Welcome to the PEIWG Weekly Bulletin! This is published and circulated through the PEIWG mailing list on groupspaces.com. It contains announcements of events in PEI and around Canada that may be of interest to the members of the PEI Writers’ Guild and to PEIWG mailing list subscribers.

If you want to share any announcements, articles, interesting or useful links that you think other subscribers will be interested in, send them to mimrlith@yahoo.com; this weekly is sent out on Sunday or Monday every week, so please do not send announcements that need to be sent out immediately.

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PEI LOCAL

Interested writers from the Atlantic Maritimes are invited to write for Stephen Patrick Clare’s new ARTS EAST e-magazine and website.

Assignments may include CD/book reviews, interviews or coverage of music, drama, visual art, mixed media, etc. events.

Ideal for writers and aspiring journalists who are trying to gain experience and have a published on-line byline, media tickets and similar perks as compensation.

Interested writers can e-mail Michelle Brunet or Stephen Clare at novamedia@gmail.com

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PEI MODEL FOREST NETWORK PHOTO CONTEST

(for writers who’re also photo buffs or know photo buffs)

CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI — The Prince Edward Island Model Forest Network, in partnership with the Department of Environment, Energy and Forestry, is holding a special forest-themed photo contest over the fall and winter.

“The members of the Model Forest Network are encouraging people to head outside and capture images that reflect how they perceive and use our public and private forest lands,” said Richard Gill, chair of the Model Forest Network. “Whether enjoying wildlife, walking, hunting, working, snowshoeing or biking, we are looking for images that reflect the importance of Island forests.”
Prince Edward Island’s landscape is renowned for its blend of fields, water and forests. This landscape attracts amateur and professional photographers who want to capture images of what the Island means to them.
While the Island’s beaches, farms and small communities often receive the most attention, forests are often featured for their lush greens in spring and summer, vibrant red, orange and yellow of fall, and the white stillness of winter.  Some photographers also try to capture the hundreds of ways people use and connect with forests every day.
The contest is designed to promote awareness and appreciation of all types of forests including urban and rural, and public and private forests. Themes could also include how forests meet various economic, social, recreational, cultural, ecological and aesthetic needs.
“We are interested in Island photographs of almost anything forest-related,” said Mr. Gill.
The contest includes a special outdoor photography workshop that will feature tips and demonstrations on how to improve outdoor photography.  It will be held Saturday, October 22,  9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Central Forest District office,170 Beach Grove Road, Charlottetown.
The contest runs from October 22, 2011 to February 29, 2012.  Prizes will be offered for the winning photographs. For workshop information, contest rules and for details about prizes, visit www.peiforests.ca or contact Greg Ridgway at (902) 368-4800 or at gregmodelforest@gmail.com.

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CALLS FOR SUBMISSION

POETRY IN TRANSIT

The City of Charlottetown, in collaboration with Trius Transit is seeking submissions of poetry revolving around the theme of “How we experience our community.” Selected poems will be printed and installed on the interior advertising panels on buses in Charlottetown, Cornwall and Stratford. Poems will remain on buses for three months, then will be taken down and put on display in participating store fronts.

If you are interested, please check out www.poetrypei.com, and submit your poems there!

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BYWORDS.CA SUBMISSION CALL

DEADLINE:  February 15 for the March issue

Bywords.ca considers previously unpublished poetry from emerging and established poets for our online monthly magazine. We consider work by current and former residents, students and workers of Ottawa. We also publish poems by contributors to our predecessor, the Bywords Monthly Magazine.  FOR SUBMISSION INFORMATION VISIT www.bywords.ca and click on Guidelines.  Amanda Earl, Managing Editor

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Black Canadian Poetry

Black Canadian Poetry is seeking submissions of new and unpublished works of poetry for a national anthology devoted to answering the question, “What is Black Canadian Poetry?”  The anthology will establish a poetic tradition of page and stage poetry by people of African descent living in Canada. We are encouraging all English speaking, French speaking, and people of African descent working in foreign dialects and languages to contribute to this project.  Since our anthology will be published in English, it is our aim to introduce Black Canadian poets to an international English speaking audience.  After this, we hope to find a publisher for the French edition of the anthology in order to introduce English/French speakers and poets of African descent working in foreign dialects and languages in Canada to an international French speaking audience.

Submissions for the anthology should be submitted in English and associated with the following categories: spoken word, dubpoetry, hip-hop, slam, performance and page poetry. We ask that poets translate their work into English before submitting and state clearly that it is a translation from the specific language of the poet.

Poetry contributions welcome from writers that are African, Afro-Caribbean, African-American, Afro-Indigenous, African-Canadian or people living in Canada who identify as Black. Submissions welcome from all provinces and territories.  Submissions from emerging, mid-career and established poets are welcome. Each anthologized contributor will receive two copies of the book.

Submissions to Black Canadian Poetry should be no more than three poems, 500 words for one poem, or a combined total of 800 words or less for multiple submissions.
Poetry must be submitted in English or translated to English. In the case that the poem is translated from the French, please state this clearly on the submission.
Submissions should be printed double-spaced with a 12-point font.
Submissions should be new works or previously unpublished works of poetry.
Along with submissions please include:
-name of the poet;
-title of the poem;
-genre of the poem: spoken word, dubpoetry, hip-hop, slam, performance and print;
-province/territory of the poet.

Please remember to include your full name, mailing address, e-mail address, phone number, title of poems, genre, province/territory and name of the poet with each submission.
Please send 4 copies of your submission with an enclosed SAE to the following address:
BCP Editors
Black Canadian Poetry
PO BOX 1741
Gibsons, BC
V0N 1V0

Please direct comments and questions to
blackcanadianpoetry@gmail.com
For further information please visit
blackcanadianpoetry.com
(e-mail submissions will not be accepted)
Deadlines for submissions is March 1, 2012.
The anthology will be published by Frontenac House Limited in 2013.
Thank-You!

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BIBLIOTHECA FANTASTICA

SUBMISSION PERIOD: Dec. 15 2011 – March 31, 2012

Anthology from Dagan Books is looking for  “Stories having to do with lost, rare, weird, or imaginary books, or any aspect of book history or book culture, past, present, future, or uchronic. Any genre. Although the fantastical is not essential per se, stories should evoke a sense of the fantastic, the unknown, the weird, wonder, terror, mystery, pulp, and/or adventure, etc.”

Full details on their site http://daganbooks.com/2011/11/14/new-anthology-bibliotheca-fantastica-opens-for-submissions-dec-15-2011/

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TESSERACTS SIXTEEN

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Feb. 29, 2012

From Edge Publishing, recently released the guidelines for the latest volume in their speculative anthology, which will be edited by Mark Leslie. They’re looking for stories and poems that “focus on art, music, literature and cultural elements which are integral to the story. ” This anthology is only open to Canadians citizens (including ex-pats), landed immigrants (aka permanent residents) and long time residents.

http://www.edgewebsite.com/books/tess16/t16-guidelines.html     

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BIFF BAM POP! ANNOUNCES OPEN CALL FOR SHORT

HORROR/THRILLER/SUSPENSE ANTHOLOGY SUBMISSIONS

DEADLINE: 11:59 P.M. APRIL 1, 2012

Now accepting submissions for the inaugural BIFF BAM POP! Short Story Anthology.

Writers must submit their original prose before 11:59pm April 1st, 2012 deadline. A panel of BIFF BAM POP! representatives will review every submission received, and those selected will be published in the Short Story Anthology to be released this Fall.

Submissions can be sent to: biffbampopsubmissions@gmail.com (RTF or Microsoft Word files). Please see the official submission guidelines for complete information about submitting to the BIFF BAM POP! Short Story Anthology.

About BIFF BAM POP! Established in August 2008, Biff Bam Pop! is a website devoted to the world of pop culture, from comic books and video games, to movies, books, and music.  For additional information, visit www.biffbampop.com.

For more information, please contact: Andy Burns, Editor-In-Chief, BIFF BAM POP!

647-234-2112/andyburns2112@gmail.com

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VALLUM 9:2 – URBAN LANDSCAPES / HIDDEN CITY 

 Deadline: 10 April 2012    

The cityscape has fascinated people since the flâneurs of Paris and beyond. An explosion of  mechanical and other structures surrounds us. But what is unseen, underground or hidden often eludes us. What are some of these hidden aspects of the cityscape or the urban landscape? No electronic submissions. Please mail submissions to: Vallum, P.O. Box 598, Victoria Stn, Montreal, Quebec, H3Z 2Y6, Canada

http://www.vallummag.com/

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The Malahat Review‘s East Coast Issue

Deadline: May 15, 2012

In the fall of 2012, The Malahat Review and The Fiddlehead will celebrate the writing of each other’s regions, with the former publishing an East Coast issue and the latter a West Coast issue. Writers with strong connections to either or both regions are invited to submit to the issue that will best provide their work the most apt and safe harbour.

The Malahat Review invites submissions from East Coast writers (East Coast includes all four Atlantic provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador). Submissions of poetry, fiction, personal essay, memoir, cultural criticism, and literary journalism are welcome.

Please see the full guidelines on our website prior to submitting: http://www.malahatreview.ca/east_coast.html

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GEIST EMERGING WRITER OF THE MONTH  

An enlightened online space for new writers to test-drive their work.

How it works:  Emerging writers are invited to submit short written works online. Geist chooses and publishes one piece each month on a dedicated web page. Geist readers and like-minded people are then invited to comment on the featured work.

Who is eligible?

• Canadian students enrolled in secondary or post-secondary courses and/or writing workshops are eligible.
• The writer should have no more than 2 short works published in established print or online magazines, books or websites. (Blogs, zines and in-house school publications are exempt.)
• For full details: http://www.geist.com/gewm

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COMPETITIONS

There’s less than a month left to polish your novella and send it in to our 2012 Novella Prize! This contest won’t run again until 2014.

The Malahat Review‘s 2012 Novella Prize

Deadline: February 1, 2012 (postmarked)

Prize: $1500 CAD

Entry fee:

$35 CAD for entries from Canada

$40 USD for entries from the USA

$45 USD for entries from elsewhere

(entry fee includes a one-year subscription to The Malahat Review)

Enter a work of fiction between 10,000 and 20,000 words in length.

View complete guidelines: http://www.malahatreview.ca/contests/novella_contest/info.html

Catch up with our 2010 Novella Prize winner, Tony Tulathimutte:http://www.malahatreview.ca/announcements/tonytulapost_interview.html

Email queries to: malahat@uvic.ca

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13th ANNUAL POSTCARD STORY

COMPETITION

The Writers. Union of Canada is pleased to announce that submissions are being accepted until

February 14, 2012, for the 13th annual POSTCARD STORY COMPETITION. The winning entry will be the best Canadian work of 250 words or fewer in the English language, fiction or nonfiction. Are you up for the challenge? Can you create a dynamic, lean, and efficient piece in only 250 words? You can use humour, poetry, dialogue. anything goes!

PRIZE

$750 for the winning entry.

The winning entry will be published in Write, the magazine of The Writers Union of Canada. The winner agrees that The Writers’ Union of Canada will have non-exclusive publication rights to publish the winning entry in Write, for publicity purposes. Any publication of the author’s story by The Writers. Union of Canada will include an authorship credit and a copyright notice in the name of the author. Copyright of the winning postcard story remains with the writer.

JURY

Clayton Bailey, John Lent, and Nerys Parry will serve as the jury.

ELIGIBILITY

This competition is open to all Canadian citizens and landed immigrants. Original and unpublished in any format (English language) fiction or nonfiction, no more than 250 words.

HOW TO SUBMIT ENTRIES

• · Entries should be typed, double-spaced, in a clear twelve-point font, and the pages numbered on 8.5 x 11 paper, not stapled.
• · Submissions will be accepted in hardcopy only.
• · Include a separate cover letter with title of story, full name, address, phone number, e-mail

address, word count, and number of pages of entry.

• · The author’s name should not appear on the actual entry.
• · Make cheque or money order, $7.50 per submission, payable to The Writers’ Union of Canada. Multiple entries can be submitted together and fees can be added and paid with one cheque or money order.
• · Entries must be postmarked by February 14, 2012 to be eligible.
• · Mail entries to: PCS Competition, The Writers. Union of Canada, 90 Richmond Street East,

Suite 200, Toronto, ON M5C 1P1.

Results will be posted at www.writersunion.ca in May 2012. Manuscripts will not be returned.

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OPL CONTEST: YOUNG POETS AND AUTHORS –

ON YOUR MARK! GET SET! WRITE!

DEADLINE:  EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 6^TH

The Ottawa Public Library´s 17th annual Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest is underway. This contest, for aspiring young poets and short story authors, is open to writers between the ages of 9 and 17. They are invited to submit poems and short stories in English and/or French.

Participants can win awesome prizes which will be presented in the Spring. For contest details, visit www.BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca or contact InfoService at 613-580-2950 or InfoService@BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca

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THE WRITERS’ TRUST OF CANADA RBC BRONWEN WALLACE AWARD FOR EMERGING WRITERS

     DEADLINE:  January 30, 2012

A prize of $5,000 will be awarded to the best work of short fiction.

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 as of the deadline date

* Unpublished in book form and without a book contract

* Previously published in an independently edited magazine or anthology

For further information http://www.writerstrust.com/Awards/RBC-Bronwen-Wallace-Award-for-Emerging-Writers/Call-for-Submissions_2012.aspx    

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CANADA WRITES

THE CBC´S NEW ONLINE HOME FOR WRITING

Canada Writes is the CBC´s home for original writing, including the CBC Literary Prizes.  This is your chance to get your work read, published and recognized throughout the year.

Canada Writes features:

* fun writing challenges (where you can win prizes)

* online writing workshops

* writing tips, feature articles and interviews with writers from all genres

* original fiction and essays by your favourite Canadian writers

* and the prestigious CBC Literary Prizes (short story, poetry and creative

nonfiction competitions)

Please note that CBC Literary Prizes are now three separate competitions with

different deadlines. Three contests to enter:

• The CBC Literary Prize: Short Story Competition

The CBC Literary Prizes recognize the best in original, unpublished writing by Canadians.

• CBC Poetry Prize. Competition opens December 1; deadline February 1.
• CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize. Competition opens March 1; deadline May 1.
• Visit http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadawrites/literaryprizes/ for full contest details

The First Prize winner in each category will win $6,000 from the Canada Council

for the Arts and publication in Air Canada´s enRoute magazine, as well as on

our website. Four runner-ups will also be chosen and receive $1,000 each.

You can read about the other changes to the prizes at

http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadawrites/literaryprizes/index.html

For more details, please check out http://www.cbc.ca/canadawrites

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Arc Poem of the Year Contest

Shall it be big, or shall it be small? Rhyme and keep time, or more free-for-all? 

Send your best to the Arc Poem of the Year Contest—this year with a $5,000 grand prize.

For past winners, contest mailing address, entry fee and submission details, visit Arc Poetry Magazine at arcpoetry.ca.

Deadline: February 1, 2012.

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NATIONAL CAPITAL WRITING CONTEST (NCWC) 2012

Enter the 25th National Capital Writing Contest. The deadline is February 3, 2012 (the first Friday in February each year).

The 25th Annual National Capital Writing Contest (NCWC) is accepting entries in the following categories:

* Short Story (max. 2500 words)

* Poetry (not Haiku; max. 60 lines including title & blank lines)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO THEME FOR THIS YEAR’S CONTEST

Prizes (in each category) We gratefully acknowledge the support of our sponsors:

* 1st Prize: $500 sponsored by CAA–NCR

* 2nd Prize: $250 sponsored by The Ottawa Citizen

* 3rd Prize: $100 Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeebar

See the Literary Awards page for full contest details and the winners from the previous year’s NCWC. http://www.canauthors-ottawa.org/awards.shtml

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ACCENTI MAGAZINE

ANNOUNCES WRITING AND PHOTO CONTESTS

First Prize: $1000

Deadline: February 7, 2012

Tuesday, August 22, 2011 – Accenti Magazine is proud to announce its 7th Annual Writing Contest and 5th Annual Photo Contest. First Prize for each contest is $1000 and publication in Accenti. Second and third place winners receive $250.00 and $100.00 respectively. The deadline is February 7, 2012.

Winning entries will be presented at the Accenti Magazine Awards during the 14^th Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival, April 18-23, 2012. The Accenti Magazine contests are open to all writers and photographers, established and emerging, worldwide.

Accenti‘s writing contest is open to fiction and nonfiction on any topic; and Accenti’s photo contest asks participants to “Capture an Italian Moment” anywhere in the world. Past writing contest winners include Elizabeth Cinello (2011, Toronto) Loretta Di Vita (2010, Montreal), Ivano Stocco (2009, Valencia, Spain), Paul French (2008, Toronto), Maria Francesca LoDico (2007, Montreal) and Sheila Wright (2006, Warkworth, Ontario). Photo winners include Marcel van Balken (2011, Amstelveen,

The Netherlands), Amy Occhipinti (2010, Toronto), Robert T. Norton (2009, Toronto) and Nick Colarusso (2008, Montreal).

About Accenti Magazine

Founded in Montreal in 2003, Accenti aims to bring together readers and writers around the idea of shared cultural experience and heritage, to encourage creative expression and celebrate common cultural values. For more information, please visit www.accenti.ca.

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THE NEW QUARTERLY  NICK BLATCHFORD OCCASIONAL VERSE CONTEST

DEADLINE: Postmarked February 28, 2012

$1,000 for one glorious poem written in response to an occasion, personal or public – poems of gratitude or grief, poems that celebrate or berate, poems that make of something an occasion or simply mark one. Another $1,000 in prize money will be distributed as the judges fancy. The best of what we see will be published in The New Quarterly at our usual rates, and posted on our website. For full details, see www.tnq.ca/contests

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Grain Magazine’s 24^th Annual Short Grain (with Variations) Writing Contest 

Grain Magazine’s 24^th Annual Short Grain (with Variations) Writing Contest is accepting entries until April 1, 2012 (postmarked).

Grain awards $4,500 in cash prizes! Winning entries will be published in the pages of Grain! The entry fee is $35 which includes a FREE one-year subscription to Grain Magazine! 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: Poetry in any form to a maximum of 100 lines; Short Fiction in any style to a maximum of 2500 words.

Whose company do you want your writing to keep?

Grain is the most exciting literary magazine on the Canadian and international scene…the one that everyone wants to be published in! Recent issues have featured the work of such literary luminaries as Xi Chuan, Tim Lilburn, Guy Maddin, Miriam Toews, Zsuzsi Gartner, and Eleanor Wachtel. And you could join them in the pages of Grain!

Enter Short Grain! Open new doors! (Make new friends!)

Judges are: rob mclennan, Poetry, and Lawrence Hill, Fiction. Three prizes will be awarded in each category: 1^st prize = $1,000, 2^nd prize = $750, 3^rd prize = $500. Consult Grain‘s website,grainmagazine.ca, for complete rules and guidelines.

About our contest judges:

rob mclennan is the author of more than twenty trade books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, including Glengarry (Talonbooks, 2011), kate street (Moira, 2011), and wild horses (University of Alberta Press, 2010) and his second novel, missing persons (The Mercury Press, 2009). He has edited numerous collections for Chaudiere Books, Insomniac Press, Black Moss Press, Broken Jaw Press, and Vehicule Press, and was the writer-in-residence at the University of Alberta in 2008.

Lawrence Hill is the author of internationally acclaimed The Book of Negroes, which won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, the Ontario Library Association’s Evergreen Award and CBC Radio’s Canada Reads. He is also the author of Any Known Blood (William Morrow, New York, 1999 and HarperCollins Canada, 1997) and Some Great Thing(HarperCollins 2009, originally published by Turnstone Press, Winnipeg, 1992). Formerly a reporter with The Globe and Mail and a parliamentary correspondent for The Winnipeg Free Press, he won the National Magazine Award for Best Essay in 2005.

Mike Thompson

Business Administrator

Grain Magazine – the Journal of Eclectic Writing

PO Box 67, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, S7K 3K1

PH: 306.244.2828

grainmagazine.ca

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The 2013 KEN KLONSKY Novella Contest

 http://www.quattrobooks.ca/submissions/

 Quattro Books will publish the two best novella manuscripts by a Canadian author as part of their 2013 Publishing list. The novella manuscript should be completed, neatly typed, and not less than 20 000 words or more than 40 000 words. Note the number of words on the cover. Your name may appear in the manuscript’s header or footer. Please take a look at the type of novellas Quattro publishes; we publish literary fiction and do not publish genre fiction (Science fiction or Romances.) You may send your manuscripts anytime between March 01, 2012 and June 01, 2012. Send your manuscript, along with a $15 reader’s fee and your email address, to: Quattro Books Inc, CSI second floor, 720 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 2R4. Manuscripts will not be returned. Reader’s Fee $15

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CONTESTS HOSTED AT WINNING WRITERS & OPEN NOW
All entries that win cash prizes in these contests will be published on WinningWriters.com (over one million page views per year) and announced in the Winning Writers Newsletter, with over 35,000 subscribers.

Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest
Postmark Deadline: March 31, 2012
Now in its 20th year. Prizes of $3,000, $1,000, $400 and $250 will be awarded, plus six Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each. Submit any type of short story, essay or other work of prose, up to 5,000 words. You may submit work that has been published or won prizes elsewhere, as long as you own the online publication rights. $15 entry fee. Submit online or by mail. Early submission encouraged. This contest is sponsored by Tom Howard Books and assisted by Winning Writers. Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad. See the complete guidelines and past winners.

Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest (no fee)
Online Submission Deadline: April 1, 2012
Winning Writers invites you to enter the 11th annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest. We’ll award $3,600, including a top prize of $1,500. Submit one humor poem online. No length limit. Both published and unpublished poems are welcome. No fee to enter. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. See the complete guidelines and past winners.

Sports Poetry & Prose Contest – New!
Online Submission Deadline: May 31, 2012
New from Winning Writers, our Sports Poetry & Prose Contest will award $5,000 in total prizes, including a $1,500 top prize for poetry and a $1,500 top prize for prose (fiction and nonfiction). Submit an unpublished entry of 1-2 poems or one work of prose on a sports-related theme, up to 6,000 words in all. Fee is $15 per entry. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. Click for the complete guidelines.

Margaret Reid Poetry Contest for Traditional Verse
Postmark Deadline: June 30, 2012
Now in its ninth year, this contest seeks poetry in traditional verse forms. Both published and unpublished poems are welcome. Prizes of $3,000, $1,000, $400 and $250 will be awarded, plus six Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each. The entry fee is $8 for every 25 lines you submit. Submit online or by mail. Early submission encouraged. This contest is sponsored by Tom Howard Books and assisted by Winning Writers. Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad. See the complete guidelines and past winners.

Now Open
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest
Postmark Deadline: September 30, 2012
Now in its tenth year, this contest seeks poems in any style, theme or genre. You may submit work that has been published or won prizes elsewhere, as long as you own the online publication rights. Prizes of $3,000, $1,000, $400 and $250 will be awarded, plus six Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each. New this year, there will also be a special $250 bonus prize for humorous verse. The entry fee is $8 for every 25 lines you submit. Submit online or by mail. Early submission encouraged. This contest is sponsored by Tom Howard Books and assisted by Winning Writers. Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad. See the complete guidelines and past winners.
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EVENTS & WORKSHOPS

Upcoming Writescape Workshops

• It’s Not What You Earn, It’s What You Keep  January 28 Gwynn Scheltema’s one-day tax tips workshop for writers & artists
• Write On! January 23 to March 5 A six-week creative writing for course for intermediate writers
• From Query to Byline: Getting Published and Paid  February 1 to February 29 A five-week course in magazine writing
• Registration is open for Spring Thaw 2012 at Elmhirst’s Resort March 30 to April 1—or April 3 if you choose the Extend-Your-Pen option
• Visit www.writescape.ca   for more information

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NERYS PARRY VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR JAN. 23–Feb.3, 2012

Man & Other Natural Disasters by Nerys Parry on tour with NURTURE Virtual BOOK Tourz™   “Shortlisted for the Kenneth R. Wilson Canadian Business Press Award, FreeFall’s Fall Fiction Contest, and the Event Non-Fiction Award.” The schedule for the book tour can be viewed on-line at www.nerysparry.com/upcoming-events. Main stops are listed below:

* January 30th – Jaidis S. @ Juniper Grove

* January 30th – Jennifer @ Mad Moose Mama

* January 31st – Lindsay H @ Everyday Is An Adventure

* February 1st – Morgen B. @ Morgen Bailey’s Writing Blog

* February 2nd – Gail An. @ Gail Anderson-Dargatz

* February 2nd – Laurie J. @ Laurie’s Thoughts & Reviews

* February 3rd – Bobbie @ Nurture Virtual Book Tourz™ Blog

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EAC—NCR SEMINAR SERIES 2011-2012

Date:  Various dates as noted

Editors’ Association of Canada offers seminars with a hands-on approach to many facets of copy editing and writing.  Editors, writers, and communicators can refine their skills, enhance their knowledge base, and improve their communication expertise with seminars taught by industry experts at the highly regarded National Capital Region Branch seminars.

