To play MUSEartspace in Charlottetown as part of Eastern Canadian tour to hone set for new album Paper Beat Scissors Videos: http://www.youtube.com/paperbeatscissors MP3 Downloads: http://www.paperbeatscissors.bandcamp.com EPK: http://www.sonicbids.com/paperbeatscissors “*Tim Crabtree** has such a unique sound that it’s hard to put his ambient, folk melodies into word. Cinematic in scope, [it] builds dynamic results with the most subtle, gentle touch. Each…
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ILA Deadline Reminder: April 1, 2011 for Adult Categories
The deadline for adult categories is April 1, 2011, 4:00 p.m. Please hand-deliver your entries to any Provincial Library Branch, addressed to the following, or Mail to: Island Literary Awards c/o Trina O’Brien Leggott Confederation Centre Public Library PO Box 7000 Charlottetown, PE C1A 8G8 Cheques and/or Money Orders should be made out to PEI…
PEIWG May 14 workshop cancelled
The wonderful May 14th workshop by Christy Ann Conlin has been cancelled due to scheduling conflicts. She is hoping to run this workshop on May 21st, same time, same place, but we have to confirm those details. At this time it is still pending. STAY TUNED FOR MORE DETAILS! Thanks PEIWG Board. Introduction to Memoir…
Have Poems, Will Travel
Have Poems, Will Travel Thursday April 7 at 7:00 pm April is national poetry month. Join PEI Poet Laureate Hugh MacDonald who will share some of his favorite “Random Acts of Poetry” with us. Got some poems in your pocket… why not share them with Hugh and the audience. READ THEM OUT LOUD, for the…
CANADIAN HISTORIAN TO SPEAK AT PROVINCE HOUSE
CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI — The public is invited to hear well-known Canadian historian, Professor Ian Ross Robertson, speaking on “The Road to Responsible Government” at Province House (165 Richmond Street) on March 31 at 7 p.m. Professor Robertson, a native of Mermaid, received his early education in the province, including three years of study at Prince…
The 2012 Ken Klonsky Novella Contest
Quattro Books will publish the two best novella manuscripts (15,000 to 42,000 words) submitted to us by July 1, 2011. Send your manuscript, neatly typed, along with a $15 reader’s fee, to Quattro Books, CSI Annex, 720 Bathurst Street, Suite 200, Toronto, ON, M5S 2R4. Please include an e-mail address. Applicants must be Canadian citizens. Submissions…
John Kenneth Galbraith Literary Award
Hello Fiction Writers! Are you a Canadian author who would like to put some jingle in your pocket? Do you have a good short story to tell? Would you love the prestige of winning the John Kenneth Galbraith Literary Award and a cheque for $2,000? 2011 is the fifth anniversary of the John Kenneth Galbraith Literary…
23rd Annual Short Grain (with Variations) Writing Contest
Grain Magazine’s 23rd Annual Short Grain (with Variations) Writing Contest, is accepting entries until April 1, 2011(postmarked). Grain awards $4,500 in cash prizes! The entry fee is $35 which includes a FREE one-year subscription to GrainMagazine! Our judges are counted among Canada’s finest writers! One entry fee allows you to enter a maximum of two entries in either of two categories:…
CV2 magazine 2-Day Poem Contest 2011
CV2 magazine 2-Day Poem Contest 2011: April 2-3 registration deadline: March 25, 2011 At 12:00 midnight (CST), when Friday becomes Saturday, April 2, CV2 sends a list of 10 words to registered participants by email. Participants then have 2 days (48 hours) to write their best poem using each word at least once. The final submitted…
2011 Island Literary Awards (Updated)
For going on twenty-four years the Island Literary Awards (ILAs) have recognized the best in Island writing with cash awards sponsored from the community, for winning entries in short story, poetry, children’s literature, and creative non-fiction categories from writers of all ages. New for 2011: The PEI Writers’ Guild is excited to announce that the Island Literary Awards, through…
Red Earth Women Presents
Red Earth Women Presents is pleased to bring another February event with OPEN MIC and special-guest-island-artist Dianne Hicks Morrow. Since the publication of her poetry collection Long Reach Home in 2002, Dianne has given readings and writing workshops across Canada. A former executive director of the L.M. Montgomery Institute at UPEI, and a past president of the…
The Writing Pool 