For production in their 2010/11 season A non-profit theatre co-op, The Cape Breton Stage Company has been producing original, local work in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality since 2007. This season, we will produce three plays in downtown Sydney, Nova Scotia. We welcome submissions from playwrights with any level of experience. WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: Original, preferably…
Piper’s Frith: Writing at Kilmory Resort, October 12 – 16, 2010
The Literary Arts Foundation of Newfoundland & Labrador invites established and emerging writers to join Jessica Grant (fiction), Mary Dalton (poetry) and Kevin Major (prose) for small-group workshops and one-on-one mentoring. Social evenings and peaceful, stunning surroundings enhance this intensive four-day experience. Piper’s Frith takes place at beautiful Kilmory Resort amidst the wildness of the Burin Peninsula. The…
The Malahat Review’s Creative Non-Fiction Prize
Deadline: August 1, 2010Prize: $1000 CADSubmit one work of creative non-fiction between 2000 and 3000 words in length. No restrictions as to subject matter or approach apply.Entry fee: $35 CAD for Canadians$40 USD for entries from the United States$45 USD for entries from elsewhere(entry fee includes a one year subscription to The Malahat Review)For more…
14th annual Great Canadian Literary Hunt
The 14th annual Great Canadian Literary Hunt has begun. For 14 years now This Magazine has surveyed this vast country for the best and brightest in Canadian new fiction and poetry and this year, just to keep things interesting, we’ve added a new category. For the first time, we’ll award a prize for best graphic…
Victor Toews: 1930-2010
We are saddened by the passing of Victor Toews, one of our early, long-time, and devoted members. Victor was a wonderful human being: warm, sweet, kind, caring, generous. Many of us, too, were privileged to hear and read his lovely writing over the years. He was a great supporter of other writers and of the…
Authors Ken McGoogan and Aline Apostolska at the helm of the Public Lending Right Commission
Ottawa, June 9, 2010 — Writers and journalists Ken McGoogan and Aline Apostolska are, respectively, the newly elected Chair and Vice-Chair of the Public Lending Right Commission (PLRC). Both Ken McGoogan, who represents The Writers’ Union of Canada on the Commission, and Aline Apostolska, who represents the Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois, underlined…
SeaWords 2010
SeaWords is a 1-week creative writing workshop sponsored by the University of Prince Edward Island and the L.M. Montgomery Institute. The next SeaWords Workshop will be this summer, August 2 – 6, 2010, and will be hosted at the Haviland Club in Charlottetown. Returning this year we have Jackie Kaiser, one of the top literary agents in…
Autopoiesis Atelier
Explore creativity from within and become the artist of your Autopoetic Life Five Day Program at Oceanstone Inn and Cottages in Nova Scotia August 9th to 13th 9am to 4:30pm $499.00 (early registration discount available) When we quiet the mind, allow for pure consciousness to express through us, and gain clarity about who we are…
CCWWP conference registration now open
Dear Colleagues, Early bird registration for the Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs (CCWWP) conference in October 2010 is now open! Please go to http://www.regonline.ca/CCWWP2010. We encourage you to register as soon as possible, to take advantage of the early bird rate, and to assist the organizing committee in planning and budgeting. You can also download…
SPRING WORKSHOPS FOCUS ON GETTING PUBLISHED
SPRING WORKSHOPS FOCUS ON GETTING PUBLISHED The Island Writers Association’s Spring series of Workshops for Writers begins with two sessions that explore the subject of getting your book published to take place in May. In June attention turns to Romance and Children’s writing with workshops presented by Brian Henry of Ontario, who brings 25 years…
The Humber School for Writers Correspondence Program in Creative Writing
The Humber School for Writers Correspondence Program in Creative Writing September 2010 January 2011 Humber School of Creative & Performing Arts Toronto, Ontario, Canada http://www.creativeandperformingarts.humber.ca/content/writers _____________________________________________________________________________ The Correspondence Program in Creative Writing, offered by The Humber School for Writers, gives aspiring writers the rare opportunity to work on a novel, book of short stories, volume…
Tatamagouche Centre 2010 Programs
Upcoming programs … Writing in a Time of Exile July 25 – 30; Sun 7pm to Fri 3pm This program offers published and unpublished writers intensive work with your writing; contemplative space; personal conferences; and feedback from facilitators and fellow participants. We also examine writing and social context: How do we deal with class and gender, nationality and…
The Writing Pool 