Upcoming workshops:

• Eight-Step Editing: February 8, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Practical Proofreading: February 22, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Getting Work with the Federal Government: April 14, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Electronic Editing: April 23, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Punctuation and Mechanics: May 7, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• The Secrets of Syntax: May 8, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

NOTE: Space is limited. These workshops are open to everyone. EAC members receive a reduced rate.

REGISTRATION: http://www.editors.ca/branches/ncr/seminars

CONTACT: Pat Patterson, Public Relations, EAC-NCR, prncr@editors.ca

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FOLKTALE, MYTH, FAIRY TALE, DREAMS, URBAN LEGEND: CONTEMPORARY FANTASY

DATE: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 7:00 P.M.

LOCATION: Main Branch, Ottawa Public Library, Metcalfe And Laurier  

SPEND A MAGICAL EVENING WITH CHARLES DE LINT chatting and discussing the genre of contemporary/urban fantasy.

Charles de Lint is a full-time writer and musician who lives in Ottawa. With 36 novels and 35 books of short fiction published, he is known as a pioneer and master of the contemporary fantasy genre.  Under My Skin, the first book of a new young adult series called The Wildlings is due to be published by Penguin Canada in March 2012.  Charles also recently released Old Blue Truck – a music CD of his original story songs.

For more information, visit his Web site at www.charlesdelint.com.

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM GREEN COLLEGE, UBC   DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Green College at the University of British Columbia invites applications from Canadian writers normally resident outside the Lower Mainland of BC, for the position of Canada Council Writer-in-Residence at the College. The term of the residency will be three months within the period between September 1 and December 15, 2012, subject to funding approval.

The Writer-in-Residence will work with the Green College community through consultations and workshops, and will create and coordinate a public series of literary events, as part of the College´s academic programming for the UBC and local community. She or he will be expected to live at the College for the term of the residency, and will be provided with reimbursement for economy-fare travel (within Canada) to and from Vancouver, room and partial board during the stay, and a stipend of $18,000. Additional funding will be available to support the public series of events.

For its 2012 residency the College seeks a writer of established reputation in any genre/s (at least two books in print or equivalent public recognition) and with significant previous experience of arranging and hosting literary events.  Only complete applications received by postal mail by the deadline are accepted.

Please send applications to:

Writer-in-Residence Selection Committee, Green College, The University of British Columbia

6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1

Questions may be directed to Tatiana Tomljanovic, Communications Manager, at

gc.communications@ubc.ca or 604.822.0676.

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CAA-NCR WORKSHOP WRITING LIVES WITH CHARLOTTE GRAY

DATE: Saturday, February 25, 2012  9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.                  

LOCATION:  Algonquin College, Room T230,

Charlotte will cover both her own life as a writer (schedule, approach to research, organisation etc.) and also the challenge of biographical narrative. She invites workshop participants to bring one paragraph or page of whatever they are writing, for class feedback. This is not mandatory.

Charlotte Gray is one of Canada’s best-known writers, and author of eight acclaimed books of literary non-fiction. Her most recent book is Gold Diggers, Striking It Rich in the Klondike. Her previous seven books were all award-winning bestsellers.  Born in Sheffield, England, and educated at Oxford University and the London School of Economics, Charlotte currently chairs the board of Canada’s National History Society, which publishes the magazine Canada’s History (formerly The Beaver.) Charlotte is a member of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

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THE POETRY FESTIVAL IS COMING February 28 through March 4       

Rogers TV station interviewed Rod Pederson, David O’Meara and Kevin Matthews about the upcoming Poetry for the End of the World contest and fundraiser, and about VERSeFest. You can catch that here:  http://www.rogerstv.com/page.aspx?lid=237&rid=4&sid=68&gid=89727

The  Schedule of Events is up and available at http://www.versefest.ca/

There are workshops, including ones with Danielle Gregoire and Ian Keteku.  There are noted poets from Ottawa and across Canada (such as Dennis Lee, Tim Lilburn, Roo Borson, Tim Bowling, and Canada’s  recently-announced Parliamentary Poet Laureate, Fred Wah, as well as from the U.S. (Rae Armantrout, Philip Levine). The week’s concluding event is The Summit Reading at the National Arts Centre, with Governor-General’s Award winner, Phil Hall, the U.S. Poet Laureate, Philip Levine and award-winning Mexican poet, Pura López-Colomé.

Details can be found here http://www.versefest.ca/  and here is the printable version of the schedule: http://www.versefest.ca/wp-content/uploads/versefest-2012-schedule.pdf

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AWP ANNUAL CONFERENCE

& BOOK FAIR

*A big conference with 400 events and 1,600 presenters by the Association of Writers & Writing Programs.

WHEN:          February 29-March 3, 2012

WHERE:        The Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago

PRICE:          $40 for students who register early; $140-155 for AWP members; $265 for nonmembers who register on site.

For serious writers of literary fiction, literary nonfiction and poetry. Attendance is 9,000. Faculty includes: Jhumpa Lahiri, Junot Diaz and Joyce Carol Oates. Keynote speaker for 2012 is Margaret Atwood.

Panels for 2012 include:

“A Room With a Review: The Art of Literary Criticism”

“The Business of Publishing Your Novel With an Independent Press”

“What About Blog? How Blogging Can Propel Your Career and Polish Your Craft”

For more information:  http://www.awpwriter.org/conference/2012awpconf.php

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TWUC WORKSHOP: HOW TO BE YOUR OWN PUBLICIST!

The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is offering the Professional Development Workshop HOW TO BE YOUR OWN PUBLICIST in Toronto, Winnipeg , Calgary , Vancouver , and Victoria, in February and March of 2012. The workshops take place from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. For those who can’t attend in one of the participating cities, a 3-hour webinar will be offered, distilling the highlights of the workshop.

Authors Elizabeth Ruth and Ann Douglas will present on traditional but innovative book marketing strategies as well as new media opportunities for writers.  Kelly Duffin, Executive Director of The Writers’ Union of Canada, will update participants on the latest evolutions in the publishing landscape.

The price of this symposium is $89.00 and covers costs, including lunch, $75 for members of The Writers’ Union of Canada.

For registration information please go to http://www.writersunion.ca/registration.pdf . Please circulate this information to writers you think might be interested in coming to this event. Space is limited so register today.

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WORLD HORROR CONVENTION

WHEN:           March 29-April 1, 2012 with the Bram Stoker Awards Presentation on March 31.

WHERE:        The Radisson Hotel Downtown, Salt Lake City

PRICE:           TBA; 2011 cost: $110-150, entry to convention and all programming inclusive

For horror professionals ranging from authors to filmmakers to artists. An opportunity to meet agents, publishers and industry professionals. Attendance 300-400.

Special guests for 2012 faculty are: No.1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon; comic book author and illustrator Mike Mignola; urban fantasy author P.N. Elrod.

For more information: http://www.whc2012.org

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THE SOUTHAMPTON CHILDREN’S LITERATURE CONFERENCE

WHEN:          July 11-15, 2012

WHERE:        Stony Brook University, Southampton, NY

PRICE:            Varies, depending on whether participants attend the conference for college credit and whether they’re commuters or residents. The highest price is $1,495, room and board inclusive.

Runs concurrently with a general writers’ conference, a screenwriters’ conference and a playwriters’ conference all at Stony Brook University. Participants are welcome to attend electives from other conference. Attendance: 5 tracks with 12 participants in each. At least one workshop in each of the main children’s writing disciplines: picture books, chapter books, middle-grade novels, and YA.

Past faculty (2011) included Newberry, Caldecott and Coretta Scott King honoree Andrea Davis Pinkney; New York Times bestselling author Chris Barton; middle-grade author Tor Seidler; young-adult author Patricia McCormick; and NY Times bestselling author and illustrator Peter H. Reynolds.

For more information: http://www.stonybrook.edu/writers/children

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CAA-NCR WRITERS RETREAT

Dates: Friday, April 27, through Sunday, April 29, 2012

Location:  The Cove Country Inn, Westport, Ontario

Best-selling Author BARBARA KYLE, Workshop Leader, has taught her “Writers Boot Camp” for the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, and offers twice-yearly Master Classes that focus on workshopping each participant’s novel-in-progress. Visit  www.BarbaraKyle.com

Please reserve your rooms directly with the Inn telling them you are attending the Canadian Authors Association – National Capital Region Writers Retreat. Please mention any special dietary needs.    1-888-268-3466   www.coveinn.com

Registration for the workshops is separate. Workshop fees are $150. for Canadian Authors Association members, $185. for non-members.  To obtain a brochure and for more information please e-mail Phyllis Bohonis: phyllis.bohonis@sympatico.ca

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WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE OPPORTUNITIES

• Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles Libraries, and Robert-Bourassa Library in Outremont (reserved for YA author) Deadline: January 30, 2012 http://artsmontreal.org/en/programs/ecrivains-en-residence  Writers must consult the criteria and parameters of the host borough or city, since each residency is held under their aegis.

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WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM GREEN COLLEGE, UBC       

DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Green College at the University of British Columbia invites applications from Canadian writers normally resident outside the Lower Mainland of BC, for the position of Canada Council Writer-in-Residence at the College. The term of the residency will be three months within the period between September 1 and

December 15, 2012, subject to funding approval.

The Writer-in-Residence will work with the Green College community through consultations and workshops, and will create and coordinate a public series of literary events, as part of the College´s academic programming for the UBC and local community. She or he will be expected to live at the College for the term of the residency, and will be provided with reimbursement for economy-fare

travel (within Canada) to and from Vancouver, room and partial board during the stay, and a stipend of $18,000. Additional funding will be available to support the public series of events.

For its 2012 residency the College seeks a writer of established reputation in any genre/s (at least two books in print or equivalent public recognition) and with significant previous experience of arranging and hosting literary events.  Only complete applications received by postal mail by the deadline are accepted.

Please send applications to:

Writer-in-Residence Selection Committee

Green College, The University of British Columbia

6201 Cecil Green Park Road

Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1

Questions may be directed to Tatiana Tomljanovic, Communications Manager, at

gc.communications@ubc.ca or 604.822.0676.

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RESOURCES

This section is not intended as an endorsement of the resources listed here.  It is simply being passed along for your information.  You may wish to do your own due diligence on these potential resources.

ONLINE SITES TO HELP PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS!!

EVENTS AT COLLECTED WORKS 

1242 WELLINGTON STREET WEST AT HOLLAND

Check Facebook for full details or visit

http://www.collected-works.com/pages/events.htm

Of special interest: “The Industrious Indies” is an events project Collected Works Bookstore has begun to give independent self published authors a chance to display their books and a place the host author events and network. For more information on the project contact Chris Carroll through Facebook or via email

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From: Crystal Smith  Subject: New website to promote local authors

I am writing today to tell you about a new website I have created to help local, independent, and self-published authors promote their books.

It is called bibliospace (http://www.bibliospace.ca/). The site includes a detailed listing for each author’s book, consisting of a book summary of up to 250 words, an author bio of up to 150 words, a link to each author’s website, and any additional author contact information (blog, Twitter, Facebook).   In addition to the book listing, there is an alphabetical list of authors and a speakers’ bureau that lists authors by community. The latter page is intended to help book clubs, community groups, libraries, and schools get in touch with authors in their own community for readings and speaking engagements.

I have also added an amazon bookstore with direct links to each author’s books, if they are available on amazon. (There is no charge to submit a book, but I will retain any referral fees from the amazon bookstore. Royalties from all sales go to the author, of course.)

I am a marketing writer and self-published author, so I know something of the effort required to market a book. I am hoping that bibliospace will make it easy for people to find and recommend authors from their own community. The site now has seven authors, including myself, with books in categories ranging from poetry and non-fiction to action and children’s.

I would love it if you could spread the word to the members of your association. If you are interested in submitting any of your works, you just need to send an email, as per the steps outlined on the Submit Your Book page. I appreciate any help you can provide in promoting bibliospace.    Crystal Smith  www.bibliospace.ca   Facebook:bibliospace  Twitter: @bibliospace

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Publications

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Malahat lite

Guidelines for our 2012 Novella Prize:

http://www.malahatreview.ca/contests/novella_contest/info.html

Do you have ties to or live on the East Coast? Submit to our East Coast issue(deadline May 15, 2012)! Full guidelines: http://www.malahatreview.ca/east_coast.html

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Practical and entertaining, Shut Up & write! demystifies the process of writing

Available at your local bookstore or online through indiebound.org, Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com, other on-line booksellers, www.redbirdstudio.com or ask your local library.

Published in print and ebook editions.

http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780976474272

http://www.amazon.com/Shut-Up-Write-Judy-Bridges/dp/0976474271

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shut-up-and-write-judy-bridges/1029158217

Inspires and instructs. Includes coaching on:

• what it takes to be a writer

• techniques for writing fact and fiction

• bringing real and imagined characters to life • organizing thoughts and material

• mastering point of view

• writing “from the inside”

• the “get and give” of critiques

• how to get happily published

• and much more

What they say:

“… a combination of tough-love coaching and humor that inspires and shows you how to become the writer you want to be”

~ Elfrieda Abbe, Publisher - The Writer magazine

“Encouraging, humorous, straight-talking. Shut Up & Write! is one of the best books I’ve read on writing.”

~ Shauna Singh Baldwin. Author of English Lessons. What the Body Remembers, The Tiger Claw, and We Are Not in Pakistan. 

“Shut Up & Write! is one of those rare volumes that truly does it all. In addition to being a practical “how-to” guide, the book provides priceless advice on the care and feeding of the Inner Writer. Laced with wit and common sense, Judy Bridges serves as her own best example of what excellent writing can be.”

~ Marilyn L. Taylor, Poet Laureate, State of Wisconsin

“Judy Bridges is a driving force behind the many writers she has helped. If you want to write, do yourself a favor, buy this book and follow her advice. You will not only write, you will succeed.”

~ John Lehman, Founder of Rosebud Magazine and literary editor of Wisconsin People & Ideas 

About the Author:

Judy Bridges is one of the few people who can say, “Shut Up and Write!” in a way that makes you smile. A renowned mentor and coach, she earned her living as a writer before founding Redbird writing center in Milwaukee, WI, where she taught (and learned from) over 6,000 aspiring and accomplished writers of all ages. She shares her wisdom with a no-nonsense, humorous voice that makes writing accessible and reading her book a joy.

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Online Writing Classes

FanStory.com  is a writing site founded in 2000.

On this writing community all posts receive feedback from writers and readers. Feedback includes a detailed comment on the posted work and a rating. The site uses a six star ratings scale with “1″ being the worst and “6″ being the best.

Writers are ranked based on the feedback they receive. Separate rankings are available for Poets, Novelists, Short Works (short stories and essays) and Script Writers (television and other forms of screenplays). Trophies are rewarded to the top five writers in each of the individual rankings at the end of the year.

The site recognizes writing with “Recognized”, “All Time Best” and “Seal of Quality” levels. Each level is more difficult to receive with the final level determined by the Seal of Quality committee. The committee is made up of published authors and stand-out reviewers. They offer feedback to help writers get published.

The site features free writing contests with cash prizes. Site members also have the ability to create their own contests to challenge other writers to write about a specific topic or a specific form of writing (such as writing using specific poetry format).

The welcome page includes featured writing. It also includes writing that has been well received in the past 24 hours.

Each day over 200 stories and poems are posted. Over 7,000 comments are written on the writing posted daily. Writers keep full copyright to their posted work.

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THE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO EBOOKS

All you need to know about ebooks: how to read them,
the different ebook formats, choosing an ebook reader,
and where to find the best specials and free ebooks.

http://www.EbookIntroduction.com

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50 CITY & STATE MAGAZINE MARKETS

$6.99. Download in PDF Format.

Would you like to work as a freelance writer for regional magazines? Most city and state magazines work with freelancers and typically cover a wide range of topics – including arts, business, dining, entertainment, fashion, finance, health, home and garden,
lifestyle, recreation, sports, and travel.

We searched through our Markets Plus database of publications and compiled this list of more than 50 city magazines and state magazines in USA and Canada that purchase material from freelance writers.

It is not an exhaustive list of all of the regional publications but lists fifty magazines (actually 57!) that publish their writer’s guidelines online.

For further details and to download this list today see: http://goo.gl/XRjjL

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*****BYLINE HAS A NEW COLUMN IN THE THINK TANK *****

If we get enough response, we’ll be launching a Q&A-type regular feature in Byline, complete with cutesy names for the questioners, and answers by our expert and not-so-expert members. (Example for a not-so-expert member to answer: “I got ripped off by one of those so-called publishers. Is it legal to diss them in my Blog? Please say yes.” —  signed, $10K Poorer) A suggested name is “Members in the Know”. Still in the Think-Tank stage, we aren’t sure if one member will handle it — rephrase that: we’ve cornered one of our members into thinking about handling it; whether the questions will be fielded as separate articles to members-in-the-know by a coordinator (the cornered member); or whether the idea will see daylight at all. Contact Sherrill Wark, Byline editor, at sherrill_caa@crowecreations.ca with your questions and cutesy names. We need your real name but won’t print it unless you insist. It’s all about Members Helping Members. If we get a good response, it’ll be a go.

****Remember to check out writing-related services offered by our members at our CAA-NCR website   http://www.canauthors-ottawa.org/hire-a-member.shtml

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Writers Digest

http://www.writersdigest.com/

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Worldwide Freelance Writer
http://www.worldwidefreelance.com

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SPREAD THE WORD: Don’t let us die! Forward this or send a message to all of your writer friends that we are out there. Let the world know about www.WritingRaw.com and all the good and positive things we do for up-and-coming writers.

People would like to know what has happened to the January issue of WritingRaw.com. The answer is easy, but quite sad too. We did not get enough submissions to put together a new issue. Fiction-wise we did but there were only 6 poetry submissions, 2 for the contest, and some of the people who were doing columns were not able to do them for January. I am again lost on how to proceed with the site. Without submissions there is no point – unless I can figure out a way to redevelop the site into something that does not require submissions. Suggestions would be greatly appreciated! I believe in what we are doing, and believe in all of the authors who have appeared on WritingRaw.com, but it would seem that an online literary magazine just does not work. Am in the process of discovering how to continue with the material that I do have… Again, any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Weeb

WritingRaw.com

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“Reading with your children is a fun and rewarding way to spend time together as a family and it encourages lifelong learning,” said Minister McIsaac. “The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development is constantly reviewing and updating the curriculum in Island schools and investing in new initiatives to promote literacy. Our main objective is to ensure our students have access to the information and tools they need to succeed.”
Minister McIsaac has proclaimed January 27, 2012 as Family Literacy Day in Prince Edward Island. The national celebration takes place annually to encourage families to participate in literacy activities together. Canadians are also being encouraged to spend at least 15 minutes participating in a fun learning activity every day.
The theme for 2012 is Take the Learning Journey. Board games, card games and word games are fun ways for parents and children to brush up on literacy and numeracy skills. By playing word games and reading with your children you improve listening, vocabulary and language skills, as well as develop creativity and imagination.
“The Prince Edward Island Public Library Service plays an important role in promoting family literacy all year long through its collection, services and programs,” said Tourism and Culture Minister Robert Henderson. “Library branches in communities across the province offer a variety of programs for children and adults that make learning both informative and fun.”
There are many different ways that you can incorporate family literacy into your daily routine. These include:

•    reading a book together;
•    playing word, number or board games;
•    writing an email to a relative;
•    singing your favourite songs;
•    surfing the Internet for fun family-friendly sites;
•    making a shopping list;
•    picking a recipe from a cookbook and following it together; and
•    going for a walk as a family and reading street signs.

For more details on Family Literacy activities check out the PEI Literacy Alliance Website at www.pei.literacy.ca  or the national website at www.abclifeliteracy.ca. For more information on the PEI Public Library Service, visit www.library.pe.ca.

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For more information, contact Laura Steeves, Education and Early Childhood Development by email atlcsteeves@gov.pe.ca or phone (902) 368-6449.

Happy Chinese New Year!

Welcome to the PEIWG Weekly Bulletin! This is published and circulated through the PEIWG mailing list on groupspaces.com. It contains announcements of events in PEI and around Canada that may be of interest to the members of the PEI Writers’ Guild and to PEIWG mailing list subscribers.

If you want to share any announcements, articles, interesting or useful links that you think other subscribers will be interested in, send them to mimrlith@yahoo.com; this weekly is sent out on Sunday or Monday every week, so please do not send announcements that need to be sent out immediately.

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PEI LOCAL

Open Mic Night at the Library

The Library, in partnership with TWIG (the Writers in Group) and the PEI Writer’s Guild, invites writers of all genres – fiction, poetry, non-fiction, beginners, established, or aspiring — to come and read excerpts from their work at Open Mic Night Thursday, Jan. 26  from 7 to 8:00 p.m.  Join us and read some of your own work and meet other local writers.

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PEI MODEL FOREST NETWORK PHOTO CONTEST

(for writers who’re also photo buffs or know photo buffs)

CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI — The Prince Edward Island Model Forest Network, in partnership with the Department of Environment, Energy and Forestry, is holding a special forest-themed photo contest over the fall and winter.

“The members of the Model Forest Network are encouraging people to head outside and capture images that reflect how they perceive and use our public and private forest lands,” said Richard Gill, chair of the Model Forest Network. “Whether enjoying wildlife, walking, hunting, working, snowshoeing or biking, we are looking for images that reflect the importance of Island forests.”
Prince Edward Island’s landscape is renowned for its blend of fields, water and forests. This landscape attracts amateur and professional photographers who want to capture images of what the Island means to them.
While the Island’s beaches, farms and small communities often receive the most attention, forests are often featured for their lush greens in spring and summer, vibrant red, orange and yellow of fall, and the white stillness of winter.  Some photographers also try to capture the hundreds of ways people use and connect with forests every day.
The contest is designed to promote awareness and appreciation of all types of forests including urban and rural, and public and private forests. Themes could also include how forests meet various economic, social, recreational, cultural, ecological and aesthetic needs.
“We are interested in Island photographs of almost anything forest-related,” said Mr. Gill.
The contest includes a special outdoor photography workshop that will feature tips and demonstrations on how to improve outdoor photography.  It will be held Saturday, October 22,  9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Central Forest District office,170 Beach Grove Road, Charlottetown.
The contest runs from October 22, 2011 to February 29, 2012.  Prizes will be offered for the winning photographs. For workshop information, contest rules and for details about prizes, visit www.peiforests.ca or contact Greg Ridgway at (902) 368-4800 or at gregmodelforest@gmail.com.

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MICHAEL CRUMMEY: UPEI WRITER IN RESIDENCE

Newfoundland novelist and poet Michael Crummey will be UPEI writer in residence from January 22 to February 4. He will give a public reading on Thursday, January 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Confederation Centre Art Gallery. A reception and book signing will follow. His reading is co-hosted by the UPEI English Department and the Gallery.

