Quattro Books Novella Contest Quattro Books publishers, home of the Canadian novella, are excited to announce the winners of our 2010 novella contest – Carole Giangrande of Toronto , for A Gardener on the Moon; and Reinhard Filter, from Glen Williams ON, for Retina Green. Giangrande’s book will be launched in the Spring, and Filter’s in the Fall….
Summit Studios runs humorous short story contest
Summit Studios, owned by Matt Jackson and his wife, is a Vancouver-based publishing company that publishes a series of Travel & Outdoor Humour anthologies. The first book in the series was called Mugged by a Moose, which was released in September 2006. Summit Studios is running a story contest to collect more travel and outdoor stories…
FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC POETRY (F4PP) NEWS
FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC POETRY (F4PP) NEWS In the news: 1. Leonard Cohen Poet-In-Residence selected 2. Leonard Cohen You’re Our Man Humanetry Tour 2010 3. Oh Canada Poetry Contest Leonard Cohen Poet-In-Residence selected The selection committee of the Leonard Cohen Poet-In-Residence program has chosen a poet. The individual selected will be announced at a public event…
red earth women presents Laurie Brinklow
red earth women presents reading series starts the new year off on Thursday, January 14, 2010 with local artist Laurie Brinklow {and AS ALWAYS open mic}. Laurie is a writer and editor, and publisher of Charlottetown’s Acorn Press, which she started in 1993. Her poetry has won the Atlantic Poetry Prize, and was published in…
Authors lobby U.S. court to reject Google deal
GLOBE AND MAIL Jan 7 Authors lobby U.S. court to reject Google deal More than 250 Canadian writers sign petition protesting illegal digitization of books John Barber Information giant Google is doing evil to their property, a growing number of Canadian writers claim in a petition urging a New York court to reject a controversial…
Arc Calls for Entry 2010
DON’T CHUCK THAT STANZA: Arc has just the call for you: PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for Poem of the Year is changing to February 1, 2010 and the Diana Brebner Award deadline is changing to March 1, 2010. This change was made in response to feedback from our readers, and also to help us accommodate the transition…
Video contest
The province is running a contest in co-operation with the Island Media Arts Guild to encourage young people 19 and under to create a video about a heritage place in their community and upload it to You tube where it can be voted on by the public. In addition to promotion of the place, the…
Winter’s Tales Author Reading Series
WINTER’S TALES: THE CELLIST OF SARAJEVO Steven Galloway, author of the international best-selling novel The Cellist of Sarajevo, will give a public reading on Tuesday, January 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Confederation Centre Art Gallery. His reading is part of the Winter’s Tales Authors Series sponsored by the UPEI English Department, with funding from…
Two January Poetry Workshops
Poet and Teacher Beth E. Janzen will be offering two Saturday afternoon workshops in January. Details below. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We can never see the whole forest at one time, but the shifting light, the wild creatures, the intriguing paths, some barely visible among the foliage, lead us in, keep us wanting to go deeper into the heart of the…
CALL : Contributions for Edited Anthology
Deadline: Dec. 18 Latinas/os PRESENTES: Voice, Culture and Creativity in Nuestra (Our?) Canada. We are seeking submissions for an edited collection of Latina/o Canadian cultural work to be published in 2010 by Tightrope Books, under their new Zurita imprint and edited by Lorena M. Gajardo, a Latina and scholar of Latino/a Identity in Canada. This…
Calling All Amateur & Seasoned Maritime Playwrights
Calling All Amateur & Seasoned Maritime Playwrights Deadline: Feb. 28 Script Happens wants to showcase your talent. Submit your original, one-act script for a chance to present at annual Script Happens production. In preparation for another great season, Second Stage, a development wing of the Saint John Theatre Company, is looking for submissions for its…
CALL: La Macina di San Cresci, TUSCANY – artists in residency
OPEN CALL 2010 For artists in residency 2010 at La Macina di San Cresci, Chianti, Tuscany, Italy NO DEADLINE. This program is running all year Applications are now being accepted for the 2010 at La Macina di San Cresci. Located above Greve, in Chianti, in the heart of Tuscany, between two great cities of the…
The Writing Pool 