD for entries from elsewhere
For more information:
http://www.malahatreview.ca/open_season/info.html
Enquiries: malahat@uvic.ca
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The
Fiddlehead's 20th Annual Contest in Short Fiction and
Poetry
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Postmark
deadline: 1 December 2010. Entry fee $30 in Canada; $36 (US) if
living outside of Canada (fee includes one-year subscription to The
Fiddlehead).
This
year The Fiddlehead is 65 and our literary contest is 20 so we're
commemorating 2010 in a big way! There are two contest categories,
poetry and short fiction. In poetry the prizes are $2010 for the
Ralph Gustafson Prize for Best Poem and $500 each for the 2
Honourable Mentions and in short fiction the prizes are $2010 for
the Best Story and $500 each for the 2 Honourable Mentions. All six
winning entries will be published in the Spring 2011 issue of The
Fiddlehead (No. 247). The winning authors will be paid for
publication in addition to their prizes.
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CV2's
35th Anniversary Poetry Contest
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CV2's
35th Anniversary Poetry Contest
deadline:
Novemeber 1, 2010
accepting
poetry; 1-4 poems/submission, entry fee: $24, includes a 1-yr
subscription to CV2
prizes:
$500/$300/$150/2 honourable mentions + paid publication for each
winner
Details:
Whether 35 lines, 35 stanzas or "35" written into the poem itself,
each poem must incorporate "35" somehow in its language or form. No
extra points for being tricky, but we are definitely open to
innovation! Anyone can enter, though only original, unpublished
poetry is accepted. No simultaneous submissions (more details
online). Each poem may not exceed 100 lines. Manuscripts must be
typed on 8.5x11 paper, title and page number on each page. Judging
is blind, so include contact information on a separate sheet with a
list of titles in your submission. Only paper submissions by post
will be accepted. Send to: Contemporary Verse 2, 502-100 Arthur St,
Winnipeg, MB, R3B 1H3, CANADA (204)949-1365. Complete contest info
online at: contemporaryverse2.ca.
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The
15th Annual Independent Publisher Book Awards Are Now
Open
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Announcing
the 15th annual Independent Publisher Book Awards, honoring the
year's best independently published titles. Accepting entries
until March 19th, 2011 for books with 2010 and 2011 copyrights or
that are released in 2010 or early 2011.
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The
Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador
(WANL) was founded in 1987 to contribute to a supportive
environment for writing and to promote the rights and well being of
this province's writers. It is a member-based organization, with
Regular and Youth memberships open to any current or former
residents of Newfoundland and Labrador with an interest in the
writing/publishing industry. For more information, visit http://wanl.ca.
WANL Weekly is intended to provide timely updates
about readings, workshops, funding opportunities, contests, and
other announcements of interest to the provincial writing
community. Have something to share? Send your information to wanlassist@nf.aibn.com or call (709) 739-5215
by 5 p.m. on Tuesday to be included in our Wednesday update. Please
keep your notice to 100 words or less. These announcements have
been compiled for the benefit of the WANL membership and are not
necessarily endorsed by WANL's executive or staff.
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