He will lead a writing workshop on Saturday, January 28, 10:00-3:00, at UPEI in Main Building, room 213. The workshop is open to the public. The fee is $20, or $10 for students and PEI Writers’ Guild members. To register for the workshop, phone the UPEI English Department at 566-0592 or e-mail: tjohnston@upei.ca.

Michael grew up in Buchans, a mining town in the Newfoundland interior, and in Wabush, a Labrador mining town. After completing a B.A. in English at Memorial University, he moved to Kingston to pursue graduate work. He has taught ESL in China and worked at the International Day of Solidarity with the people of Guatemala, and lives in St. John’s.

In addition to his best-selling novels, he has published five books of poetry, one short story collection, and Newfoundland: Journey Into a Lost Nation (with photographer Greg Locke). His first novel, River Thieves, details the conflict between European settlers and the last of the Beothuk in the early 19th century. His next novel, The Wreckage, tells the story of a Newfoundland soldier and his beloved during and after World War II. Crummey’s new novel, Galore, is a family saga and love story spanning two centuries, mingling history and myth.

Steven Galloway, author of The Cellist of Sarajevo, reviewing Galore in The Globe and Mail, writes that Crummey’s first two novels, River Thieves and The Wreckage, “were critical successes and national bestsellers, and deservedly so…. Galore blows them out of the water.” In his poetry and fiction, Michael Crummey is another gift from Newfoundland to the rest of Canada and beyond.

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CALLS FOR SUBMISSION

POETRY IN TRANSIT

The City of Charlottetown, in collaboration with Trius Transit is seeking submissions of poetry revolving around the theme of “How we experience our community.” Selected poems will be printed and installed on the interior advertising panels on buses in Charlottetown, Cornwall and Stratford. Poems will remain on buses for three months, then will be taken down and put on display in participating store fronts.

If you are interested, please check out www.poetrypei.com, and submit your poems there!

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BYWORDS.CA SUBMISSION CALL

DEADLINE:  February 15 for the March issue

Bywords.ca considers previously unpublished poetry from emerging and established poets for our online monthly magazine. We consider work by current and former residents, students and workers of Ottawa. We also publish poems by contributors to our predecessor, the Bywords Monthly Magazine.  FOR SUBMISSION INFORMATION VISIT www.bywords.ca and click on Guidelines.  Amanda Earl, Managing Editor

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Black Canadian Poetry

Black Canadian Poetry is seeking submissions of new and unpublished works of poetry for a national anthology devoted to answering the question, “What is Black Canadian Poetry?”  The anthology will establish a poetic tradition of page and stage poetry by people of African descent living in Canada. We are encouraging all English speaking, French speaking, and people of African descent working in foreign dialects and languages to contribute to this project.  Since our anthology will be published in English, it is our aim to introduce Black Canadian poets to an international English speaking audience.  After this, we hope to find a publisher for the French edition of the anthology in order to introduce English/French speakers and poets of African descent working in foreign dialects and languages in Canada to an international French speaking audience.

Submissions for the anthology should be submitted in English and associated with the following categories: spoken word, dubpoetry, hip-hop, slam, performance and page poetry. We ask that poets translate their work into English before submitting and state clearly that it is a translation from the specific language of the poet.

Poetry contributions welcome from writers that are African, Afro-Caribbean, African-American, Afro-Indigenous, African-Canadian or people living in Canada who identify as Black. Submissions welcome from all provinces and territories.  Submissions from emerging, mid-career and established poets are welcome. Each anthologized contributor will receive two copies of the book.

Submissions to Black Canadian Poetry should be no more than three poems, 500 words for one poem, or a combined total of 800 words or less for multiple submissions.
Poetry must be submitted in English or translated to English. In the case that the poem is translated from the French, please state this clearly on the submission.
Submissions should be printed double-spaced with a 12-point font.
Submissions should be new works or previously unpublished works of poetry.
Along with submissions please include:
-name of the poet;
-title of the poem;
-genre of the poem: spoken word, dubpoetry, hip-hop, slam, performance and print;
-province/territory of the poet.

Please remember to include your full name, mailing address, e-mail address, phone number, title of poems, genre, province/territory and name of the poet with each submission.
Please send 4 copies of your submission with an enclosed SAE to the following address:
BCP Editors
Black Canadian Poetry
PO BOX 1741
Gibsons, BC
V0N 1V0

Please direct comments and questions to
blackcanadianpoetry@gmail.com
For further information please visit
blackcanadianpoetry.com
(e-mail submissions will not be accepted)
Deadlines for submissions is March 1, 2012.
The anthology will be published by Frontenac House Limited in 2013.
Thank-You!

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BIBLIOTHECA FANTASTICA

SUBMISSION PERIOD: Dec. 15 2011 – March 31, 2012

Anthology from Dagan Books is looking for  “Stories having to do with lost, rare, weird, or imaginary books, or any aspect of book history or book culture, past, present, future, or uchronic. Any genre. Although the fantastical is not essential per se, stories should evoke a sense of the fantastic, the unknown, the weird, wonder, terror, mystery, pulp, and/or adventure, etc.”

Full details on their site http://daganbooks.com/2011/11/14/new-anthology-bibliotheca-fantastica-opens-for-submissions-dec-15-2011/

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TESSERACTS SIXTEEN

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Feb. 29, 2012

From Edge Publishing, recently released the guidelines for the latest volume in their speculative anthology, which will be edited by Mark Leslie. They’re looking for stories and poems that “focus on art, music, literature and cultural elements which are integral to the story. ” This anthology is only open to Canadians citizens (including ex-pats), landed immigrants (aka permanent residents) and long time residents.

http://www.edgewebsite.com/books/tess16/t16-guidelines.html     

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The Malahat Review‘s East Coast Issue

Deadline: May 15, 2012

In the fall of 2012, The Malahat Review and The Fiddlehead will celebrate the writing of each other’s regions, with the former publishing an East Coast issue and the latter a West Coast issue. Writers with strong connections to either or both regions are invited to submit to the issue that will best provide their work the most apt and safe harbour.

The Malahat Review invites submissions from East Coast writers (East Coast includes all four Atlantic provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador). Submissions of poetry, fiction, personal essay, memoir, cultural criticism, and literary journalism are welcome.

Please see the full guidelines on our website prior to submitting: http://www.malahatreview.ca/east_coast.html

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GEIST EMERGING WRITER OF THE MONTH  

An enlightened online space for new writers to test-drive their work.

How it works:  Emerging writers are invited to submit short written works online. Geist chooses and publishes one piece each month on a dedicated web page. Geist readers and like-minded people are then invited to comment on the featured work.

Who is eligible?

• Canadian students enrolled in secondary or post-secondary courses and/or writing workshops are eligible.
• The writer should have no more than 2 short works published in established print or online magazines, books or websites. (Blogs, zines and in-house school publications are exempt.)
• For full details: http://www.geist.com/gewm

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COMPETITIONS

There’s less than a month left to polish your novella and send it in to our 2012 Novella Prize! This contest won’t run again until 2014.

The Malahat Review‘s 2012 Novella Prize

Deadline: February 1, 2012 (postmarked)

Prize: $1500 CAD

Entry fee:

$35 CAD for entries from Canada

$40 USD for entries from the USA

$45 USD for entries from elsewhere

(entry fee includes a one-year subscription to The Malahat Review)

Enter a work of fiction between 10,000 and 20,000 words in length.

View complete guidelines: http://www.malahatreview.ca/contests/novella_contest/info.html

Catch up with our 2010 Novella Prize winner, Tony Tulathimutte:http://www.malahatreview.ca/announcements/tonytulapost_interview.html

Email queries to: malahat@uvic.ca

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13th ANNUAL POSTCARD STORY

COMPETITION

The Writers. Union of Canada is pleased to announce that submissions are being accepted until

February 14, 2012, for the 13th annual POSTCARD STORY COMPETITION. The winning entry will be the best Canadian work of 250 words or fewer in the English language, fiction or nonfiction. Are you up for the challenge? Can you create a dynamic, lean, and efficient piece in only 250 words? You can use humour, poetry, dialogue. anything goes!

PRIZE

$750 for the winning entry.

The winning entry will be published in Write, the magazine of The Writers Union of Canada. The winner agrees that The Writers’ Union of Canada will have non-exclusive publication rights to publish the winning entry in Write, for publicity purposes. Any publication of the author’s story by The Writers. Union of Canada will include an authorship credit and a copyright notice in the name of the author. Copyright of the winning postcard story remains with the writer.

JURY

Clayton Bailey, John Lent, and Nerys Parry will serve as the jury.

ELIGIBILITY

This competition is open to all Canadian citizens and landed immigrants. Original and unpublished in any format (English language) fiction or nonfiction, no more than 250 words.

HOW TO SUBMIT ENTRIES

• · Entries should be typed, double-spaced, in a clear twelve-point font, and the pages numbered on 8.5 x 11 paper, not stapled.
• · Submissions will be accepted in hardcopy only.
• · Include a separate cover letter with title of story, full name, address, phone number, e-mail

address, word count, and number of pages of entry.

• · The author’s name should not appear on the actual entry.
• · Make cheque or money order, $7.50 per submission, payable to The Writers’ Union of Canada. Multiple entries can be submitted together and fees can be added and paid with one cheque or money order.
• · Entries must be postmarked by February 14, 2012 to be eligible.
• · Mail entries to: PCS Competition, The Writers. Union of Canada, 90 Richmond Street East,

Suite 200, Toronto, ON M5C 1P1.

Results will be posted at www.writersunion.ca in May 2012. Manuscripts will not be returned.

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OPL CONTEST: YOUNG POETS AND AUTHORS –

ON YOUR MARK! GET SET! WRITE!

DEADLINE:  January 30, 2012

The Ottawa Public Library´s 17th annual Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest is underway. This contest, for aspiring young poets and short story authors, is open to writers between the ages of 9 and 17. They are invited to submit poems and short stories in English and/or French.

Participants can win awesome prizes which will be presented in the Spring. For contest details, visit www.BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca or contact InfoService at 613-580-2950 or InfoService@BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca

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THE WRITERS’ TRUST OF CANADA RBC BRONWEN WALLACE AWARD FOR EMERGING WRITERS

     DEADLINE:  January 30, 2012

A prize of $5,000 will be awarded to the best work of short fiction.

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 as of the deadline date

* Unpublished in book form and without a book contract

* Previously published in an independently edited magazine or anthology

For further information http://www.writerstrust.com/Awards/RBC-Bronwen-Wallace-Award-for-Emerging-Writers/Call-for-Submissions_2012.aspx    

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CANADA WRITES

THE CBC´S NEW ONLINE HOME FOR WRITING

Canada Writes is the CBC´s home for original writing, including the CBC Literary Prizes.  This is your chance to get your work read, published and recognized throughout the year.

Canada Writes features:

* fun writing challenges (where you can win prizes)

* online writing workshops

* writing tips, feature articles and interviews with writers from all genres

* original fiction and essays by your favourite Canadian writers

* and the prestigious CBC Literary Prizes (short story, poetry and creative

nonfiction competitions)

Please note that CBC Literary Prizes are now three separate competitions with

different deadlines. Three contests to enter:

• The CBC Literary Prize: Short Story Competition

The CBC Literary Prizes recognize the best in original, unpublished writing by Canadians.

• CBC Poetry Prize. Competition opens December 1; deadline February 1.
• CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize. Competition opens March 1; deadline May 1.
• Visit http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadawrites/literaryprizes/ for full contest details

The First Prize winner in each category will win $6,000 from the Canada Council

for the Arts and publication in Air Canada´s enRoute magazine, as well as on

our website. Four runner-ups will also be chosen and receive $1,000 each.

You can read about the other changes to the prizes at

http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadawrites/literaryprizes/index.html

For more details, please check out http://www.cbc.ca/canadawrites

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PRISM INTERNATIONAL CONTESTS

For contest guidelines, download and consult the contest entry PDFs. http://prismmagazine.ca/contests/

For all inquiries regarding the Nonfiction, Fiction, and Poetry contests, please contact the contest manager at prismwritingcontest@gmail.com

*Short Fiction Contest Deadline: January 27, 2012

*Poetry Contest Deadline: January 27, 2012.

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Arc Poem of the Year Contest

Shall it be big, or shall it be small? Rhyme and keep time, or more free-for-all? 

Send your best to the Arc Poem of the Year Contest—this year with a $5,000 grand prize.

For past winners, contest mailing address, entry fee and submission details, visit Arc Poetry Magazine at arcpoetry.ca.

Deadline: February 1, 2012.

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NATIONAL CAPITAL WRITING CONTEST (NCWC) 2012

Enter the 25th National Capital Writing Contest. The deadline is February 3, 2012 (the first Friday in February each year).

The 25th Annual National Capital Writing Contest (NCWC) is accepting entries in the following categories:

* Short Story (max. 2500 words)

* Poetry (not Haiku; max. 60 lines including title & blank lines)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO THEME FOR THIS YEAR’S CONTEST

Prizes (in each category) We gratefully acknowledge the support of our sponsors:

* 1st Prize: $500 sponsored by CAA–NCR

* 2nd Prize: $250 sponsored by The Ottawa Citizen

* 3rd Prize: $100 Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeebar

See the Literary Awards page for full contest details and the winners from the previous year’s NCWC. http://www.canauthors-ottawa.org/awards.shtml

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ACCENTI MAGAZINE

ANNOUNCES WRITING AND PHOTO CONTESTS

First Prize: $1000

Deadline: February 7, 2012

Tuesday, August 22, 2011 – Accenti Magazine is proud to announce its 7th Annual Writing Contest and 5th Annual Photo Contest. First Prize for each contest is $1000 and publication in Accenti. Second and third place winners receive $250.00 and $100.00 respectively. The deadline is February 7, 2012.

Winning entries will be presented at the Accenti Magazine Awards during the 14^th Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival, April 18-23, 2012. The Accenti Magazine contests are open to all writers and photographers, established and emerging, worldwide.

Accenti‘s writing contest is open to fiction and nonfiction on any topic; and Accenti’s photo contest asks participants to “Capture an Italian Moment” anywhere in the world. Past writing contest winners include Elizabeth Cinello (2011, Toronto) Loretta Di Vita (2010, Montreal), Ivano Stocco (2009, Valencia, Spain), Paul French (2008, Toronto), Maria Francesca LoDico (2007, Montreal) and Sheila Wright (2006, Warkworth, Ontario). Photo winners include Marcel van Balken (2011, Amstelveen,

The Netherlands), Amy Occhipinti (2010, Toronto), Robert T. Norton (2009, Toronto) and Nick Colarusso (2008, Montreal).

About Accenti Magazine

Founded in Montreal in 2003, Accenti aims to bring together readers and writers around the idea of shared cultural experience and heritage, to encourage creative expression and celebrate common cultural values. For more information, please visit www.accenti.ca.

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THE NEW QUARTERLY  NICK BLATCHFORD OCCASIONAL VERSE CONTEST

DEADLINE: Postmarked February 28, 2012

$1,000 for one glorious poem written in response to an occasion, personal or public – poems of gratitude or grief, poems that celebrate or berate, poems that make of something an occasion or simply mark one. Another $1,000 in prize money will be distributed as the judges fancy. The best of what we see will be published in The New Quarterly at our usual rates, and posted on our website. For full details, see www.tnq.ca/contests

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Grain Magazine’s 24^th Annual Short Grain (with Variations) Writing Contest 

Grain Magazine’s 24^th Annual Short Grain (with Variations) Writing Contest is accepting entries until April 1, 2012 (postmarked).

Grain awards $4,500 in cash prizes! Winning entries will be published in the pages of Grain! The entry fee is $35 which includes a FREE one-year subscription to Grain Magazine! 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: Poetry in any form to a maximum of 100 lines; Short Fiction in any style to a maximum of 2500 words.

Whose company do you want your writing to keep?

Grain is the most exciting literary magazine on the Canadian and international scene…the one that everyone wants to be published in! Recent issues have featured the work of such literary luminaries as Xi Chuan, Tim Lilburn, Guy Maddin, Miriam Toews, Zsuzsi Gartner, and Eleanor Wachtel. And you could join them in the pages of Grain!

Enter Short Grain! Open new doors! (Make new friends!)

Judges are: rob mclennan, Poetry, and Lawrence Hill, Fiction. Three prizes will be awarded in each category: 1^st prize = $1,000, 2^nd prize = $750, 3^rd prize = $500. Consult Grain‘s website,grainmagazine.ca, for complete rules and guidelines.

About our contest judges:

rob mclennan is the author of more than twenty trade books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, including Glengarry (Talonbooks, 2011), kate street (Moira, 2011), and wild horses (University of Alberta Press, 2010) and his second novel, missing persons (The Mercury Press, 2009). He has edited numerous collections for Chaudiere Books, Insomniac Press, Black Moss Press, Broken Jaw Press, and Vehicule Press, and was the writer-in-residence at the University of Alberta in 2008.

Lawrence Hill is the author of internationally acclaimed The Book of Negroes, which won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, the Ontario Library Association’s Evergreen Award and CBC Radio’s Canada Reads. He is also the author of Any Known Blood (William Morrow, New York, 1999 and HarperCollins Canada, 1997) and Some Great Thing(HarperCollins 2009, originally published by Turnstone Press, Winnipeg, 1992). Formerly a reporter with The Globe and Mail and a parliamentary correspondent for The Winnipeg Free Press, he won the National Magazine Award for Best Essay in 2005.

Mike Thompson

Business Administrator

Grain Magazine – the Journal of Eclectic Writing

PO Box 67, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, S7K 3K1

PH: 306.244.2828

grainmagazine.ca

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CONTESTS HOSTED AT WINNING WRITERS & OPEN NOW
All entries that win cash prizes in these contests will be published on WinningWriters.com (over one million page views per year) and announced in the Winning Writers Newsletter, with over 35,000 subscribers.

Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest
Postmark Deadline: March 31, 2012
Now in its 20th year. Prizes of $3,000, $1,000, $400 and $250 will be awarded, plus six Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each. Submit any type of short story, essay or other work of prose, up to 5,000 words. You may submit work that has been published or won prizes elsewhere, as long as you own the online publication rights. $15 entry fee. Submit online or by mail. Early submission encouraged. This contest is sponsored by Tom Howard Books and assisted by Winning Writers. Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad. See the complete guidelines and past winners.

Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest (no fee)
Online Submission Deadline: April 1, 2012
Winning Writers invites you to enter the 11th annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest. We’ll award $3,600, including a top prize of $1,500. Submit one humor poem online. No length limit. Both published and unpublished poems are welcome. No fee to enter. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. See the complete guidelines and past winners.

Sports Poetry & Prose Contest – New!
Online Submission Deadline: May 31, 2012
New from Winning Writers, our Sports Poetry & Prose Contest will award $5,000 in total prizes, including a $1,500 top prize for poetry and a $1,500 top prize for prose (fiction and nonfiction). Submit an unpublished entry of 1-2 poems or one work of prose on a sports-related theme, up to 6,000 words in all. Fee is $15 per entry. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. Click for the complete guidelines.

Margaret Reid Poetry Contest for Traditional Verse
Postmark Deadline: June 30, 2012
Now in its ninth year, this contest seeks poetry in traditional verse forms. Both published and unpublished poems are welcome. Prizes of $3,000, $1,000, $400 and $250 will be awarded, plus six Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each. The entry fee is $8 for every 25 lines you submit. Submit online or by mail. Early submission encouraged. This contest is sponsored by Tom Howard Books and assisted by Winning Writers. Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad. See the complete guidelines and past winners.

Now Open
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest
Postmark Deadline: September 30, 2012
Now in its tenth year, this contest seeks poems in any style, theme or genre. You may submit work that has been published or won prizes elsewhere, as long as you own the online publication rights. Prizes of $3,000, $1,000, $400 and $250 will be awarded, plus six Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each. New this year, there will also be a special $250 bonus prize for humorous verse. The entry fee is $8 for every 25 lines you submit. Submit online or by mail. Early submission encouraged. This contest is sponsored by Tom Howard Books and assisted by Winning Writers. Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad. See the complete guidelines and past winners.

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EVENTS & WORKSHOPS

Upcoming Writescape Workshops

• It’s Not What You Earn, It’s What You Keep  January 28 Gwynn Scheltema’s one-day tax tips workshop for writers & artists
• Write On! January 23 to March 5 A six-week creative writing for course for intermediate writers
• From Query to Byline: Getting Published and Paid  February 1 to February 29 A five-week course in magazine writing
• Registration is open for Spring Thaw 2012 at Elmhirst’s Resort March 30 to April 1—or April 3 if you choose the Extend-Your-Pen option
• Visit www.writescape.ca   for more information

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EAC—NCR SEMINAR SERIES 2011-2012

Date:  Various dates as noted

Editors’ Association of Canada offers seminars with a hands-on approach to many facets of copy editing and writing.  Editors, writers, and communicators can refine their skills, enhance their knowledge base, and improve their communication expertise with seminars taught by industry experts at the highly regarded National Capital Region Branch seminars.

Upcoming workshops:

• Eight-Step Editing: February 8, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Practical Proofreading: February 22, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Getting Work with the Federal Government: April 14, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Electronic Editing: April 23, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Punctuation and Mechanics: May 7, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• The Secrets of Syntax: May 8, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

NOTE: Space is limited. These workshops are open to everyone. EAC members receive a reduced rate.

REGISTRATION: http://www.editors.ca/branches/ncr/seminars

CONTACT: Pat Patterson, Public Relations, EAC-NCR, prncr@editors.ca

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FOLKTALE, MYTH, FAIRY TALE, DREAMS, URBAN LEGEND: CONTEMPORARY FANTASY

DATE: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 7:00 P.M.

LOCATION: Main Branch, Ottawa Public Library, Metcalfe And Laurier  

SPEND A MAGICAL EVENING WITH CHARLES DE LINT chatting and discussing the genre of contemporary/urban fantasy.

Charles de Lint is a full-time writer and musician who lives in Ottawa. With 36 novels and 35 books of short fiction published, he is known as a pioneer and master of the contemporary fantasy genre.  Under My Skin, the first book of a new young adult series called The Wildlings is due to be published by Penguin Canada in March 2012.  Charles also recently released Old Blue Truck – a music CD of his original story songs.

For more information, visit his Web site at www.charlesdelint.com.

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM GREEN COLLEGE, UBC   DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Green College at the University of British Columbia invites applications from Canadian writers normally resident outside the Lower Mainland of BC, for the position of Canada Council Writer-in-Residence at the College. The term of the residency will be three months within the period between September 1 and December 15, 2012, subject to funding approval.

The Writer-in-Residence will work with the Green College community through consultations and workshops, and will create and coordinate a public series of literary events, as part of the College´s academic programming for the UBC and local community. She or he will be expected to live at the College for the term of the residency, and will be provided with reimbursement for economy-fare travel (within Canada) to and from Vancouver, room and partial board during the stay, and a stipend of $18,000. Additional funding will be available to support the public series of events.

For its 2012 residency the College seeks a writer of established reputation in any genre/s (at least two books in print or equivalent public recognition) and with significant previous experience of arranging and hosting literary events.  Only complete applications received by postal mail by the deadline are accepted.

Please send applications to:

Writer-in-Residence Selection Committee, Green College, The University of British Columbia

6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1

Questions may be directed to Tatiana Tomljanovic, Communications Manager, at

gc.communications@ubc.ca or 604.822.0676.

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CAA-NCR WORKSHOP WRITING LIVES WITH CHARLOTTE GRAY

DATE: Saturday, February 25, 2012  9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.                  

LOCATION:  Algonquin College, Room T230,

Charlotte will cover both her own life as a writer (schedule, approach to research, organisation etc.) and also the challenge of biographical narrative. She invites workshop participants to bring one paragraph or page of whatever they are writing, for class feedback. This is not mandatory.

