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Archive for March, 2008

The Prince Edward Island Book Award promotes and celebrates excellence in creation and publication of books by Prince Edward Island authors, editors and creators, during 2006 and 2007.
Two awards, one for a work of fiction and one for a work of non-fiction, are presented biennially. The awards are based on overall assessment of the content, [...]

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Short Course: “A Poetic Miscellany” with John Smith
April 1 - May 20, 2008
PEI’s first poet laureate and Professor Emeritus at the University of Prince Edward Island, Dr. John Smith was a much-respected and much-loved professor of English for 30 years, whose gift of being able to bring literature alive touched hundreds of students, many of [...]

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The deadline for entries to the 21st annual Island Literary Awards is this Friday, March 7. Writers are invited to enter in the categories of short story, poetry, literature for children and creative nonfiction. There are also two award categories for students. Awards range from $500 for first place in the adult categories to $25 [...]

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THE WRITERS’ UNION OF CANADA ANNOUNCES WRITING FOR CHILDREN COMPETITION 2008
The Writers’ Union of Canada is pleased to launch its 12th annual Writing for Children Competition, which invites writers to submit a piece for children up to 1,500 words in the English language that has not previously been published in any format. A $1,500 prize [...]

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