Charlotte Gray is one of Canada’s best-known writers, and author of eight acclaimed books of literary non-fiction. Her most recent book is Gold Diggers, Striking It Rich in the Klondike. Her previous seven books were all award-winning bestsellers.  Born in Sheffield, England, and educated at Oxford University and the London School of Economics, Charlotte currently chairs the board of Canada’s National History Society, which publishes the magazine Canada’s History (formerly The Beaver.) Charlotte is a member of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

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VERSeFest, OTTAWA’S OWN POETRY FESTIVAL

DID YOU KNOW THAT OTTAWA HAS ITS OWN POETRY FESTIVAL, AND IS GETTING READY TO HOST THE SECOND ANNUAL EVENT?

On January 21^st, 2012 the Poetry for the End of the World fundraiser took place at Arts Court, with readings by some of Ottawa’s best poets. The 6 finalists for the Poetry for the End of the World Contest each read their shortlisted poem.  The winner, by audience vote, was Ian Ferrier. All of the shortlisted poems were sent off to the end of the world by weather balloon.

THE POETRY FESTIVAL IS COMING February 28 through March 4       

Rogers TV station interviewed Rod Pederson, David O’Meara and Kevin Matthews about the upcoming Poetry for the End of the World contest and fundraiser, and about VERSeFest. You can catch that here:  http://www.rogerstv.com/page.aspx?lid=237&rid=4&sid=68&gid=89727

The  Schedule of Events is up and available at http://www.versefest.ca/

There are workshops, including ones with Danielle Gregoire and Ian Keteku.  There are noted poets from Ottawa and across Canada (such as Dennis Lee, Tim Lilburn, Roo Borson, Tim Bowling, and Canada’s  recently-announced Parliamentary Poet Laureate, Fred Wah, as well as from the U.S. (Rae Armantrout, Philip Levine). The week’s concluding event is The Summit Reading at the National Arts Centre, with Governor-General’s Award winner, Phil Hall, the U.S. Poet Laureate, Philip Levine and award-winning Mexican poet, Pura López-Colomé.

Details can be found here http://www.versefest.ca/  and here is the printable version of the schedule: http://www.versefest.ca/wp-content/uploads/versefest-2012-schedule.pdf

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AWP ANNUAL CONFERENCE

& BOOK FAIR

*A big conference with 400 events and 1,600 presenters by the Association of Writers & Writing Programs.

WHEN:          February 29-March 3, 2012

WHERE:        The Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago

PRICE:          $40 for students who register early; $140-155 for AWP members; $265 for nonmembers who register on site.

For serious writers of literary fiction, literary nonfiction and poetry. Attendance is 9,000. Faculty includes: Jhumpa Lahiri, Junot Diaz and Joyce Carol Oates. Keynote speaker for 2012 is Margaret Atwood.

Panels for 2012 include:

“A Room With a Review: The Art of Literary Criticism”

“The Business of Publishing Your Novel With an Independent Press”

“What About Blog? How Blogging Can Propel Your Career and Polish Your Craft”

For more information:  http://www.awpwriter.org/conference/2012awpconf.php

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TWUC WORKSHOP: HOW TO BE YOUR OWN PUBLICIST!

The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is offering the Professional Development Workshop HOW TO BE YOUR OWN PUBLICIST in Toronto, Winnipeg , Calgary , Vancouver , and Victoria, in February and March of 2012. The workshops take place from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. For those who can’t attend in one of the participating cities, a 3-hour webinar will be offered, distilling the highlights of the workshop.

Authors Elizabeth Ruth and Ann Douglas will present on traditional but innovative book marketing strategies as well as new media opportunities for writers.  Kelly Duffin, Executive Director of The Writers’ Union of Canada, will update participants on the latest evolutions in the publishing landscape.

The price of this symposium is $89.00 and covers costs, including lunch, $75 for members of The Writers’ Union of Canada.

For registration information please go to http://www.writersunion.ca/registration.pdf . Please circulate this information to writers you think might be interested in coming to this event. Space is limited so register today.

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WORLD HORROR CONVENTION

WHEN:           March 29-April 1, 2012 with the Bram Stoker Awards Presentation on March 31.

WHERE:        The Radisson Hotel Downtown, Salt Lake City

PRICE:           TBA; 2011 cost: $110-150, entry to convention and all programming inclusive

For horror professionals ranging from authors to filmmakers to artists. An opportunity to meet agents, publishers and industry professionals. Attendance 300-400.

Special guests for 2012 faculty are: No.1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon; comic book author and illustrator Mike Mignola; urban fantasy author P.N. Elrod.

For more information: http://www.whc2012.org

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THE SOUTHAMPTON CHILDREN’S LITERATURE CONFERENCE

WHEN:          July 11-15, 2012

WHERE:        Stony Brook University, Southampton, NY

PRICE:            Varies, depending on whether participants attend the conference for college credit and whether they’re commuters or residents. The highest price is $1,495, room and board inclusive.

Runs concurrently with a general writers’ conference, a screenwriters’ conference and a playwriters’ conference all at Stony Brook University. Participants are welcome to attend electives from other conference. Attendance: 5 tracks with 12 participants in each. At least one workshop in each of the main children’s writing disciplines: picture books, chapter books, middle-grade novels, and YA.

Past faculty (2011) included Newberry, Caldecott and Coretta Scott King honoree Andrea Davis Pinkney; New York Times bestselling author Chris Barton; middle-grade author Tor Seidler; young-adult author Patricia McCormick; and NY Times bestselling author and illustrator Peter H. Reynolds.

For more information: http://www.stonybrook.edu/writers/children

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CAA-NCR WRITERS RETREAT

Dates: Friday, April 27, through Sunday, April 29, 2012

Location:  The Cove Country Inn, Westport, Ontario

Best-selling Author BARBARA KYLE, Workshop Leader, has taught her “Writers Boot Camp” for the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, and offers twice-yearly Master Classes that focus on workshopping each participant’s novel-in-progress. Visit  www.BarbaraKyle.com

Please reserve your rooms directly with the Inn telling them you are attending the Canadian Authors Association – National Capital Region Writers Retreat. Please mention any special dietary needs.    1-888-268-3466   www.coveinn.com

Registration for the workshops is separate. Workshop fees are $150. for Canadian Authors Association members, $185. for non-members.  To obtain a brochure and for more information please e-mail Phyllis Bohonis: phyllis.bohonis@sympatico.ca

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WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE OPPORTUNITIES

• Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles Libraries, and Robert-Bourassa Library in Outremont (reserved for YA author) Deadline: January 30, 2012 http://artsmontreal.org/en/programs/ecrivains-en-residence  Writers must consult the criteria and parameters of the host borough or city, since each residency is held under their aegis.

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WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM GREEN COLLEGE, UBC       

DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Green College at the University of British Columbia invites applications from Canadian writers normally resident outside the Lower Mainland of BC, for the position of Canada Council Writer-in-Residence at the College. The term of the residency will be three months within the period between September 1 and

December 15, 2012, subject to funding approval.

The Writer-in-Residence will work with the Green College community through consultations and workshops, and will create and coordinate a public series of literary events, as part of the College´s academic programming for the UBC and local community. She or he will be expected to live at the College for the term of the residency, and will be provided with reimbursement for economy-fare

travel (within Canada) to and from Vancouver, room and partial board during the stay, and a stipend of $18,000. Additional funding will be available to support the public series of events.

For its 2012 residency the College seeks a writer of established reputation in any genre/s (at least two books in print or equivalent public recognition) and with significant previous experience of arranging and hosting literary events.  Only complete applications received by postal mail by the deadline are accepted.

Please send applications to:

Writer-in-Residence Selection Committee

Green College, The University of British Columbia

6201 Cecil Green Park Road

Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1

Questions may be directed to Tatiana Tomljanovic, Communications Manager, at

gc.communications@ubc.ca or 604.822.0676.

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RESOURCES

This section is not intended as an endorsement of the resources listed here.  It is simply being passed along for your information.  You may wish to do your own due diligence on these potential resources.

ONLINE SITES TO HELP PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS!!

EVENTS AT COLLECTED WORKS 

1242 WELLINGTON STREET WEST AT HOLLAND

Check Facebook for full details or visit

http://www.collected-works.com/pages/events.htm

Of special interest: “The Industrious Indies” is an events project Collected Works Bookstore has begun to give independent self published authors a chance to display their books and a place the host author events and network. For more information on the project contact Chris Carroll through Facebook or via email

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From: Crystal Smith  Subject: New website to promote local authors

I am writing today to tell you about a new website I have created to help local, independent, and self-published authors promote their books.

It is called bibliospace (http://www.bibliospace.ca/). The site includes a detailed listing for each author’s book, consisting of a book summary of up to 250 words, an author bio of up to 150 words, a link to each author’s website, and any additional author contact information (blog, Twitter, Facebook).   In addition to the book listing, there is an alphabetical list of authors and a speakers’ bureau that lists authors by community. The latter page is intended to help book clubs, community groups, libraries, and schools get in touch with authors in their own community for readings and speaking engagements.

I have also added an amazon bookstore with direct links to each author’s books, if they are available on amazon. (There is no charge to submit a book, but I will retain any referral fees from the amazon bookstore. Royalties from all sales go to the author, of course.)

I am a marketing writer and self-published author, so I know something of the effort required to market a book. I am hoping that bibliospace will make it easy for people to find and recommend authors from their own community. The site now has seven authors, including myself, with books in categories ranging from poetry and non-fiction to action and children’s.

I would love it if you could spread the word to the members of your association. If you are interested in submitting any of your works, you just need to send an email, as per the steps outlined on the Submit Your Book page. I appreciate any help you can provide in promoting bibliospace.    Crystal Smith  www.bibliospace.ca   Facebook:bibliospace  Twitter: @bibliospace

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Publications

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Malahat lite

Guidelines for our 2012 Novella Prize:

http://www.malahatreview.ca/contests/novella_contest/info.html

Do you have ties to or live on the East Coast? Submit to our East Coast issue(deadline May 15, 2012)! Full guidelines: http://www.malahatreview.ca/east_coast.html

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Practical and entertaining, Shut Up & write! demystifies the process of writing

Available at your local bookstore or online through indiebound.org, Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com, other on-line booksellers, www.redbirdstudio.com or ask your local library.

Published in print and ebook editions.

http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780976474272

http://www.amazon.com/Shut-Up-Write-Judy-Bridges/dp/0976474271

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shut-up-and-write-judy-bridges/1029158217

Inspires and instructs. Includes coaching on:

• what it takes to be a writer

• techniques for writing fact and fiction

• bringing real and imagined characters to life • organizing thoughts and material

• mastering point of view

• writing “from the inside”

• the “get and give” of critiques

• how to get happily published

• and much more

What they say:

“… a combination of tough-love coaching and humor that inspires and shows you how to become the writer you want to be”

~ Elfrieda Abbe, Publisher - The Writer magazine

“Encouraging, humorous, straight-talking. Shut Up & Write! is one of the best books I’ve read on writing.”

~ Shauna Singh Baldwin. Author of English Lessons. What the Body Remembers, The Tiger Claw, and We Are Not in Pakistan. 

“Shut Up & Write! is one of those rare volumes that truly does it all. In addition to being a practical “how-to” guide, the book provides priceless advice on the care and feeding of the Inner Writer. Laced with wit and common sense, Judy Bridges serves as her own best example of what excellent writing can be.”

~ Marilyn L. Taylor, Poet Laureate, State of Wisconsin

“Judy Bridges is a driving force behind the many writers she has helped. If you want to write, do yourself a favor, buy this book and follow her advice. You will not only write, you will succeed.”

~ John Lehman, Founder of Rosebud Magazine and literary editor of Wisconsin People & Ideas 

About the Author:

Judy Bridges is one of the few people who can say, “Shut Up and Write!” in a way that makes you smile. A renowned mentor and coach, she earned her living as a writer before founding Redbird writing center in Milwaukee, WI, where she taught (and learned from) over 6,000 aspiring and accomplished writers of all ages. She shares her wisdom with a no-nonsense, humorous voice that makes writing accessible and reading her book a joy.

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Online Writing Classes

FanStory.com  is a writing site founded in 2000.

On this writing community all posts receive feedback from writers and readers. Feedback includes a detailed comment on the posted work and a rating. The site uses a six star ratings scale with “1″ being the worst and “6″ being the best.

Writers are ranked based on the feedback they receive. Separate rankings are available for Poets, Novelists, Short Works (short stories and essays) and Script Writers (television and other forms of screenplays). Trophies are rewarded to the top five writers in each of the individual rankings at the end of the year.

The site recognizes writing with “Recognized”, “All Time Best” and “Seal of Quality” levels. Each level is more difficult to receive with the final level determined by the Seal of Quality committee. The committee is made up of published authors and stand-out reviewers. They offer feedback to help writers get published.

The site features free writing contests with cash prizes. Site members also have the ability to create their own contests to challenge other writers to write about a specific topic or a specific form of writing (such as writing using specific poetry format).

The welcome page includes featured writing. It also includes writing that has been well received in the past 24 hours.

Each day over 200 stories and poems are posted. Over 7,000 comments are written on the writing posted daily. Writers keep full copyright to their posted work.

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THE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO EBOOKS

All you need to know about ebooks: how to read them,
the different ebook formats, choosing an ebook reader,
and where to find the best specials and free ebooks.

http://www.EbookIntroduction.com

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50 CITY & STATE MAGAZINE MARKETS

$6.99. Download in PDF Format.

Would you like to work as a freelance writer for regional magazines? Most city and state magazines work with freelancers and typically cover a wide range of topics – including arts, business, dining, entertainment, fashion, finance, health, home and garden,
lifestyle, recreation, sports, and travel.

We searched through our Markets Plus database of publications and compiled this list of more than 50 city magazines and state magazines in USA and Canada that purchase material from freelance writers.

It is not an exhaustive list of all of the regional publications but lists fifty magazines (actually 57!) that publish their writer’s guidelines online.

For further details and to download this list today see: http://goo.gl/XRjjL

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*****BYLINE HAS A NEW COLUMN IN THE THINK TANK *****

If we get enough response, we’ll be launching a Q&A-type regular feature in Byline, complete with cutesy names for the questioners, and answers by our expert and not-so-expert members. (Example for a not-so-expert member to answer: “I got ripped off by one of those so-called publishers. Is it legal to diss them in my Blog? Please say yes.” —  signed, $10K Poorer) A suggested name is “Members in the Know”. Still in the Think-Tank stage, we aren’t sure if one member will handle it — rephrase that: we’ve cornered one of our members into thinking about handling it; whether the questions will be fielded as separate articles to members-in-the-know by a coordinator (the cornered member); or whether the idea will see daylight at all. Contact Sherrill Wark, Byline editor, at sherrill_caa@crowecreations.ca with your questions and cutesy names. We need your real name but won’t print it unless you insist. It’s all about Members Helping Members. If we get a good response, it’ll be a go.

****Remember to check out writing-related services offered by our members at our CAA-NCR website   http://www.canauthors-ottawa.org/hire-a-member.shtml

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Writers Digest

http://www.writersdigest.com/

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Worldwide Freelance Writer
http://www.worldwidefreelance.com

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SPREAD THE WORD: Don’t let us die! Forward this or send a message to all of your writer friends that we are out there. Let the world know about www.WritingRaw.com and all the good and positive things we do for up-and-coming writers.

People would like to know what has happened to the January issue of WritingRaw.com. The answer is easy, but quite sad too. We did not get enough submissions to put together a new issue. Fiction-wise we did but there were only 6 poetry submissions, 2 for the contest, and some of the people who were doing columns were not able to do them for January. I am again lost on how to proceed with the site. Without submissions there is no point – unless I can figure out a way to redevelop the site into something that does not require submissions. Suggestions would be greatly appreciated! I believe in what we are doing, and believe in all of the authors who have appeared on WritingRaw.com, but it would seem that an online literary magazine just does not work. Am in the process of discovering how to continue with the material that I do have… Again, any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Weeb

WritingRaw.com

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Happy New Year!

Welcome to the PEIWG Weekly Bulletin! This is published and circulated through the PEIWG mailing list on groupspaces.com. It contains announcements of events in PEI and around Canada that may be of interest to the members of the PEI Writers’ Guild and to PEIWG mailing list subscribers.

If you want to share any announcements, articles, interesting or useful links that you think other subscribers will be interested in, send them to mimrlith@yahoo.com; this weekly is sent out on Sunday or Monday every week, so please do not send announcements that need to be sent out immediately.

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PEI LOCAL

Atlantic Canadian writers read in PEI

Chris Benjamin, author of Eco-Innovators: Sustainability in Atlantic Canada, comes to Charlottetown on 11 January for the PEI launch of his novel Drive-By Saviours, a 2011 Canada Reads choice that was long-listed for the 2011 ReLit Awards.

Admired by readers and reviewers alike (“part contemporary fiction, part social commentary and part kick-in-the-ass storytelling,” in the words of one reviewer), Drive-By Saviours is set in Indonesia and Canada, and brings together two characters and two cultures. Bumi is fleeing persecution from Indonesia, ruled over, at the time of the novel, by the dictator Suharto. Mark is a social worker and grant-writer in Toronto who is slowly burning out, and wondering what to do to make his life worthwhile. Over the course of their growing friendship Mark helps Bumi understand the OCD that has helped drive him from his family, his friends, and his country, while Bumi’s condition re-awakens the desire in Mark to reach out to his estranged sister.

The launch will be held in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building, UPEI, starting at 7:00. Joining Benjamin will be the ever-popular Hugh MacDonald, PEI’s Poet Laureate; past-Poet Laureate David Helwig, launching his latest novel, Killing McGee; Newfoundland-born author Jeff Bursey, whose satirical Verbatim: A Novel has been called “a tour de force” by The Review of Contemporary Fiction; and well-known PEI poet Yvette Doucette, whose work has appeared, most recently, in ArtsEast.

There’s no shortage of writing talent in the Atlantic Provinces, and these seasoned hands and newer writers will make the cold winter’s evening a little warmer.

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Winter’s Tales Authors’ Reading Series

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: A THRILLING DEBUT

HOLLY LUHNING – JANUARY 17, 7:30, UPEI FACULTY LOUNGE

In Holly Luhning’s debut novel Quiver, Danica, a young Canadian forensic psychologist working in England, is ensnared in a terrifying web spun from the legend of a 16^th-century Hungarian countess: Elizabeth Báthory, a female Dracula who tortured and killed over six hundred servant girls to bathe in their blood, believing this would preserve her youth and beauty. Danica finds herself in a dangerous zone where scholarly research and forensic psychology encounter the shifting borders between appealing and harmless fantasy, prurient reality, and treacherous sexuality and violence.

The Globe and Mail says that “Quiver is a bold and artful thriller that explores the blurry boundaries between obsession and action…. Quiver has everything: style, substance, terror, a treacherous murderess – oh, and lip gloss, of course.”

Luhning, also an accomplished poet who was raised on a Saskatchewan farm and earned an M.A. in Creative Writing and English from the University of New Brunswick, will read from her fiction and poetry on Tuesday, January 17, at 7:30, in the UPEI Faculty Lounge, Main Building. A reception and book signing will follow.

She has also received a Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governor’s Arts Award, has worked as

a Research Co-ordinator for the Centre on Aging and Health at the University of Regina, and holds a Ph.D. in eighteen-century literature, madness, and theories of the body. Her poetry draws on her Prairie roots, east coast experience, and world travels, while Quiver benefits from her research in Gothic literature, madness, and theories of the body. She now lives in Toronto.

Her reading is sponsored by the UPEI English Department, with generous support from The Canada Council for the Arts.

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Making Connections: Facebook and Twitter -

Learn what social media can do for you. The social web is increasingly used by individuals to connect with others. Learn how to use this very effective means of communication in your personal life or your small business. If you’re new to social media, or if you don’t feel as if you’re taking full advantage, this introduction is for you.

Thursday Jan. 19, 7:00 pm

Confederation Centre Public Library.

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Group reading in Summerside PEI

Tired of winter yet? Of the snow and the wind hitting us in the face? Warm up at the Lefurgey Cultural Centre in Summerside on 21 January as five award-winning and acclaimed novelists, poets and non-fiction writers hit town.

Coming from points east and northwest are Jeff Bursey, Orysia Dawydiak, Kathleen Hamilton, Beth Janzen, and Steven Mayoff.

Steven Mayoff, who lives in Foxley River, is the author of the story collection Fatted Calf Blues (Turnstone Press), winner of the 2010 PEI Book Award (fiction category). The book was also a Top 5 Finalist for the CBC Cross-Country Bookshelf for the Maritimes. Mayoff’s first play, A Promise To Repair, will be produced by the Cape Breton Stage Company this coming June.

Charlottetown resident Beth Janzen is the author of Night Vanishes (Saturday Morning Chapbooks, 2004); her poetry collection The Enchanted House (Acorn Press, 2006) was a nominee for the 2008 PEI Book Award (poetry). She has two manuscripts in progress: How It Is (fiction) and Research on my Twin (poetry).

Kathleen Hamilton of Montague is a multiple-award-winning writer and accomplished actress. Her memoir, Sex After Baby: Why There is None, was published in 2007 by Acorn Press. In 2010 her screenplay “Crazy On You” won the first place SuperChannel Award at the Island Literary Awards, and she also won the Milton Acorn Poetry award at the ILAs.

Orysia Dawydiak’s first novel, House of Bears, came out in 2009 (Acorn Press), and she’s busy at work on “Kira’s Secret,” a series for young readers. She’s received ILA recognition for both fiction and non-fiction, and was a recipient of the LM Montgomery Writing for Children award. Dawydiak lives in Union Road.

Jeff Bursey, of Charlottetown, is the author of Verbatim: A Novel (Enfield & Wizenty). Published in 2010, it’s received critical acclaim for its unusual form and its satirical look at parliament. His stories have won awards, and his plays have been performed in Charlottetown and St. John’s, Newfoundland. Bursey’s readings are interactive, as he encourages the audience to take part.

All five writers are keen on doing this group reading in Summerside, which may be the city’s first literary event of the year, and are particularly happy to be at the 1867 Lefurgey Cultural Centre, part of Wyatt Heritage Properties, the arts, heritage and cultural complex for the City of Summerside. The shipbuilder house serves as the programming space and offers a comfortable atmosphere for both performers and audiences.

Escape the winter chill for an afternoon filled with humour, poetry, stories, and tales of motherhood. The readings start at 1:30 p.m. Audience members interested in buying the authors’ books will be able to purchase them from the Coles Book Store table set up at the event. There’ll be free coffee, tea, and home-made sweets. (Storm delay date: 28 January, same time, same place.)

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MICHAEL CRUMMEY: UPEI WRITER IN RESIDENCE

Newfoundland novelist and poet Michael Crummey will be UPEI writer in residence from January 22 to February 4. He will give a public reading on Thursday, January 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Confederation Centre Art Gallery. A reception and book signing will follow. His reading is co-hosted by the UPEI English Department and the Gallery.

He will lead a writing workshop on Saturday, January 28, 10:00-3:00, at UPEI in Main Building, room 213. The workshop is open to the public. The fee is $20, or $10 for students and PEI Writers’ Guild members. To register for the workshop, phone the UPEI English Department at 566-0592 or e-mail: tjohnston@upei.ca.

Michael grew up in Buchans, a mining town in the Newfoundland interior, and in Wabush, a Labrador mining town. After completing a B.A. in English at Memorial University, he moved to Kingston to pursue graduate work. He has taught ESL in China and worked at the International Day of Solidarity with the people of Guatemala, and lives in St. John’s.

In addition to his best-selling novels, he has published five books of poetry, one short story collection, and Newfoundland: Journey Into a Lost Nation (with photographer Greg Locke). His first novel, River Thieves, details the conflict between European settlers and the last of the Beothuk in the early 19th century. His next novel, The Wreckage, tells the story of a Newfoundland soldier and his beloved during and after World War II. Crummey’s new novel, Galore, is a family saga and love story spanning two centuries, mingling history and myth.

Steven Galloway, author of The Cellist of Sarajevo, reviewing Galore in The Globe and Mail, writes that Crummey’s first two novels, River Thieves and The Wreckage, “were critical successes and national bestsellers, and deservedly so…. Galore blows them out of the water.” In his poetry and fiction, Michael Crummey is another gift from Newfoundland to the rest of Canada and beyond.

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New Release!

Congratulations to PEIWG member A. Robby McRobb for the release of his first full book, Soldier Apprentice Memories 1953-1967. The volume was published by First Choice and released December 5, 2011. Get your copy on Amazon! ISBN 978-0-98782886-0-2.

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CALLS FOR SUBMISSION

POETRY IN TRANSIT

The City of Charlottetown, in collaboration with Trius Transit is seeking submissions of poetry revolving around the theme of “How we experience our community.” Selected poems will be printed and installed on the interior advertising panels on buses in Charlottetown, Cornwall and Stratford. Poems will remain on buses for three months, then will be taken down and put on display in participating store fronts.

If you are interested, please check out www.poetrypei.com, and submit your poems there!

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Zine of Women’s abortion experiences in PEI is seeking stories, poetry and art. Editors want to hear your stories, your thoughts, feelings, and experiences regarding reproductive choice—whether this choice was enacted or was denied. With these stories they plan to compile an anthology of PEI women’s experiences. This anthology will be published as a Zine. It will be distributed throughout PEI and beyond. To be part of this project send your written or scanned submissions to peiabortion-rights@gmail.com. Change the names in your piece. If you need to submit your work in another way, email to make arrangments. Deadline is January 15, 2012.

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BYWORDS.CA SUBMISSION CALL

DEADLINE:   January 15 for the February issue

Bywords.ca considers previously unpublished poetry from emerging and established poets for our online monthly magazine. We consider work by current and former residents, students and workers of Ottawa. We also publish poems by contributors to our predecessor, the Bywords Monthly Magazine.  FOR SUBMISSION INFORMATION VISIT www.bywords.ca and click on Guidelines.  Amanda Earl, Managing Editor http://www.bywords.ca>www.bywords.ca

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HERE BE MONSTERS ANTHOLOGY 

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 16, 2012

Here Be Monsters is seeking stories for their sixth issue, out in winter 2012. They will accept stories in any genre. This anthology is only open to Canadian residents.

http://herebemonstersanthology.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html

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BIBLIOTHECA FANTASTICA

SUBMISSION PERIOD: Dec. 15 2011 – March 31, 2012

Anthology from Dagan Books is looking for  “Stories having to do with lost, rare, weird, or imaginary books, or any aspect of book history or book culture, past, present, future, or uchronic. Any genre. Although the fantastical is not essential per se, stories should evoke a sense of the fantastic, the unknown, the weird, wonder, terror, mystery, pulp, and/or adventure, etc.”

Full details on their site http://daganbooks.com/2011/11/14/new-anthology-bibliotheca-fantastica-opens-for-submissions-dec-15-2011/

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TESSERACTS SIXTEEN

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Feb. 29, 2012

From Edge Publishing, recently released the guidelines for the latest volume in their speculative anthology, which will be edited by Mark Leslie. They’re looking for stories and poems that “focus on art, music, literature and cultural elements which are integral to the story. ” This anthology is only open to Canadians citizens (including ex-pats), landed immigrants (aka permanent residents) and long time residents.

http://www.edgewebsite.com/books/tess16/t16-guidelines.html     

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The Malahat Review‘s East Coast Issue

Deadline: May 15, 2012

In the fall of 2012, The Malahat Review and The Fiddlehead will celebrate the writing of each other’s regions, with the former publishing an East Coast issue and the latter a West Coast issue. Writers with strong connections to either or both regions are invited to submit to the issue that will best provide their work the most apt and safe harbour.

The Malahat Review invites submissions from East Coast writers (East Coast includes all four Atlantic provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador). Submissions of poetry, fiction, personal essay, memoir, cultural criticism, and literary journalism are welcome.

Please see the full guidelines on our website prior to submitting: http://www.malahatreview.ca/east_coast.html

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GEIST EMERGING WRITER OF THE MONTH  

An enlightened online space for new writers to test-drive their work.

How it works:  Emerging writers are invited to submit short written works online. Geist chooses and publishes one piece each month on a dedicated web page. Geist readers and like-minded people are then invited to comment on the featured work.

Who is eligible?

• Canadian students enrolled in secondary or post-secondary courses and/or writing workshops are eligible.
• The writer should have no more than 2 short works published in established print or online magazines, books or websites. (Blogs, zines and in-house school publications are exempt.)
• For full details: http://www.geist.com/gewm

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Black Canadian Poetry

Black Canadian Poetry is seeking submissions of new and unpublished works of poetry for a national anthology devoted to answering the question, “What is Black Canadian Poetry?” The anthology will establish a poetic tradition of page and stage poetry by people of African descent living in Canada.

Poetry contributions welcome from writers that are African, Afro-Caribbean, African-American, African-Canadian or people living in Canada who identify as Black. Submissions welcome from all provinces and territories. Submissions from emerging, mid-career and established poets are welcome. Each anthologised contributor will receive two copies of the book.

Submissions to Black Canadian Poetry should be no more than three poems, 500 words for one poem, or a combined total of 800 words or less for multiple submissions.
Poetry must be submitted in English.
Submissions should be printed double-spaced with a 12-point font (double-sided is ok).
Submissions should be new works or previously unpublished works of poetry.
Along with submissions please include:
name of the poet,
title of the poem,
genre of the poem (spoken word, dubpoetry, hip-hop, slam, performance and print),
province/territory of the poet.

Please remember to include your full name, mailing address, e-mail address, phone number, title of poems, genre, province/territory and name of the poet with each submission.
Please send 4 copies of your submission with an enclosed SAE to the following address:

BCP Editors
Black Canadian Poetry
PO BOX 1741
Gibsons, BC
V0N 1V0

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COMPETITIONS

There’s less than a month left to polish your novella and send it in to our 2012 Novella Prize! This contest won’t run again until 2014.

The Malahat Review‘s 2012 Novella Prize

Deadline: February 1, 2012 (postmarked)

Prize: $1500 CAD

Entry fee:

$35 CAD for entries from Canada

$40 USD for entries from the USA

$45 USD for entries from elsewhere

(entry fee includes a one-year subscription to The Malahat Review)

Enter a work of fiction between 10,000 and 20,000 words in length.

View complete guidelines: http://www.malahatreview.ca/contests/novella_contest/info.html

Catch up with our 2010 Novella Prize winner, Tony Tulathimutte:http://www.malahatreview.ca/announcements/tonytulapost_interview.html

Email queries to: malahat@uvic.ca

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JESSAMY STURSBERG POETRY CONTEST FOR CANADIAN YOUTH

      DEADLINE: January 15, 2012

The League of Canadian Poets, a national not-for-profit poetry organization founded in 1966, invites Canadian youth to participate in its Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Contest for Canadian Youth.   There are two age categories, junior (grades 7-9) and senior (grades 10-12).

All winning poems will be published in the LCP’s e-zine, Re:verse at www.youngpoets.ca. All winners will receive Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Contest for Canadian Youth certificates and student membership in the LCP for one year.

FULL ENTRY GUIDELINES AT: http://poets.ca/wordpress/jessamy-stursberg-poetry-contest-for-canadian-youth

 THE MALAHAT REVIEW’S 2012 OPEN SEASON AWARDS Deadline:  

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8th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest

Rules:  http://www.geist.com/articles/8th-annual-literal-literary-postcard-story-contest

Entries must be postmarked no later than January 15, 2012.

Questions? Call 604-681-9161 or email geist@geist.com.

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·        BKMK PRESS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY  NEW!

Short-Fiction Book Award: The G. S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction

Poetry Book Award: The John Ciardi Prize for Poetry

DEADLINE:  (both awards): January 15, 2012

For the best book-length collections of poetry and of short fiction in English by a living author Prize: $1,000 and publication of winning book for each prize

For more information: http://cas.umkc.edu/bkmk/poetry.html

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OPL CONTEST: YOUNG POETS AND AUTHORS –

ON YOUR MARK! GET SET! WRITE!

DEADLINE:  January 30, 2012

The Ottawa Public Library´s 17th annual Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest is underway. This contest, for aspiring young poets and short story authors, is open to writers between the ages of 9 and 17. They are invited to submit poems and short stories in English and/or French.

Participants can win awesome prizes which will be presented in the Spring. For contest details, visit www.BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca or contact InfoService at 613-580-2950 or InfoService@BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca

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THE WRITERS’ TRUST OF CANADA RBC BRONWEN WALLACE AWARD FOR EMERGING WRITERS

     DEADLINE:  January 30, 2012

A prize of $5,000 will be awarded to the best work of short fiction.

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 as of the deadline date

* Unpublished in book form and without a book contract

* Previously published in an independently edited magazine or anthology

For further information http://www.writerstrust.com/Awards/RBC-Bronwen-Wallace-Award-for-Emerging-Writers/Call-for-Submissions_2012.aspx    

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CANADA WRITES

THE CBC´S NEW ONLINE HOME FOR WRITING

Canada Writes is the CBC´s home for original writing, including the CBC Literary Prizes.  This is your chance to get your work read, published and recognized throughout the year.

Canada Writes features:

* fun writing challenges (where you can win prizes)

* online writing workshops

* writing tips, feature articles and interviews with writers from all genres

* original fiction and essays by your favourite Canadian writers

* and the prestigious CBC Literary Prizes (short story, poetry and creative

nonfiction competitions)

Please note that CBC Literary Prizes are now three separate competitions with

different deadlines. The dates are:

Poetry (open December 1 – February 1)

Creative Nonfiction (open March 1 – May 1)

The First Prize winner in each category will win $6,000 from the Canada Council

for the Arts and publication in Air Canada´s enRoute magazine, as well as on

our website. Four runner-ups will also be chosen and receive $1,000 each.

You can read about the other changes to the prizes at

http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadawrites/literaryprizes/index.html

For more details, please check out http://www.cbc.ca/canadawrites

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PRISM INTERNATIONAL CONTESTS

For contest guidelines, download and consult the contest entry PDFs. http://prismmagazine.ca/contests/

For all inquiries regarding the Nonfiction, Fiction, and Poetry contests, please contact the contest manager at prismwritingcontest@gmail.com

*Short Fiction Contest Deadline: January 27, 2012

*Poetry Contest Deadline: January 27, 2012.

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ARC POETRY MAGAZINE’S POEM OF THE YEAR –CONTEST

      DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Shall it be big, or shall it be small? Rhyme and keep time, or more

free-for-all? Send your best to the Arc Poem of the Year Contest-this

year with a $5,000 grand prize. For past winners, contest mailing address, entry fee and submission details, visit Arc Poetry Magazine at arcpoetry.ca.

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Arc Poem of the Year Contest

Shall it be big, or shall it be small? Rhyme and keep time, or more free-for-all? 

Send your best to the Arc Poem of the Year Contest—this year with a $5,000 grand prize. Deadline: February 1, 2012. For past winners, contest mailing address, entry fee and submission details, visit Arc Poetry Magazine at arcpoetry.ca.

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NATIONAL CAPITAL WRITING CONTEST (NCWC) 2012

Enter the 25th National Capital Writing Contest. The deadline is February 3, 2012 (the first Friday in February each year).

The 25th Annual National Capital Writing Contest (NCWC) is accepting entries in the following categories:

* Short Story (max. 2500 words)

* Poetry (not Haiku; max. 60 lines including title & blank lines)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO THEME FOR THIS YEAR’S CONTEST

Prizes (in each category) We gratefully acknowledge the support of our sponsors:

* 1st Prize: $500 sponsored by CAA–NCR

* 2nd Prize: $250 sponsored by The Ottawa Citizen

* 3rd Prize: $100 Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeebar

See the Literary Awards page for full contest details and the winners from the previous year’s NCWC. http://www.canauthors-ottawa.org/awards.shtml

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ACCENTI MAGAZINE

ANNOUNCES WRITING AND PHOTO CONTESTS

First Prize: $1000

Deadline: February 7, 2012

Tuesday, August 22, 2011 – Accenti Magazine is proud to announce its 7th Annual Writing Contest and 5th Annual Photo Contest. First Prize for each contest is $1000 and publication in Accenti. Second and third place winners receive $250.00 and $100.00 respectively. The deadline is February 7, 2012.

Winning entries will be presented at the Accenti Magazine Awards during the 14^th Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival, April 18-23, 2012. The Accenti Magazine contests are open to all writers and photographers, established and emerging, worldwide.

Accenti‘s writing contest is open to fiction and nonfiction on any topic; and Accenti’s photo contest asks participants to “Capture an Italian Moment” anywhere in the world. Past writing contest winners include Elizabeth Cinello (2011, Toronto) Loretta Di Vita (2010, Montreal), Ivano Stocco (2009, Valencia, Spain), Paul French (2008, Toronto), Maria Francesca LoDico (2007, Montreal) and Sheila Wright (2006, Warkworth, Ontario). Photo winners include Marcel van Balken (2011, Amstelveen,

The Netherlands), Amy Occhipinti (2010, Toronto), Robert T. Norton (2009, Toronto) and Nick Colarusso (2008, Montreal).

About Accenti Magazine

Founded in Montreal in 2003, Accenti aims to bring together readers and writers around the idea of shared cultural experience and heritage, to encourage creative expression and celebrate common cultural values. For more information, please visit www.accenti.ca.

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PEI MODEL FOREST NETWORK PHOTO CONTEST

CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI — The Prince Edward Island Model Forest Network, in partnership with the Department of Environment, Energy and Forestry, is holding a special forest-themed photo contest over the fall and winter.

“The members of the Model Forest Network are encouraging people to head outside and capture images that reflect how they perceive and use our public and private forest lands,” said Richard Gill, chair of the Model Forest Network. “Whether enjoying wildlife, walking, hunting, working, snowshoeing or biking, we are looking for images that reflect the importance of Island forests.”
Prince Edward Island’s landscape is renowned for its blend of fields, water and forests. This landscape attracts amateur and professional photographers who want to capture images of what the Island means to them.
While the Island’s beaches, farms and small communities often receive the most attention, forests are often featured for their lush greens in spring and summer, vibrant red, orange and yellow of fall, and the white stillness of winter.  Some photographers also try to capture the hundreds of ways people use and connect with forests every day.
The contest is designed to promote awareness and appreciation of all types of forests including urban and rural, and public and private forests. Themes could also include how forests meet various economic, social, recreational, cultural, ecological and aesthetic needs.
“We are interested in Island photographs of almost anything forest-related,” said Mr. Gill.
The contest includes a special outdoor photography workshop that will feature tips and demonstrations on how to improve outdoor photography.  It will be held Saturday, October 22,  9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Central Forest District office,170 Beach Grove Road, Charlottetown.
The contest runs from October 22, 2011 to February 29, 2012.  Prizes will be offered for the winning photographs. For workshop information, contest rules and for details about prizes, visit www.peiforests.ca or contact Greg Ridgway at (902) 368-4800 or at gregmodelforest@gmail.com.

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Grain Magazine’s 24^th Annual Short Grain (with Variations) Writing Contest 

Grain Magazine’s 24^th Annual Short Grain (with Variations) Writing Contest is accepting entries until April 1, 2012 (postmarked). Grain awards $4,500 in cash prizes! Winning entries will be published in the pages of Grain! The entry fee is $35 which includes a FREE one-year subscription to Grain Magazine! 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: Poetry in any form to a maximum of 100 lines; Short Fiction in any style to a maximum of 2500 words.

Whose company do you want your writing to keep?

Grain is the most exciting literary magazine on the Canadian and international scene…the one that everyone wants to be published in! Recent issues have featured the work of such literary luminaries as Xi Chuan, Tim Lilburn, Guy Maddin, Miriam Toews, Zsuzsi Gartner, and Eleanor Wachtel. And you could join them in the pages of Grain!

Enter Short Grain! Open new doors! (Make new friends!)

Judges are: rob mclennan, Poetry, and Lawrence Hill, Fiction. Three prizes will be awarded in each category: 1^st prize = $1,000, 2^nd prize = $750, 3^rd prize = $500. Consult Grain‘s website,grainmagazine.ca, for complete rules and guidelines.

About our contest judges:

rob mclennan is the author of more than twenty trade books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, including Glengarry (Talonbooks, 2011), kate street (Moira, 2011), and wild horses (University of Alberta Press, 2010) and his second novel, missing persons (The Mercury Press, 2009). He has edited numerous collections for Chaudiere Books, Insomniac Press, Black Moss Press, Broken Jaw Press, and Vehicule Press, and was the writer-in-residence at the University of Alberta in 2008.

Lawrence Hill is the author of internationally acclaimed The Book of Negroes, which won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, the Ontario Library Association’s Evergreen Award and CBC Radio’s Canada Reads. He is also the author of Any Known Blood (William Morrow, New York, 1999 and HarperCollins Canada, 1997) and Some Great Thing(HarperCollins 2009, originally published by Turnstone Press, Winnipeg, 1992). Formerly a reporter with The Globe and Mail and a parliamentary correspondent for The Winnipeg Free Press, he won the National Magazine Award for Best Essay in 2005.

Mike Thompson

Business Administrator

Grain Magazine – the Journal of Eclectic Writing

PO Box 67, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, S7K 3K1

PH: 306.244.2828

grainmagazine.ca

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CONTESTS HOSTED AT WINNING WRITERS & OPEN NOW
All entries that win cash prizes in these contests will be published on WinningWriters.com (over one million page views per year) and announced in the Winning Writers Newsletter, with over 35,000 subscribers.

Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest
Postmark Deadline: March 31, 2012
Now in its 20th year. Prizes of $3,000, $1,000, $400 and $250 will be awarded, plus six Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each. Submit any type of short story, essay or other work of prose, up to 5,000 words. You may submit work that has been published or won prizes elsewhere, as long as you own the online publication rights. $15 entry fee. Submit online or by mail. Early submission encouraged. This contest is sponsored by Tom Howard Books and assisted by Winning Writers. Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad. See the complete guidelines and past winners.

Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest (no fee)
Online Submission Deadline: April 1, 2012
Winning Writers invites you to enter the 11th annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest. We’ll award $3,600, including a top prize of $1,500. Submit one humor poem online. No length limit. Both published and unpublished poems are welcome. No fee to enter. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. See the complete guidelines and past winners.

Sports Poetry & Prose Contest – New!
Online Submission Deadline: May 31, 2012
New from Winning Writers, our Sports Poetry & Prose Contest will award $5,000 in total prizes, including a $1,500 top prize for poetry and a $1,500 top prize for prose (fiction and nonfiction). Submit an unpublished entry of 1-2 poems or one work of prose on a sports-related theme, up to 6,000 words in all. Fee is $15 per entry. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. Click for the complete guidelines.

Margaret Reid Poetry Contest for Traditional Verse
Postmark Deadline: June 30, 2012
Now in its ninth year, this contest seeks poetry in traditional verse forms. Both published and unpublished poems are welcome. Prizes of $3,000, $1,000, $400 and $250 will be awarded, plus six Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each. The entry fee is $8 for every 25 lines you submit. Submit online or by mail. Early submission encouraged. This contest is sponsored by Tom Howard Books and assisted by Winning Writers. Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad. See the complete guidelines and past winners.

Now Open
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest
Postmark Deadline: September 30, 2012
Now in its tenth year, this contest seeks poems in any style, theme or genre. You may submit work that has been published or won prizes elsewhere, as long as you own the online publication rights. Prizes of $3,000, $1,000, $400 and $250 will be awarded, plus six Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each. New this year, there will also be a special $250 bonus prize for humorous verse. The entry fee is $8 for every 25 lines you submit. Submit online or by mail. Early submission encouraged. This contest is sponsored by Tom Howard Books and assisted by Winning Writers. Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad. See the complete guidelines and past winners.

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EVENTS & WORKSHOPS

ONE DAY SEMINAR IN NYC: 3 EXPERTS ENDLESS IMPACT

• Repurpose with Purpose
• The Three Primary Markets for Content
• Building Your Content Brand
• Creating a Movement in the Social Media Age

DATE: January 18, 2012  9:00 AM TO 5:00 PM

LOCATION: NYC Seminar and Conference Center

                  21 West 23rd Street, Suite 515

COST: $495.00 PER PERSON-NOW JUST $295.00

Join us for this exclusive, high impact opportunity with consultant to New York Times best-selling authors, Peter Winick, and his expert guests, Jerrold Jenkins and Peter Hoppenfeld.

This informative, one-day seminar reveals the strategies to monetize your content, manage your intellectual property, and create new vehicles to deliver your message in ways that you may never have known were possible.

THIS STRATEGIES SEMINAR WILL COVER:

• Mastering the three markets of content.
• Identifying the patterns and formats in which markets purchase and utilize content.
• Defining your platform and identifying the markets you serve.
• Finding the best markets to serve and why.
• Thought Leadership Marketing (TLM) and how to develop and implement a viable plan.
• The future of book publishing and understanding the new publishing model.
• Utilizing a publishing plan for content recognition.
• Finding the power of both printed and eBooks
• Identifying the right mix of marketing and content to best sell you and your content.
• Delivering change. Examples of how your work impacts an individual, a team and an organization.
• AND MUCH, MUCH MORE…

Seminar attendance is limited! YOU CAN REGISTER HERE http://www.jenkinsgroupinc.com/IXXO/index.php?p=catalog&parent=74&pg=1

Or by calling Stephanie Starner-Greiner at 1.800.644.0133 ext. 1007, or via email at SSG@bookpublishing.com  Upon registration you will receive a confirmation and additional information on event location and agenda.  Cancellation Policy: You may cancel your registration any time, up to 30 days prior to the event, subject to a $20 cancellation fee. NOTE: For cancellations 30 days or fewer prior to the event date, refunds will not be provided.

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Upcoming Writescape Workshops

• Write to Win! in Aurora Saturday, January 21 with Dorothea Helms and Ruth Walker
• It’s Not What You Earn, It’s What You Keep  January 28 Gwynn Scheltema’s one-day tax tips workshop for writers & artists
• Write On! January 23 to March 5 A six-week creative writing for course for intermediate writers
• From Query to Byline: Getting Published and Paid  February 1 to February 29 A five-week course in magazine writing
• Registration is open for Spring Thaw 2012 at Elmhirst’s Resort March 30 to April 1—or April 3 if you choose the Extend-Your-Pen option
• Visit www.writescape.ca   for more information

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EAC—NCR SEMINAR SERIES 2011-2012

Date:  Various dates as noted

Editors’ Association of Canada offers seminars with a hands-on approach to many facets of copy editing and writing.  Editors, writers, and communicators can refine their skills, enhance their knowledge base, and improve their communication expertise with seminars taught by industry experts at the highly regarded National Capital Region Branch seminars.

Upcoming workshops:

• Writing & Editing for the Web: January 20, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Eight-Step Editing: February 8, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Practical Proofreading: February 22, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Getting Work with the Federal Government: April 14, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Electronic Editing: April 23, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• Punctuation and Mechanics: May 7, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
• The Secrets of Syntax: May 8, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

NOTE: Space is limited. These workshops are open to everyone. EAC members receive a reduced rate.

REGISTRATION: http://www.editors.ca/branches/ncr/seminars

CONTACT: Pat Patterson, Public Relations, EAC-NCR, prncr@editors.ca

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Writer’s Digest Conference

January 20-22, 2012

New York Sheraton Hotel and Towers

Today from Writer’s Digest:

• JUST 48 hours left to take advantage of our Early Bird discount!
• Session spotlight: Writing the 21st Century Novel
• Session Spotlight: Conflict & Suspense: How to Keep Readers Turning Pages in Any Genre
• Session Spotlight: The First 50 Pages (and Why Getting Them Right is the Key to Your Success)
• Speaker spotlight: Jeff Gerke

https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=27962&&et_mid=522156&rid=2969140

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM GREEN COLLEGE, UBC   DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Green College at the University of British Columbia invites applications from Canadian writers normally resident outside the Lower Mainland of BC, for the position of Canada Council Writer-in-Residence at the College. The term of the residency will be three months within the period between September 1 and December 15, 2012, subject to funding approval.

The Writer-in-Residence will work with the Green College community through consultations and workshops, and will create and coordinate a public series of literary events, as part of the College´s academic programming for the UBC and local community. She or he will be expected to live at the College for the term of the residency, and will be provided with reimbursement for economy-fare travel (within Canada) to and from Vancouver, room and partial board during the stay, and a stipend of $18,000. Additional funding will be available to support the public series of events.

For its 2012 residency the College seeks a writer of established reputation in any genre/s (at least two books in print or equivalent public recognition) and with significant previous experience of arranging and hosting literary events.  Only complete applications received by postal mail by the deadline are accepted.

Please send applications to:

Writer-in-Residence Selection Committee, Green College, The University of British Columbia

6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1

Questions may be directed to Tatiana Tomljanovic, Communications Manager, at

gc.communications@ubc.ca or 604.822.0676.

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AWP ANNUAL CONFERENCE

& BOOK FAIR

*A big conference with 400 events and 1,600 presenters by the Association of Writers & Writing Programs.

WHEN:          February 29-March 3, 2012

WHERE:        The Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago

PRICE:          $40 for students who register early; $140-155 for AWP members; $265 for nonmembers who register on site.

For serious writers of literary fiction, literary nonfiction and poetry. Attendance is 9,000. Faculty includes: Jhumpa Lahiri, Junot Diaz and Joyce Carol Oates. Keynote speaker for 2012 is Margaret Atwood.

Panels for 2012 include:

“A Room With a Review: The Art of Literary Criticism”

“The Business of Publishing Your Novel With an Independent Press”

“What About Blog? How Blogging Can Propel Your Career and Polish Your Craft”

For more information:  http://www.awpwriter.org/conference/2012awpconf.php

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WORLD HORROR CONVENTION

WHEN:           March 29-April 1, 2012 with the Bram Stoker Awards Presentation on March 31.

WHERE:        The Radisson Hotel Downtown, Salt Lake City

PRICE:           TBA; 2011 cost: $110-150, entry to convention and all programming inclusive

For horror professionals ranging from authors to filmmakers to artists. An opportunity to meet agents, publishers and industry professionals. Attendance 300-400.

Special guests for 2012 faculty are: No.1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon; comic book author and illustrator Mike Mignola; urban fantasy author P.N. Elrod.

For more information: http://www.whc2012.org

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THE SOUTHAMPTON CHILDREN’S LITERATURE CONFERENCE

WHEN:          July 11-15, 2012

WHERE:        Stony Brook University, Southampton, NY

PRICE:            Varies, depending on whether participants attend the conference for college credit and whether they’re commuters or residents. The highest price is $1,495, room and board inclusive.

Runs concurrently with a general writers’ conference, a screenwriters’ conference and a playwriters’ conference all at Stony Brook University. Participants are welcome to attend electives from other conference. Attendance: 5 tracks with 12 participants in each. At least one workshop in each of the main children’s writing disciplines: picture books, chapter books, middle-grade novels, and YA.

Past faculty (2011) included Newberry, Caldecott and Coretta Scott King honoree Andrea Davis Pinkney; New York Times bestselling author Chris Barton; middle-grade author Tor Seidler; young-adult author Patricia McCormick; and NY Times bestselling author and illustrator Peter H. Reynolds.

For more information: http://www.stonybrook.edu/writers/children

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CAA-NCR WRITERS RETREAT

Dates: Friday, April 27, through Sunday, April 29, 2012

Location:  The Cove Country Inn, Westport, Ontario

Best-selling Author BARBARA KYLE, Workshop Leader, has taught her “Writers Boot Camp” for the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, and offers twice-yearly Master Classes that focus on workshopping each participant’s novel-in-progress. Visit  www.BarbaraKyle.com

Please reserve your rooms directly with the Inn telling them you are attending the Canadian Authors Association – National Capital Region Writers Retreat. Please mention any special dietary needs.    1-888-268-3466   www.coveinn.com

Registration for the workshops is separate. Workshop fees are $150. for Canadian Authors Association members, $185. for non-members.  To obtain a brochure and for more information please e-mail Phyllis Bohonis: phyllis.bohonis@sympatico.ca

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WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE OPPORTUNITIES  

Two Writer-in-Residence opportunities for Quebec writers:

• Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles Libraries, and Robert-Bourassa Library in Outremont (reserved for YA author) Deadline: January 30, 2012 http://artsmontreal.org/en/programs/ecrivains-en-residence  Writers must consult the criteria and parameters of the host borough or city, since each residency is held under their aegis.

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:

WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM GREEN COLLEGE, UBC       

DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Green College at the University of British Columbia invites applications from Canadian writers normally resident outside the Lower Mainland of BC, for the position of Canada Council Writer-in-Residence at the College. The term of the residency will be three months within the period between September 1 and

December 15, 2012, subject to funding approval.

The Writer-in-Residence will work with the Green College community through consultations and workshops, and will create and coordinate a public series of literary events, as part of the College´s academic programming for the UBC and local community. She or he will be expected to live at the College for the term of the residency, and will be provided with reimbursement for economy-fare

travel (within Canada) to and from Vancouver, room and partial board during the stay, and a stipend of $18,000. Additional funding will be available to support the public series of events.

For its 2012 residency the College seeks a writer of established reputation in any genre/s (at least two books in print or equivalent public recognition) and with significant previous experience of arranging and hosting literary events.  Only complete applications received by postal mail by the deadline are accepted.

Please send applications to:

Writer-in-Residence Selection Committee

Green College, The University of British Columbia

6201 Cecil Green Park Road

Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1

Questions may be directed to Tatiana Tomljanovic, Communications Manager, at

gc.communications@ubc.ca or 604.822.0676.

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RESOURCES

This section is not intended as an endorsement of the resources listed here.  It is simply being passed along for your information.  You may wish to do your own due diligence on these potential resources.

ONLINE SITES TO HELP PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS!!

EVENTS AT COLLECTED WORKS 

1242 WELLINGTON STREET WEST AT HOLLAND

Check Facebook for full details or visit

http://www.collected-works.com/pages/events.htm

Of special interest: “The Industrious Indies” is an events project Collected Works Bookstore has begun to give independent self published authors a chance to display their books and a place the host author events and network. For more information on the project contact Chris Carroll through Facebook or via email

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From: Crystal Smith  Subject: New website to promote local authors

I am writing today to tell you about a new website I have created to help local, independent, and self-published authors promote their books.

It is called bibliospace (http://www.bibliospace.ca/). The site includes a detailed listing for each author’s book, consisting of a book summary of up to 250 words, an author bio of up to 150 words, a link to each author’s website, and any additional author contact information (blog, Twitter, Facebook).   In addition to the book listing, there is an alphabetical list of authors and a speakers’ bureau that lists authors by community. The latter page is intended to help book clubs, community groups, libraries, and schools get in touch with authors in their own community for readings and speaking engagements.

I have also added an amazon bookstore with direct links to each author’s books, if they are available on amazon. (There is no charge to submit a book, but I will retain any referral fees from the amazon bookstore. Royalties from all sales go to the author, of course.)

I am a marketing writer and self-published author, so I know something of the effort required to market a book. I am hoping that bibliospace will make it easy for people to find and recommend authors from their own community. The site now has seven authors, including myself, with books in categories ranging from poetry and non-fiction to action and children’s.

I would love it if you could spread the word to the members of your association. If you are interested in submitting any of your works, you just need to send an email, as per the steps outlined on the Submit Your Book page. I appreciate any help you can provide in promoting bibliospace.    Crystal Smith  www.bibliospace.ca   Facebook:bibliospace  Twitter: @bibliospace

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Publications

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Malahat lite December edition

The December edition (Contest Edition) of our e-newsletter, Malahat lite, is attached. Inside, you’ll find:

• info about our 2012 Novella Prize and its judges (including what they’re looking for in a winning novella)
• an interview with our 2010 Novella Prize winner, Tony Tulathimutte (find out what he’s been up to since winning, and his take on what makes a good novella)
• an interview with our 2011 Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize winner, Anne Marie Todkill.

Since there are no live links in the newsletter, I’ll provide some here:

Guidelines for our 2012 Novella Prize:

http://www.malahatreview.ca/contests/novella_contest/info.html

Interview with 2010 Novella Prize winner, Tony Tulathimutte:

http://malahatreview.ca/announcements/tonytulapost_interview.html

Interview with 2011 Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize winner, Anne Marie Todkill:

http://malahatreview.ca/announcements/annemarietodkill_interview.html

This edition of Malahat lite can also be viewed online:http://malahatreview.ca/documents/malahat_lite/dec11.pdf

Do you have ties to or live on the East Coast? Submit to our East Coast issue(deadline May 15, 2012)! Full guidelines: http://www.malahatreview.ca/east_coast.html

Enjoy!

Susan Sanford Blades

Circulation and Marketing Manager

The Malahat Review

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CAA-NCR ANTHOLOGY COPIES STILL AVAILABLE

A GREAT GIFT FOR YOUR FAVOURITE READER!

The first-ever branch Anthology, themed Inspiration Planet Earth: Our Natural Environment is Life, is available for ONLY $12.95!

The theme, inspired by member Albert Dumont’s concern about construction around the Beaver Pond area of Kanata, has resulted in a book of amazing narrative diversity – an Adult Short Story about two armed children protecting a well in the desert; a Youth Short Story about life inside and outside of a domed community; a Poem about road kill – just to name three.

Containing, the FINALISTS of the 2011 National Capital Writing Contest (NCWC) this Anthology is a wonderful representation of the quality of writing coming from the National Capital Area.

*** The Anthology is available from Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeebar, 1242 Wellington Street West, Ottawa – Tel 613.722.1265.  It is also available through CAA-NCR by sending $12.95 plus $3.00 postage to Sharyn Heagle, 3622 Campbellcroft Road, Osgoode K0A 2W0

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Online Writing Classes

FanStory.com  is a writing site founded in 2000.

On this writing community all posts receive feedback from writers and readers. Feedback includes a detailed comment on the posted work and a rating. The site uses a six star ratings scale with “1″ being the worst and “6″ being the best.

Writers are ranked based on the feedback they receive. Separate rankings are available for Poets, Novelists, Short Works (short stories and essays) and Script Writers (television and other forms of screenplays). Trophies are rewarded to the top five writers in each of the individual rankings at the end of the year.

The site recognizes writing with “Recognized”, “All Time Best” and “Seal of Quality” levels. Each level is more difficult to receive with the final level determined by the Seal of Quality committee. The committee is made up of published authors and stand-out reviewers. They offer feedback to help writers get published.

The site features free writing contests with cash prizes. Site members also have the ability to create their own contests to challenge other writers to write about a specific topic or a specific form of writing (such as writing using specific poetry format).

The welcome page includes featured writing. It also includes writing that has been well received in the past 24 hours.

Each day over 200 stories and poems are posted. Over 7,000 comments are written on the writing posted daily. Writers keep full copyright to their posted work.

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THE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO EBOOKS

All you need to know about ebooks: how to read them,
the different ebook formats, choosing an ebook reader,
and where to find the best specials and free ebooks.

http://www.EbookIntroduction.com

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50 CITY & STATE MAGAZINE MARKETS

$6.99. Download in PDF Format.

Would you like to work as a freelance writer for regional magazines? Most city and state magazines work with freelancers and typically cover a wide range of topics – including arts, business, dining, entertainment, fashion, finance, health, home and garden,
lifestyle, recreation, sports, and travel.

We searched through our Markets Plus database of publications and compiled this list of more than 50 city magazines and state magazines in USA and Canada that purchase material from freelance writers.

It is not an exhaustive list of all of the regional publications but lists fifty magazines (actually 57!) that publish their writer’s guidelines online.

For further details and to download this list today see: http://goo.gl/XRjjL

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REALLY STUPID WRITING MISTAKES

How to Avoid Them

By Sherrill Wark

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*****BYLINE HAS A NEW COLUMN IN THE THINK TANK *****

If we get enough response, we’ll be launching a Q&A-type regular feature in Byline, complete with cutesy names for the questioners, and answers by our expert and not-so-expert members. (Example for a not-so-expert member to answer: “I got ripped off by one of those so-called publishers. Is it legal to diss them in my Blog? Please say yes.” —  signed, $10K Poorer) A suggested name is “Members in the Know”. Still in the Think-Tank stage, we aren’t sure if one member will handle it — rephrase that: we’ve cornered one of our members into thinking about handling it; whether the questions will be fielded as separate articles to members-in-the-know by a coordinator (the cornered member); or whether the idea will see daylight at all. Contact Sherrill Wark, Byline editor, at sherrill_caa@crowecreations.ca with your questions and cutesy names. We need your real name but won’t print it unless you insist. It’s all about Members Helping Members. If we get a good response, it’ll be a go.

****Remember to check out writing-related services offered by our members at our CAA-NCR website   http://www.canauthors-ottawa.org/hire-a-member.shtml

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Writers Digest

http://www.writersdigest.com/

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Worldwide Freelance Writer
http://www.worldwidefreelance.com

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SPREAD THE WORD: Don’t let us die! Forward this or send a message to all of your writer friends that we are out there. Let the world know about www.WritingRaw.com and all the good and positive things we do for up-and-coming writers.

People would like to know what has happened to the January issue of WritingRaw.com. The answer is easy, but quite sad too. We did not get enough submissions to put together a new issue. Fiction-wise we did but there were only 6 poetry submissions, 2 for the contest, and some of the people who were doing columns were not able to do them for January. I am again lost on how to proceed with the site. Without submissions there is no point – unless I can figure out a way to redevelop the site into something that does not require submissions. Suggestions would be greatly appreciated! I believe in what we are doing, and believe in all of the authors who have appeared on WritingRaw.com, but it would seem that an online literary magazine just does not work. Am in the process of discovering how to continue with the material that I do have… Again, any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Weeb

WritingRaw.com

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A Merry Christmas to All!

Welcome to the PEIWG Weekly Bulletin! This is published and circulated through the PEIWG mailing list on groupspaces.com. It contains announcements of events in PEI and around Canada that may be of interest to the members of the PEI Writers’ Guild and to PEIWG mailing list subscribers.

If you want to share any announcements, articles, interesting or useful links that you think other subscribers will be interested in, send them to mimrlith@yahoo.com; this weekly is sent out on Sunday or Monday every week, so please do not send announcements that need to be sent out immediately.

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PEI LOCAL

New Release!

Congratulations to PEIWG member A. Robby McRobb for the release of his first full book, Soldier Apprentice Memories 1953-1967. The volume was published by First Choice and released December 5, 2011. Get your copy on Amazon! ISBN 978-0-98782886-0-2.

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CALLS FOR SUBMISSION

POETRY IN TRANSIT

The City of Charlottetown, in collaboration with Trius Transit is seeking submissions of poetry revolving around the theme of “How we experience our community.” Selected poems will be printed and installed on the interior advertising panels on buses in Charlottetown, Cornwall and Stratford. Poems will remain on buses for three months, then will be taken down and put on display in participating store fronts.

If you are interested, please check out www.poetrypei.com, and submit your poems there!

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 BYWORDS.CA SUBMISSION CALL

DEADLINE:   January 15 for the February issue

Bywords.ca considers previously unpublished poetry from emerging and established poets for our online monthly magazine. We consider work by current and former residents, students and workers of Ottawa. We also publish poems by contributors to our predecessor, the Bywords Monthly Magazine.  FOR SUBMISSION INFORMATION VISIT www.bywords.ca and click on Guidelines.  Amanda Earl, Managing Editor http://www.bywords.ca>www.bywords.ca

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EARTHBOUND PUBLISHERS DECEMBER FLASH FICTION

¨      DEADLINE: DEC. 31, 2011  SUBMISSIONS: Submit short stories up to 500 words. Payment is 5 cents a word. Also interested in stories up to 3000 words. For guidelines see:

http://www.earthbound fiction.com/submissions#1_submissions

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HERE BE MONSTERS ANTHOLOGY 

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 16, 2012

Here Be Monsters is seeking stories for their sixth issue, out in winter 2012. They will accept stories in any genre. This anthology is only open to Canadian residents.

http://herebemonstersanthology.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html

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BIBLIOTHECA FANTASTICA

SUBMISSION PERIOD: Dec. 15 2011 – March 31, 2012

Anthology from Dagan Books is looking for  “Stories having to do with lost, rare, weird, or imaginary books, or any aspect of book history or book culture, past, present, future, or uchronic. Any genre. Although the fantastical is not essential per se, stories should evoke a sense of the fantastic, the unknown, the weird, wonder, terror, mystery, pulp, and/or adventure, etc.”

Full details on their site http://daganbooks.com/2011/11/14/new-anthology-bibliotheca-fantastica-opens-for-submissions-dec-15-2011/

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TESSERACTS SIXTEEN

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Feb. 29, 2012

From Edge Publishing, recently released the guidelines for the latest volume in their speculative anthology, which will be edited by Mark Leslie. They’re looking for stories and poems that “focus on art, music, literature and cultural elements which are integral to the story. ” This anthology is only open to Canadians citizens (including ex-pats), landed immigrants (aka permanent residents) and long time residents.

http://www.edgewebsite.com/books/tess16/t16-guidelines.html     

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The Malahat Review‘s East Coast Issue

Deadline: May 15, 2012

In the fall of 2012, The Malahat Review and The Fiddlehead will celebrate the writing of each other’s regions, with the former publishing an East Coast issue and the latter a West Coast issue. Writers with strong connections to either or both regions are invited to submit to the issue that will best provide their work the most apt and safe harbour.

The Malahat Review invites submissions from East Coast writers (East Coast includes all four Atlantic provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador). Submissions of poetry, fiction, personal essay, memoir, cultural criticism, and literary journalism are welcome.

Please see the full guidelines on our website prior to submitting: http://www.malahatreview.ca/east_coast.html

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GEIST EMERGING WRITER OF THE MONTH  

An enlightened online space for new writers to test-drive their work.

How it works:  Emerging writers are invited to submit short written works online. Geist chooses and publishes one piece each month on a dedicated web page. Geist readers and like-minded people are then invited to comment on the featured work.

Who is eligible?

• Canadian students enrolled in secondary or post-secondary courses and/or writing workshops are eligible.
• The writer should have no more than 2 short works published in established print or online magazines, books or websites. (Blogs, zines and in-house school publications are exempt.)
• For full details: http://www.geist.com/gewm

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Black Canadian Poetry

Black Canadian Poetry is seeking submissions of new and unpublished works of poetry for a national anthology devoted to answering the question, “What is Black Canadian Poetry?” The anthology will establish a poetic tradition of page and stage poetry by people of African descent living in Canada.

Poetry contributions welcome from writers that are African, Afro-Caribbean, African-American, African-Canadian or people living in Canada who identify as Black. Submissions welcome from all provinces and territories. Submissions from emerging, mid-career and established poets are welcome. Each anthologised contributor will receive two copies of the book.

Submissions to Black Canadian Poetry should be no more than three poems, 500 words for one poem, or a combined total of 800 words or less for multiple submissions.
Poetry must be submitted in English.
Submissions should be printed double-spaced with a 12-point font (double-sided is ok).
Submissions should be new works or previously unpublished works of poetry.
Along with submissions please include:
name of the poet,
title of the poem,
genre of the poem (spoken word, dubpoetry, hip-hop, slam, performance and print),
province/territory of the poet.

Please remember to include your full name, mailing address, e-mail address, phone number, title of poems, genre, province/territory and name of the poet with each submission.
Please send 4 copies of your submission with an enclosed SAE to the following address:

BCP Editors
Black Canadian Poetry
PO BOX 1741
Gibsons, BC
V0N 1V0

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COMPETITIONS

BIBLIOASIS CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

SEVENTH ANNUAL METCALF-ROOKE AWARD

This year’s winner will receive:

• a publishing contract with BIBLIOASIS

• a leather-bound copy of the book

• a $1,500 cash prize, presented by Steven Temple Books

• a regional book tour, including festival appearances

• a profile in The New Quarterly

SUBMISSIONS must be postmarked no later than December 31st, 2011. An electronic rtf or pdf submission must also be sent to metcalf.rooke@gmail.com by December 31st, 2011.

Full details are found on the PDF (929 KB) linked from the publisher’s site:  http://www.biblioasis.com/

or directly   http://www.biblioasis.com/content/downloads/M-R-Call-For-Submissions-2011.pdf

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FREEFALL MAGAZINE

ANNUAL PROSE AND POETRY CONTEST 2011  

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 31, 2011

Winners will be published in Volume XXII Number 2

FreeFall is pleased to announce that Stephanie Bolster will be the guest editor/ judge for this issue. Stephanie won the Governor General’s Award and the Gerlad Lampert Award in 1998 as well as the Archibald Lampman Award in 2000. She has taught creative writing at Concordia University since 2000.  http://www.freefallmagazine.ca/contest.html

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VERSEFEST OTTAWA PRE-FESTIVAL EVENT:

THE POETRY FOR THE END OF THE WORLD CONTEST

DEADLINE JANUARY 7, 2012

Submit your poems here for the Poetry for the End of the World contest! Write on the subject of the end of the world (as you know it). Poems can be any length and style.

Contest open to residents of Ottawa (and those willing to travel to Ottawa for the party.) The winner and runners-up will be invited to perform at the Poetry for the End of the World fundraiser on January 21st, and the winning poem will be officially, and literally, launched to the end of the earth.       Details: http://versefest.ca/?page_id=99

VERSeFest OTTAWA WILL RUN FEBRUARY 28 TO MARCH 4, 2012, stay tuned for upcoming announcements!

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JESSAMY STURSBERG POETRY CONTEST FOR CANADIAN YOUTH

      DEADLINE: January 15, 2012

The League of Canadian Poets, a national not-for-profit poetry organization founded in 1966, invites Canadian youth to participate in its Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Contest for Canadian Youth.   There are two age categories, junior (grades 7-9) and senior (grades 10-12).

All winning poems will be published in the LCP’s e-zine, Re:verse at www.youngpoets.ca. All winners will receive Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Contest for Canadian Youth certificates and student membership in the LCP for one year.

FULL ENTRY GUIDELINES AT: http://poets.ca/wordpress/jessamy-stursberg-poetry-contest-for-canadian-youth

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8th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest

Rules:  http://www.geist.com/articles/8th-annual-literal-literary-postcard-story-contest

Entries must be postmarked no later than January 15, 2012.

Questions? Call 604-681-9161 or email geist@geist.com.

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·        BKMK PRESS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY  NEW!

Short-Fiction Book Award: The G. S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction

Poetry Book Award: The John Ciardi Prize for Poetry

DEADLINE:  (both awards): January 15, 2012

For the best book-length collections of poetry and of short fiction in English by a living author Prize: $1,000 and publication of winning book for each prize

For more information: http://cas.umkc.edu/bkmk/poetry.html

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OPL CONTEST: YOUNG POETS AND AUTHORS –

ON YOUR MARK! GET SET! WRITE!

DEADLINE:  January 30, 2012

The Ottawa Public Library´s 17th annual Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest is underway. This contest, for aspiring young poets and short story authors, is open to writers between the ages of 9 and 17. They are invited to submit poems and short stories in English and/or French.

Participants can win awesome prizes which will be presented in the Spring. For contest details, visit www.BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca or contact InfoService at 613-580-2950 or InfoService@BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca

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THE WRITERS’ TRUST OF CANADA RBC BRONWEN WALLACE AWARD FOR EMERGING WRITERS

     DEADLINE:  January 30, 2012

A prize of $5,000 will be awarded to the best work of short fiction.

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 as of the deadline date

* Unpublished in book form and without a book contract

* Previously published in an independently edited magazine or anthology

For further information http://www.writerstrust.com/Awards/RBC-Bronwen-Wallace-Award-for-Emerging-Writers/Call-for-Submissions_2012.aspx    

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CANADA WRITES

THE CBC´S NEW ONLINE HOME FOR WRITING

Canada Writes is the CBC´s home for original writing, including the CBC Literary Prizes.  This is your chance to get your work read, published and recognized throughout the year.

Canada Writes features:

* fun writing challenges (where you can win prizes)

* online writing workshops

* writing tips, feature articles and interviews with writers from all genres

* original fiction and essays by your favourite Canadian writers

* and the prestigious CBC Literary Prizes (short story, poetry and creative

nonfiction competitions)

Please note that CBC Literary Prizes are now three separate competitions with

different deadlines. The dates are:

Poetry (open December 1 – February 1)

Creative Nonfiction (open March 1 – May 1)

The First Prize winner in each category will win $6,000 from the Canada Council

for the Arts and publication in Air Canada´s enRoute magazine, as well as on

our website. Four runner-ups will also be chosen and receive $1,000 each.

You can read about the other changes to the prizes at

http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadawrites/literaryprizes/index.html

For more details, please check out http://www.cbc.ca/canadawrites

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PRISM INTERNATIONAL CONTESTS

For contest guidelines, download and consult the contest entry PDFs. http://prismmagazine.ca/contests/

For all inquiries regarding the Nonfiction, Fiction, and Poetry contests, please contact the contest manager at prismwritingcontest@gmail.com

*Short Fiction Contest Deadline: January 27, 2012

*Poetry Contest Deadline: January 27, 2012.

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ARC POETRY MAGAZINE’S POEM OF THE YEAR –CONTEST

      DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Shall it be big, or shall it be small? Rhyme and keep time, or more

free-for-all? Send your best to the Arc Poem of the Year Contest-this

year with a $5,000 grand prize. For past winners, contest mailing address, entry fee and submission details, visit Arc Poetry Magazine at arcpoetry.ca.

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The Malahat Review’s 2012 Novella Prize

 Deadline: February 1, 2012

Prize: $1500 CAD

Entry fee:

$35 CAD for entries from Canada

$40 USD for entries from the US

$45 USD for entreis from elsewhere

Enter a single work of fiction, 10,000 to 20,000 words in length.

Mail entries to:

The Malahat Review

Novella Prize

University of Victoria

PO Box 1700 Stn CSC

Victoria, BC

V8W 2Y2

This year’s judges will be Valerie Compton, Gabriella Goliger, and Terence Young.

Read a recent interview with our 2010 Novella Prize winner, Tony Tulathimutte: http://www.malahatreview.ca/announcements/tonytulapost_interview.html

Read full guidelines here: http://www.malahatreview.ca/contests/novella_contest/info.html

Enquiries: malahat@uvic.ca

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Arc Poem of the Year Contest

Shall it be big, or shall it be small? Rhyme and keep time, or more free-for-all? 

Send your best to the Arc Poem of the Year Contest—this year with a $5,000 grand prize. Deadline: February 1, 2012. For past winners, contest mailing address, entry fee and submission details, visit Arc Poetry Magazine at arcpoetry.ca.

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NATIONAL CAPITAL WRITING CONTEST (NCWC) 2012

Enter the 25th National Capital Writing Contest. The deadline is February 3, 2012 (the first Friday in February each year).

The 25th Annual National Capital Writing Contest (NCWC) is accepting entries in the following categories:

* Short Story (max. 2500 words)

* Poetry (not Haiku; max. 60 lines including title & blank lines)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO THEME FOR THIS YEAR’S CONTEST

Prizes (in each category) We gratefully acknowledge the support of our sponsors:

* 1st Prize: $500 sponsored by CAA–NCR

* 2nd Prize: $250 sponsored by The Ottawa Citizen

* 3rd Prize: $100 Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeebar

See the Literary Awards page for full contest details and the winners from the previous year’s NCWC. http://www.canauthors-ottawa.org/awards.shtml

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ACCENTI MAGAZINE

ANNOUNCES WRITING AND PHOTO CONTESTS

First Prize: $1000

Deadline: February 7, 2012

Tuesday, August 22, 2011 – Accenti Magazine is proud to announce its 7th Annual Writing Contest and 5th Annual Photo Contest. First Prize for each contest is $1000 and publication in Accenti. Second and third place winners receive $250.00 and $100.00 respectively. The deadline is February 7, 2012.

Winning entries will be presented at the Accenti Magazine Awards during the 14^th Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival, April 18-23, 2012. The Accenti Magazine contests are open to all writers and photographers, established and emerging, worldwide.

Accenti‘s writing contest is open to fiction and nonfiction on any topic; and Accenti’s photo contest asks participants to “Capture an Italian Moment” anywhere in the world. Past writing contest winners include Elizabeth Cinello (2011, Toronto) Loretta Di Vita (2010, Montreal), Ivano Stocco (2009, Valencia, Spain), Paul French (2008, Toronto), Maria Francesca LoDico (2007, Montreal) and Sheila Wright (2006, Warkworth, Ontario). Photo winners include Marcel van Balken (2011, Amstelveen,

The Netherlands), Amy Occhipinti (2010, Toronto), Robert T. Norton (2009, Toronto) and Nick Colarusso (2008, Montreal).

About Accenti Magazine

Founded in Montreal in 2003, Accenti aims to bring together readers and writers around the idea of shared cultural experience and heritage, to encourage creative expression and celebrate common cultural values. For more information, please visit www.accenti.ca.

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PEI MODEL FOREST NETWORK PHOTO CONTEST

CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI — The Prince Edward Island Model Forest Network, in partnership with the Department of Environment, Energy and Forestry, is holding a special forest-themed photo contest over the fall and winter.

“The members of the Model Forest Network are encouraging people to head outside and capture images that reflect how they perceive and use our public and private forest lands,” said Richard Gill, chair of the Model Forest Network. “Whether enjoying wildlife, walking, hunting, working, snowshoeing or biking, we are looking for images that reflect the importance of Island forests.”
Prince Edward Island’s landscape is renowned for its blend of fields, water and forests. This landscape attracts amateur and professional photographers who want to capture images of what the Island means to them.
While the Island’s beaches, farms and small communities often receive the most attention, forests are often featured for their lush greens in spring and summer, vibrant red, orange and yellow of fall, and the white stillness of winter.  Some photographers also try to capture the hundreds of ways people use and connect with forests every day.
The contest is designed to promote awareness and appreciation of all types of forests including urban and rural, and public and private forests. Themes could also include how forests meet various economic, social, recreational, cultural, ecological and aesthetic needs.
“We are interested in Island photographs of almost anything forest-related,” said Mr. Gill.
The contest includes a special outdoor photography workshop that will feature tips and demonstrations on how to improve outdoor photography.  It will be held Saturday, October 22,  9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Central Forest District office,170 Beach Grove Road, Charlottetown.
The contest runs from October 22, 2011 to February 29, 2012.  Prizes will be offered for the winning photographs. For workshop information, contest rules and for details about prizes, visit www.peiforests.ca or contact Greg Ridgway at (902) 368-4800 or at gregmodelforest@gmail.com.

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Grain Magazine’s 24^th Annual Short Grain (with Variations) Writing Contest 

Grain Magazine’s 24^th Annual Short Grain (with Variations) Writing Contest is accepting entries until April 1, 2012 (postmarked). Grain awards $4,500 in cash prizes! Winning entries will be published in the pages of Grain! The entry fee is $35 which includes a FREE one-year subscription to Grain Magazine! 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: Poetry in any form to a maximum of 100 lines; Short Fiction in any style to a maximum of 2500 words.

Whose company do you want your writing to keep?

Grain is the most exciting literary magazine on the Canadian and international scene…the one that everyone wants to be published in! Recent issues have featured the work of such literary luminaries as Xi Chuan, Tim Lilburn, Guy Maddin, Miriam Toews, Zsuzsi Gartner, and Eleanor Wachtel. And you could join them in the pages of Grain!

Enter Short Grain! Open new doors! (Make new friends!)

Judges are: rob mclennan, Poetry, and Lawrence Hill, Fiction. Three prizes will be awarded in each category: 1^st prize = $1,000, 2^nd prize = $750, 3^rd prize = $500. Consult Grain‘s website,grainmagazine.ca, for complete rules and guidelines.

About our contest judges:

rob mclennan is the author of more than twenty trade books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, including Glengarry (Talonbooks, 2011), kate street (Moira, 2011), and wild horses (University of Alberta Press, 2010) and his second novel, missing persons (The Mercury Press, 2009). He has edited numerous collections for Chaudiere Books, Insomniac Press, Black Moss Press, Broken Jaw Press, and Vehicule Press, and was the writer-in-residence at the University of Alberta in 2008.

Lawrence Hill is the author of internationally acclaimed The Book of Negroes, which won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, the Ontario Library Association’s Evergreen Award and CBC Radio’s Canada Reads. He is also the author of Any Known Blood (William Morrow, New York, 1999 and HarperCollins Canada, 1997) and Some Great Thing(HarperCollins 2009, originally published by Turnstone Press, Winnipeg, 1992). Formerly a reporter with The Globe and Mail and a parliamentary correspondent for The Winnipeg Free Press, he won the National Magazine Award for Best Essay in 2005.

Mike Thompson

Business Administrator

Grain Magazine – the Journal of Eclectic Writing

PO Box 67, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, S7K 3K1

PH: 306.244.2828

grainmagazine.ca

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CONTESTS HOSTED AT WINNING WRITERS & OPEN NOW
All entries that win cash prizes in these contests will be published on WinningWriters.com (over one million page views per year) and announced in the Winning Writers Newsletter, with over 35,000 subscribers.

Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest
Postmark Deadline: March 31, 2012
Now in its 20th year. Prizes of $3,000, $1,000, $400 and $250 will be awarded, plus six Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each. Submit any type of short story, essay or other work of prose, up to 5,000 words. You may submit work that has been published or won prizes elsewhere, as long as you own the online publication rights. $15 entry fee. Submit online or by mail. Early submission encouraged. This contest is sponsored by Tom Howard Books and assisted by Winning Writers. Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad. See the complete guidelines and past winners.

Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest (no fee)
Online Submission Deadline: April 1, 2012
Winning Writers invites you to enter the 11th annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest. We’ll award $3,600, including a top prize of $1,500. Submit one humor poem online. No length limit. Both published and unpublished poems are welcome. No fee to enter. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. See the complete guidelines and past winners.

Sports Poetry & Prose Contest – New!
Online Submission Deadline: May 31, 2012
New from Winning Writers, our Sports Poetry & Prose Contest will award $5,000 in total prizes, including a $1,500 top prize for poetry and a $1,500 top prize for prose (fiction and nonfiction). Submit an unpublished entry of 1-2 poems or one work of prose on a sports-related theme, up to 6,000 words in all. Fee is $15 per entry. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. Click for the complete guidelines.

Margaret Reid Poetry Contest for Traditional Verse
Postmark Deadline: June 30, 2012
Now in its ninth year, this contest seeks poetry in traditional verse forms. Both published and unpublished poems are welcome. Prizes of $3,000, $1,000, $400 and $250 will be awarded, plus six Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each. The entry fee is $8 for every 25 lines you submit. Submit online or by mail. Early submission encouraged. This contest is sponsored by Tom Howard Books and assisted by Winning Writers. Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad. See the complete guidelines and past winners.

Now Open
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest
Postmark Deadline: September 30, 2012
Now in its tenth year, this contest seeks poems in any style, theme or genre. You may submit work that has been published or won prizes elsewhere, as long as you own the online publication rights. Prizes of $3,000, $1,000, $400 and $250 will be awarded, plus six Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each. New this year, there will also be a special $250 bonus prize for humorous verse. The entry fee is $8 for every 25 lines you submit. Submit online or by mail. Early submission encouraged. This contest is sponsored by Tom Howard Books and assisted by Winning Writers. Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad. See the complete guidelines and past winners.
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EVENTS & WORKSHOPS

DECEMBER’S WRITESCAPE COMPANION

with info on upcoming Writescape workshops!

The December Writescape Companion newsletter is available for download at www.writescape.ca. Stuffed as full as a Christmas stocking with eight pages of writing prompts, tips and links, you’ll discover everything you need to keep you writing through the busy holiday season.   You’ll also find the news on Writescape workshops, courses and retreats to keep you writing through the New Year. Like these:

• Write to Win! in Aurora Saturday, January 21 with Dorothea Helms and Ruth Walker
• It’s Not What You Earn, It’s What You Keep  January 28 Gwynn Scheltema’s one-day tax tips workshop for writers & artists
• Write On! January 23 to March 5 A six-week creative writing for course for intermediate writers
• From Query to Byline: Getting Published and Paid  February 1 to February 29 A five-week course in magazine writing
• Registration is open for Spring Thaw 2012 at Elmhirst’s Resort March 30 to April 1—or April 3 if you choose the Extend-Your-Pen option

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EAC—NCR SEMINAR SERIES 2011-2012

TOPIC: INTRODUCTION TO COPY EDITING

Date:  Various dates as noted

Time: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Editors’ Association of Canada offers seminars with a hands-on approach to many facets of copy editing and writing.  Editors, writers, and communicators can refine their skills, enhance their knowledge base, and improve their communication expertise with seminars taught by industry experts at the highly regarded National Capital Region Branch seminars.

Upcoming workshops:

# Writing & Editing for the Web: January 20, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

# Eight-Step Editing: February 8, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

# Practical Proofreading: February 22, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

# Getting Work with the Federal Government: April 14, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

# Electronic Editing: April 23, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

# Punctuation and Mechanics: May 7, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

# The Secrets of Syntax: May 8, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

NOTE: Space is limited. These workshops are open to everyone. EAC members receive a reduced rate.

REGISTRATION: http://www.editors.ca/branches/ncr/seminars

CONTACT: Pat Patterson, Public Relations, EAC-NCR, prncr@editors.ca

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Writer’s Digest Conference

January 20-22, 2012

New York Sheraton Hotel and Towers

Today from Writer’s Digest:

• JUST 48 hours left to take advantage of our Early Bird discount!
• Session spotlight: Writing the 21st Century Novel
• Session Spotlight: Conflict & Suspense: How to Keep Readers Turning Pages in Any Genre
• Session Spotlight: The First 50 Pages (and Why Getting Them Right is the Key to Your Success)
• Speaker spotlight: Jeff Gerke

https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=27962&&et_mid=522156&rid=2969140

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CAA-NCR WRITERS RETREAT

Dates: Friday, April 27, through Sunday, April 29, 2012

Location:  The Cove Country Inn, Westport, Ontario

Best-selling Author BARBARA KYLE, Workshop Leader, has taught her “Writers Boot Camp” for the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, and offers twice-yearly Master Classes that focus on workshopping each participant’s novel-in-progress. Visit  www.BarbaraKyle.com

Please reserve your rooms directly with the Inn telling them you are attending the Canadian Authors Association – National Capital Region Writers Retreat. Please mention any special dietary needs.    1-888-268-3466   www.coveinn.com

Registration for the workshops is separate. Workshop fees are $150. for Canadian Authors Association members, $185. for non-members.  To obtain a brochure and for more information please e-mail Phyllis Bohonis: phyllis.bohonis@sympatico.ca

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WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE OPPORTUNITIES  

Two Writer-in-Residence opportunities for Quebec writers:

• Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles Libraries, and Robert-Bourassa Library in Outremont (reserved for YA author) Deadline: January 30, 2012 http://artsmontreal.org/en/programs/ecrivains-en-residence  Writers must consult the criteria and parameters of the host borough or city, since each residency is held under their aegis.

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:

WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM GREEN COLLEGE, UBC       

DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Green College at the University of British Columbia invites applications from Canadian writers normally resident outside the Lower Mainland of BC, for the position of Canada Council Writer-in-Residence at the College. The term of the residency will be three months within the period between September 1 and

December 15, 2012, subject to funding approval.

The Writer-in-Residence will work with the Green College community through consultations and workshops, and will create and coordinate a public series of literary events, as part of the College´s academic programming for the UBC and local community. She or he will be expected to live at the College for the term of the residency, and will be provided with reimbursement for economy-fare

travel (within Canada) to and from Vancouver, room and partial board during the stay, and a stipend of $18,000. Additional funding will be available to support the public series of events.

For its 2012 residency the College seeks a writer of established reputation in any genre/s (at least two books in print or equivalent public recognition) and with significant previous experience of arranging and hosting literary events.  Only complete applications received by postal mail by the deadline are accepted.

Please send applications to:

Writer-in-Residence Selection Committee

Green College, The University of British Columbia

6201 Cecil Green Park Road

Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1

Questions may be directed to Tatiana Tomljanovic, Communications Manager, at

gc.communications@ubc.ca or 604.822.0676.

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RESOURCES

This section is not intended as an endorsement of the resources listed here.  It is simply being passed along for your information.  You may wish to do your own due diligence on these potential resources.

ONLINE SITES TO HELP PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS!!

EVENTS AT COLLECTED WORKS 

1242 WELLINGTON STREET WEST AT HOLLAND

Check Facebook for full details or visit

http://www.collected-works.com/pages/events.htm

Of special interest: “The Industrious Indies” is an events project Collected Works Bookstore has begun to give independent self published authors a chance to display their books and a place the host author events and network. For more information on the project contact Chris Carroll through Facebook or via email

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From: Crystal Smith  Subject: New website to promote local authors

I am writing today to tell you about a new website I have created to help local, independent, and self-published authors promote their books.

It is called bibliospace (http://www.bibliospace.ca/). The site includes a detailed listing for each author’s book, consisting of a book summary of up to 250 words, an author bio of up to 150 words, a link to each author’s website, and any additional author contact information (blog, Twitter, Facebook).   In addition to the book listing, there is an alphabetical list of authors and a speakers’ bureau that lists authors by community. The latter page is intended to help book clubs, community groups, libraries, and schools get in touch with authors in their own community for readings and speaking engagements.

I have also added an amazon bookstore with direct links to each author’s books, if they are available on amazon. (There is no charge to submit a book, but I will retain any referral fees from the amazon bookstore. Royalties from all sales go to the author, of course.)

I am a marketing writer and self-published author, so I know something of the effort required to market a book. I am hoping that bibliospace will make it easy for people to find and recommend authors from their own community. The site now has seven authors, including myself, with books in categories ranging from poetry and non-fiction to action and children’s.

I would love it if you could spread the word to the members of your association. If you are interested in submitting any of your works, you just need to send an email, as per the steps outlined on the Submit Your Book page. I appreciate any help you can provide in promoting bibliospace.    Crystal Smith  www.bibliospace.ca   Facebook:bibliospace  Twitter: @bibliospace

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Publications

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Malahat lite December edition

The December edition (Contest Edition) of our e-newsletter, Malahat lite, is attached. Inside, you’ll find:

• info about our 2012 Novella Prize and its judges (including what they’re looking for in a winning novella)
• an interview with our 2010 Novella Prize winner, Tony Tulathimutte (find out what he’s been up to since winning, and his take on what makes a good novella)
• an interview with our 2011 Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize winner, Anne Marie Todkill.

Since there are no live links in the newsletter, I’ll provide some here:

Guidelines for our 2012 Novella Prize:

http://www.malahatreview.ca/contests/novella_contest/info.html

Interview with 2010 Novella Prize winner, Tony Tulathimutte:

http://malahatreview.ca/announcements/tonytulapost_interview.html

Interview with 2011 Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize winner, Anne Marie Todkill:

http://malahatreview.ca/announcements/annemarietodkill_interview.html

This edition of Malahat lite can also be viewed online:http://malahatreview.ca/documents/malahat_lite/dec11.pdf

Do you have ties to or live on the East Coast? Submit to our East Coast issue(deadline May 15, 2012)! Full guidelines: http://www.malahatreview.ca/east_coast.html

Enjoy!

Susan Sanford Blades

Circulation and Marketing Manager

The Malahat Review

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CAA-NCR ANTHOLOGY COPIES STILL AVAILABLE

A GREAT GIFT FOR YOUR FAVOURITE READER!

The first-ever branch Anthology, themed Inspiration Planet Earth: Our Natural Environment is Life, is available for ONLY $12.95!

The theme, inspired by member Albert Dumont’s concern about construction around the Beaver Pond area of Kanata, has resulted in a book of amazing narrative diversity – an Adult Short Story about two armed children protecting a well in the desert; a Youth Short Story about life inside and outside of a domed community; a Poem about road kill – just to name three.

Containing, the FINALISTS of the 2011 National Capital Writing Contest (NCWC) this Anthology is a wonderful representation of the quality of writing coming from the National Capital Area.

*** The Anthology is available from Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeebar, 1242 Wellington Street West, Ottawa – Tel 613.722.1265.  It is also available through CAA-NCR by sending $12.95 plus $3.00 postage to Sharyn Heagle, 3622 Campbellcroft Road, Osgoode K0A 2W0

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Online Writing Classes

FanStory.com  is a writing site founded in 2000.

On this writing community all posts receive feedback from writers and readers. Feedback includes a detailed comment on the posted work and a rating. The site uses a six star ratings scale with “1″ being the worst and “6″ being the best.

Writers are ranked based on the feedback they receive. Separate rankings are available for Poets, Novelists, Short Works (short stories and essays) and Script Writers (television and other forms of screenplays). Trophies are rewarded to the top five writers in each of the individual rankings at the end of the year.

The site recognizes writing with “Recognized”, “All Time Best” and “Seal of Quality” levels. Each level is more difficult to receive with the final level determined by the Seal of Quality committee. The committee is made up of published authors and stand-out reviewers. They offer feedback to help writers get published.

The site features free writing contests with cash prizes. Site members also have the ability to create their own contests to challenge other writers to write about a specific topic or a specific form of writing (such as writing using specific poetry format).

The welcome page includes featured writing. It also includes writing that has been well received in the past 24 hours.

Each day over 200 stories and poems are posted. Over 7,000 comments are written on the writing posted daily. Writers keep full copyright to their posted work.

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THE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO EBOOKS

All you need to know about ebooks: how to read them,
the different ebook formats, choosing an ebook reader,
and where to find the best specials and free ebooks.

http://www.EbookIntroduction.com

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50 CITY & STATE MAGAZINE MARKETS

$6.99. Download in PDF Format.

Would you like to work as a freelance writer for regional magazines? Most city and state magazines work with freelancers and typically cover a wide range of topics – including arts, business, dining, entertainment, fashion, finance, health, home and garden,
lifestyle, recreation, sports, and travel.

We searched through our Markets Plus database of publications and compiled this list of more than 50 city magazines and state magazines in USA and Canada that purchase material from freelance writers.

It is not an exhaustive list of all of the regional publications but lists fifty magazines (actually 57!) that publish their writer’s guidelines online.

For further details and to download this list today see: http://goo.gl/XRjjL

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REALLY STUPID WRITING MISTAKES

How to Avoid Them

By Sherrill Wark

(*download the Word file to see the image)

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*****BYLINE HAS A NEW COLUMN IN THE THINK TANK *****

If we get enough response, we’ll be launching a Q&A-type regular feature in Byline, complete with cutesy names for the questioners, and answers by our expert and not-so-expert members. (Example for a not-so-expert member to answer: “I got ripped off by one of those so-called publishers. Is it legal to diss them in my Blog? Please say yes.” —  signed, $10K Poorer) A suggested name is “Members in the Know”. Still in the Think-Tank stage, we aren’t sure if one member will handle it — rephrase that: we’ve cornered one of our members into thinking about handling it; whether the questions will be fielded as separate articles to members-in-the-know by a coordinator (the cornered member); or whether the idea will see daylight at all. Contact Sherrill Wark, Byline editor, at sherrill_caa@crowecreations.ca with your questions and cutesy names. We need your real name but won’t print it unless you insist. It’s all about Members Helping Members. If we get a good response, it’ll be a go.

****Remember to check out writing-related services offered by our members at our CAA-NCR website   http://www.canauthors-ottawa.org/hire-a-member.shtml

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Writers Digest

http://www.writersdigest.com/

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Worldwide Freelance Writer
http://www.worldwidefreelance.com

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THE PEIWG WEEKLY

28 November-4 December 2011

Welcome to the PEIWG Weekly Bulletin. This is published and circulated through the PEIWG mailing list on groupspaces.com. It contains announcements of events in PEI and around Canada that may be of interest to the members of the PEI Writers’ Guild and to PEIWG mailing list subscribers.

If you want to share any announcements, articles, interesting or useful links that you think other subscribers will be interested in, send them to mimrlith@yahoo.com; this weekly is sent out on Sunday or Monday every week, so please do not send announcements that need to be sent out immediately.

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LOCAL PEI

5 December · 19:00 - 22:00

Main Building Faculty Lounge at UPEI

550 University Avenue

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Chris Benjamin will be in Charlottetown for the Island launch of his new book, Eco-Innovators: Sustainability in Atlantic Canada. It profiles some of the region’s most innovative and forward-thinking leaders in sustainability, including PEI’s own Rod Dempsey, who helped Stratford go green; Marion Copleston of the Environmental Health Co-op; organic farmers David and Edith Ling; Harry Smith and his wind-powered car; Ken Trenholm of Bicycle Bus fame; and UPEI’s David Taylor.

These entrepreneurs and educators, activists and agitators, farmers and fishers have all made measurable contributions both in their respective fields of interest and in motivating others to make change. With ten chapters on matters like reducing consumption, greening the home, sustainable eating, dressing, transportation, and vacationing, the book is an important look into the lives of Atlantic Canadians committed to creating viable green options in our region.
Chris Benjamin is a freelance journalist, fiction writer, CBC News web writer/editor and a columnist for The Coast. He is the author of Eco-Innovators: Sustainability in Atlantic Canada (http://www.nimbus.ns.ca/Eco-InnovatorsSustainability-in-Atlantic-Canada-P45.aspx) and the critically acclaimed novel, Drive-by Saviours (longlisted for a 2011 ReLit Award and Canada Reads 2011). In 2006/2007 he worked as a journalist in Ghana. He was a finalist for the 2010 Fusion Go Sustainability Award and shared an honourable mention in the 2009 National Magazine Awards. Chris has also written for The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Chronicle Herald, VoicePrint Canada, This Magazine, Now Magazine, Canadian Dimension, Descant, Arts East, East Coast Kitchen Party, Third Person Press, Nashwaak Review, Pottersfield Press, Rattling Books, The Society, University of Waterloo Press, Z Magazine, Briarpatch Magazine, Coastlands, Progress Magazine, Rural Delivery and many others.
www.chrisbenjaminwriting.com
http://twitter.com/benjaminwrites

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The ONRPEI.ca Journalism Contest

ONRPEI.ca was launched last May as PEI’s Source for Opening Night Reviews & Event Listings!

Next summer we want to to make our website known to more people from off-Island, so we’re having a contest to encourage Journalism Students to write about PEI’s great venues for live music and theatre.

• Get Critiqued: This is an excellent chance to get critiqued by some of PEI’s great writers including: Patrick Ledwell (PEIWG, Come-All-Ye), Garrett Curley (Editor at UPEI’s The Cadre), Todd MacLean (The Guardian & English Words), Yvette Doucette (PEIWG), Cindy Lapeña (PEIWG & ONRPEI.ca), Meredith Morrison (Editor & Writer for G! Magazine), Michelle Pineau (ONRPEI.ca), Becka Viau (Artist & coordinator for This Town Is Small), Sean Weibe (UPEI English Professor), and Katie Rankin (writer for The Buzz).

• Gain Exposure: Every entry (even non-winners) will get exposure in our website which currently has 55 subscribers and we plan to promote the site to more tourists next summer.

• Win Cash: We will have a Concert Fundraiser on December 15th at The Al!bi Lounge with half the proceeds going to The Soup Kitchen and half to the winning entry along with secondary prizes to be announced!

It’s easy to enter, just send an email to onrpei@gmail.com & tell us which venue you’d like to profile!

The Challenge

• Write profiles two venues before December 10th. You pick one and we’ll assign the other.

• For each venue profile, we would like a 200 word version which we’ll judge on & post on our website. We’d also like a 500 word, more thorough version for reference.

• We’ll have a FaceBook Event Page posted so people can vote for their favourites.

What We’ll be Judging

1. Fun to read/ Makes you want to visit (up to 20 points)

2. Readable on 1st glance/ Well Divided / Good order of information (up to 20 points)

3. Venue description/ Type of crowd (up to 15 points)

4. Building History/ Timeline/ Quotes (up to 10 points)

5. Regular Special events/ 3 recent or upcoming events or entertainers (up to 10 points)

6. Contact information/ Hours (Seasonal hours if applicable) (up to 10 points)

7. Links: Websites, FaceBook pages, maps, or any video links (up to 10 points)

8. 3 Pictures (not applicable to venues outside of Charlottetown) (up to 5 points)

9. There will also be 15 bonus points available for:

a. Acquiring votes (20 votes = 5 bonus pts.)

b. Prompt completion (3 days or less = 5 points)

c. Completing 200 & 500 versions of 2 venues profiles (5 pts)

Who to Write About

We’ll provide contact information (phone #, email address, and who to talk to) for these venues:

Charlottetown

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NEWCOMERS GUIDE NOW AVAILABLE IN MANDARIN

CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI — The Prince Edward Island Newcomers Guide will now be available in Mandarin, says Innovation and Advanced Learning Minister Allen Roach.

“This guide is a terrific resource to newcomers and provides a lot of great advice for new Islanders on how to make their lives and settle in Prince Edward Island,” said Minister Roach. “Immigrants from China are Prince Edward Island’s single largest newcomer group and we’re pleased to offer them this helpful guide in their native tongue.”
The guide offers helpful information on a variety of subjects related to settling in Prince Edward Island, such as how to buy or rent a home, get a driver’s licence or enroll children in the school system.
“Newcomers to Prince Edward Island add a lot to the cultural and economic life of the province and we are already able to see the contributions that new Islanders from China are making in communities across this province,” said Minister Roach. “The Newcomers Guide will be a great resource to help Mandarin-speaking Islanders building new lives in our province.”
The information in the guide was developed through consultation with a variety of groups representing new Islanders, and contains information that is useful for both international immigrants and Canadian newcomers from other provinces. The guide is now available in English, French and Mandarin.
The guide is available electronically or for order in hard copy at the Population Secretariat website at www.gov.pe.ca/popsec, or through the Association for Newcomers at (902) 628-6009.

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SUBMISSIONS WANTED

POETRY IN TRANSIT

The City of Charlottetown, in collaboration with Trius Transit is seeking submissions of poetry revolving around the theme of “How we experience our community.” Selected poems will be printed and installed on the interior advertising panels on buses in Charlottetown, Cornwall and Stratford. Poems will remain on buses for three months, then will be taken down and put on display in participating store fronts.

If you are interested, please check out www.poetrypei.com, and submit your poems there!

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COMPETITIONS

Briarpatch Magazine’s Writing in the Margins

Briarpatch Magazine is accepting submissions of original, bold, and boundary-pushing writing in the categories of short fiction and creative non-fiction (memoir, personal essay, literary journalism) to their first annual creative writing contest, Writing in the Margins.

With award-winning author Lee Maracle as our judge and $600 in cash prizes to give away, this opportunity is not to be missed!

In addition to a chance to win and be published in Briarpatch, entrants will receive a 1-year subscription to Briarpatch with their $25 entry fee. Entry deadline is Dec. 1.

For full contest details, please visit the contest page on our website at

http://briarpatchmagazine.com/announcements/view/creative-writing-contest

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NATIONAL CAPITAL WRITING CONTEST (NCWC) 2012  

Enter the 25th National Capital Writing Contest. The deadline is February 3, 2012 (the first Friday in February each year).

The 25th Annual National Capital Writing Contest (NCWC) is accepting entries in the following categories:

* Short Story (max. 2500 words)

* Poetry (not Haiku; max. 60 lines including title & blank lines)

Prizes (in each category) We gratefully acknowledge the support of our sponsors:

* 1st Prize: $500 sponsored by CAA–NCR

* 2nd Prize: $250 sponsored by The Ottawa Citizen

* 3rd Prize: $100 Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeebar

See the Literary Awards page for full contest details and the winners from the previous year’s NCWC. http://www.canauthors-ottawa.org/awards.shtml

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•  JESSAMY STURSBERG POETRY CONTEST FOR CANADIAN YOUTH

       DEADLINE: January 15, 2012.

 The League of Canadian Poets, a national not-for-profit poetry organization founded in 1966, invites Canadian youth to participate in its Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Contest for Canadian Youth.   There are two age categories, junior (grades 7-9) and senior (grades 10-12).

 All winning poems will be published in the LCP’s e-zine, Re:verse at www.youngpoets.ca. All winners will receive Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Contest for Canadian Youth certificates and student membership in the LCP for one year.

 FULL ENTRY GUIDELINES AT: http://poets.ca/wordpress/jessamy-stursberg-poetry-contest-for-canadian-youth

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• 8th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest Rules:  http://www.geist.com/articles/8th-annual-literal-literary-postcard-story-contest

Entries must be postmarked no later than January 15, 2012.

Questions? Call 604-681-9161 or email geist@geist.com.

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 THE WRITERS’ TRUST OF CANADA RBC BRONWEN WALLACE AWARD FOR EMERGING WRITERS

      DEADLINE:  January 30, 2012

 A prize of $5,000 will be awarded to the best work of short fiction.

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 as of the deadline date

* Unpublished in book form and without a book contract

* Previously published in an independently edited magazine or anthology

For further information http://www.writerstrust.com/Awards/RBC-Bronwen-Wallace-Award-for-Emerging-Writers/Call-for-Submissions_2012.aspx    

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CANADA WRITES, THE CBC´S NEW ONLINE HOME FOR WRITING  

 Canada Writes is the CBC´s home for original writing, including the CBC Literary Prizes.  This is your chance to get your work read, published and recognized throughout the year.

Canada Writes features:

* fun writing challenges (where you can win prizes)

* online writing workshops

* writing tips, feature articles and interviews with writers from all genres

* original fiction and essays by your favourite Canadian writers

* and the prestigious CBC Literary Prizes (short story, poetry and creative

nonfiction competitions)

Please note that CBC Literary Prizes are now three separate competitions with

different deadlines. The dates are:

Poetry (open December 1 – February 1)

Creative Nonfiction (open March 1 – May 1)

The First Prize winner in each category will win $6,000 from the Canada Council

for the Arts and publication in Air Canada´s enRoute magazine, as well as on

our website. Four runner-ups will also be chosen and receive $1,000 each.

You can read about the other changes to the prizes at

http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadawrites/literaryprizes/index.html

For more details, please check out http://www.cbc.ca/canadawrites

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• PRISM INTERNATIONAL CONTESTS

For contest guidelines, download and consult the contest entry PDFs. http://prismmagazine.ca/contests/

For all inquiries regarding the Nonfiction, Fiction, and Poetry contests, please contact the contest manager at prismwritingcontest@gmail.com

*Nonfiction Contest Deadline: November 30, 2011 

*Short Fiction Contest Deadline: January 27, 2012

*Poetry Contest Deadline: January 27, 2012.

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• BLOODY WORDS LIGHT MYSTERY AWARD   NEW!  FOR CANADIAN WRITERS The Bloody Words Mystery Conference seeks “light mysteries” (printed or e-books of at least 60,000 words) from Canadian authors or residents. Deadline: Dec. 15. http://www.bloodywords2012.com/BW-award.html

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• GIVAL PRESS POETRY AWARD Deadline: Dec. 15.   

Submit an unpublished poetry manuscript of up to 45 pages; any theme.  Eligible Poets: Open to all, national and international poets. Language: English  Forms or Style of Poetry: Original work, not a translation of someone else’s poetry. Open to any form or style; simply good poetry. Length of Manuscript: At least 45 typed pages of poetry, on one side only.  For more information go to http://www.givalpress.com look under contests for:  Gival Press Sponsored Contests

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• William Richey Short-Story Contest

Yemassee seeks entries of short stories or novel excerpts up to 10,000 words. Deadline: Dec. 15. http://yemasseejournalonline.org/contests/fiction-contest/

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The Fiddlehead’s 21st Annual Literary Contest

Deadline: Postmarked by December 1, 2011.

There are two contest categories: poetry and short fiction. Prizes for each category: $1500 for winner + publication payment and $500 for 2 honourable mentions + publication payment. Winning entries will be published in the spring 2012 issue of The Fiddlehead (No. 251) and on the web site. One short-fiction entry is one story (6,000 words maximum). One poetry entry is up to 3 poems; no more than 100 lines per poem. No simultaneous submissions and no previously published works. Entry Fee: $30 for an entry from Canada and $36 for an international entry. The entry fee includes a one-year subscription to The Fiddlehead. For full contest details go to http://www.thefiddlehead.ca/FHcontest.html or contact us at fiddlehd@unb.ca.

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NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH: IT’S HERE AGAIN!

DATES: November 1 to 30, 2011

Http://www.nanowrimo.org

National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing on November 1. The goal is to write a 50,000 word, (approximately 175 page) novel by 11:59:59, November 30.

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COLOPHON PRIZE FOR FICTION CONTEST

 Deadline is Dec. 1, 2011

Enfield & Wizenty is offering the second annual Colophon fiction prize: a $5,000 advance and 2012 book publication for the most outstanding novel or short story collection that combines literary and commercial appeal. Novel submissions should include a bio, synopsis, and one or two chapters. Short story collections should have appeared extensively in Canadian literary magazines, and submissions should include one or two stories along with a bio.

For information on our first four seasons please visit our Enfield & Wizenty website http://www.greatplains.mb.ca/wordpress/?page_id=833

Please note that we’re not interested in genre novels–crime, science fiction, romance etc. Simultaneous submissions are fine, but do let us know. E-mail submissions are also acceptable. INCLUDE E-mail address and postal address.

Submissions to: 345-955 Portage Ave. Winnipeg, MB R3G 0P9 info@greatplains.mb.ca

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CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS

Rhubarb Magazine’s

special Jewish, Ukrainian, Mennonite issue

Deadline: December 1, 2011 rhubarbmag.com/special%20crops.php

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Black Canadian Poetry

Black Canadian Poetry is seeking submissions of new and unpublished works of poetry for a national anthology devoted to answering the question, “What is Black Canadian Poetry?” The anthology will establish a poetic tradition of page and stage poetry by people of African descent living in Canada.

Poetry contributions welcome from writers that are African, Afro-Caribbean, African-American, African-Canadian or people living in Canada who identify as Black. Submissions welcome from all provinces and territories. Submissions from emerging, mid-career and established poets are welcome. Each anthologised contributor will receive two copies of the book.

Submissions to Black Canadian Poetry should be no more than three poems, 500 words for one poem, or a combined total of 800 words or less for multiple submissions.
Poetry must be submitted in English.
Submissions should be printed double-spaced with a 12-point font (double-sided is ok).
Submissions should be new works or previously unpublished works of poetry.
Along with submissions please include:
name of the poet,
title of the poem,
genre of the poem (spoken word, dubpoetry, hip-hop, slam, performance and print),
province/territory of the poet.

Please remember to include your full name, mailing address, e-mail address, phone number, title of poems, genre, province/territory and name of the poet with each submission.
Please send 4 copies of your submission with an enclosed SAE to the following address:

BCP Editors
Black Canadian Poetry
PO BOX 1741
Gibsons, BC
V0N 1V0

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• BLOODY WORDS LIGHT MYSTERY AWARD   NEW!  FOR CANADIAN WRITERS The Bloody Words Mystery Conference seeks “light mysteries” (printed or e-books of at least 60,000 words) from Canadian authors or residents. Deadline: Dec. 15. http://www.bloodywords2012.com/BW-award.html

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• GIVAL PRESS POETRY AWARD Deadline: Dec. 15.   

Submit an unpublished poetry manuscript of up to 45 pages; any theme.  Eligible Poets: Open to all, national and international poets. Language: English  Forms or Style of Poetry: Original work, not a translation of someone else’s poetry. Open to any form or style; simply good poetry. Length of Manuscript: At least 45 typed pages of poetry, on one side only.  For more information go to http://www.givalpress.com look under contests for:  Gival Press Sponsored Contests

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• William Richey Short-Story Contest

Yemassee seeks entries of short stories or novel excerpts up to 10,000 words. Deadline: Dec. 15. http://yemasseejournalonline.org/contests/fiction-contest/

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BIBLIOASIS CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

SEVENTH ANNUAL METCALF-ROOKE AWARD

This year’s winner will receive:

• a publishing contract with BIBLIOASIS

• a leather-bound copy of the book

• a $1,500 cash prize, presented by Steven Temple Books

• a regional book tour, including festival appearances

• a profile in The New Quarterly

SUBMISSIONS must be postmarked no later than December 31st, 2011. An electronic rtf or pdf submission must also be sent to metcalf.rooke@gmail.com by December 31st, 2011.

Full details are found on the PDF (929 KB) linked from the publisher’s site:  http://www.biblioasis.com/

or directly   http://www.biblioasis.com/content/downloads/M-R-Call-For-Submissions-2011.pdf

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Arc Poem of the Year Contest

Shall it be big, or shall it be small? Rhyme and keep time, or more free-for-all? 

Send your best to the Arc Poem of the Year Contest—this year with a $5,000 grand prize. Deadline: February 1, 2012. For past winners, contest mailing address, entry fee and submission details, visit Arc Poetry Magazine at arcpoetry.ca.

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ACCENTI MAGAZINE

ANNOUNCES WRITING AND PHOTO CONTESTS

First Prize: $1000

Deadline: February 7, 2012

Tuesday, August 22, 2011 – Accenti Magazine is proud to announce its 7th Annual Writing Contest and 5th Annual Photo Contest. First Prize for each contest is $1000 and publication in Accenti. Second and third place winners receive $250.00 and $100.00 respectively. The deadline is February 7, 2012.

Winning entries will be presented at the Accenti Magazine Awards during the 14^th Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival, April 18-23, 2012. The Accenti Magazine contests are open to all writers and photographers, established and emerging, worldwide.

Accenti‘s writing contest is open to fiction and nonfiction on any topic; and Accenti’s photo contest asks participants to “Capture an Italian Moment” anywhere in the world. Past writing contest winners include Elizabeth Cinello (2011, Toronto) Loretta Di Vita (2010, Montreal), Ivano Stocco (2009, Valencia, Spain), Paul French (2008, Toronto), Maria Francesca LoDico (2007, Montreal) and Sheila Wright (2006, Warkworth, Ontario). Photo winners include Marcel van Balken (2011, Amstelveen,

The Netherlands), Amy Occhipinti (2010, Toronto), Robert T. Norton (2009, Toronto) and Nick Colarusso (2008, Montreal).

About Accenti Magazine

Founded in Montreal in 2003, Accenti aims to bring together readers and writers around the idea of shared cultural experience and heritage, to encourage creative expression and celebrate common cultural values. For more information, please visit www.accenti.ca.

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NEW CONTEST!

OUR CANADA LAUNCHES NEW SHORT FICTION AND POETRY CONTEST

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Enter Our Short Fiction and Poetry Contest

Share you best stories with us today for a chance to win up to $1,500!

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PEI MODEL FOREST NETWORK PHOTO CONTEST

CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI — The Prince Edward Island Model Forest Network, in partnership with the Department of Environment, Energy and Forestry, is holding a special forest-themed photo contest over the fall and winter.

“The members of the Model Forest Network are encouraging people to head outside and capture images that reflect how they perceive and use our public and private forest lands,” said Richard Gill, chair of the Model Forest Network. “Whether enjoying wildlife, walking, hunting, working, snowshoeing or biking, we are looking for images that reflect the importance of Island forests.”
Prince Edward Island’s landscape is renowned for its blend of fields, water and forests. This landscape attracts amateur and professional photographers who want to capture images of what the Island means to them.
While the Island’s beaches, farms and small communities often receive the most attention, forests are often featured for their lush greens in spring and summer, vibrant red, orange and yellow of fall, and the white stillness of winter.  Some photographers also try to capture the hundreds of ways people use and connect with forests every day.
The contest is designed to promote awareness and appreciation of all types of forests including urban and rural, and public and private forests. Themes could also include how forests meet various economic, social, recreational, cultural, ecological and aesthetic needs.
“We are interested in Island photographs of almost anything forest-related,” said Mr. Gill.
The contest includes a special outdoor photography workshop that will feature tips and demonstrations on how to improve outdoor photography.  It will be held Saturday, October 22,  9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Central Forest District office,170 Beach Grove Road, Charlottetown.
The contest runs from October 22, 2011 to February 29, 2012.  Prizes will be offered for the winning photographs. For workshop information, contest rules and for details about prizes, visit www.peiforests.ca or contact Greg Ridgway at (902) 368-4800 or at gregmodelforest@gmail.com.

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CALLS FOR SUBMISSION

The Malahat Review‘s East Coast Issue

 Deadline: May 15, 2012

In the fall of 2012, The Malahat Review and The Fiddlehead will celebrate the writing of each other’s regions, with the former publishing an East Coast issue and the latter a West Coast issue. Writers with strong connections to either or both regions are invited to submit to the issue that will best provide their work the most apt and safe harbour.

The Malahat Review invites submissions from East Coast writers (East Coast includes all four Atlantic provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador). Submissions of poetry, fiction, personal essay, memoir, cultural criticism, and literary journalism are welcome.

Please see the full guidelines on our website prior to submitting: http://www.malahatreview.ca/east_coast.html

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WORKSHOPS

EAC—NCR SEMINAR SERIES 2011

From Concept to Completion: Managing the Publication Process: November 28, 2011, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

 Date: November 28, 2011

Time: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Editors’ Association of Canada offers seminars with a hands-on approach to many facets of copy editing and writing.  Editors, writers, and communicators can refine their skills, enhance their knowledge base, and improve their communication expertise with seminars taught by industry experts at the highly regarded National Capital Region Branch seminars.

NOTE: Space is limited. These workshops are open to everyone. EAC members receive a reduced rate.

REGISTRATION: http://www.editors.ca/branches/ncr/seminars

CONTACT: Pat Patterson, Public Relations, EAC-NCR,  prncr@editors.ca

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OTTAWA STORY-TELLER EVENTS NOVEMBER 2011

 STORY SWAP: The Ottawa  StoryTellers   host a story swap / open stage  7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

First Thursday of every month.

Admission is free. Everyone is invited to come and tell a story and / or  listen to the  stories. Light refreshments are served during the break.  Room 156 at Library and Archives on Wellington.

More information: http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TheOttawaStoryteller/4bcc1d6ba0/ede1b790ca/32ae6bd82d

Tickets for our 2012 Fourth Stage Season are now available! Visit

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TheOttawaStoryteller/4bcc1d6ba0/ede1b790ca/dd11004381

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TheOttawaStoryteller/4bcc1d6ba0/ede1b790ca/eeeca3c729

Tel: (613)-322-8336 Email: info@ottawastorytellers.ca – info@company.com

The Ottawa Storytellers, 5 Beechwood Ave., PO Box 74015, Ottawa, Ontario K1M1M0

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OTTAWA PUBLIC LIBRARY AUTHOR SERIES

Web: http://www.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/main/program

Email: ref@biblioottawalibrary.ca visit OPL’s site for more info

• December 3 – Alexander MacLeod: Rosemount Library, 2:00 p.m.

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EAC—NCR SEMINAR SERIES 2011-2012

TOPIC: INTRODUCTION TO COPY EDITING

 Date:  Various dates as noted

 Time: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Editors’ Association of Canada offers seminars with a hands-on approach to many facets of copy editing and writing.  Editors, writers, and communicators can refine their skills, enhance their knowledge base, and improve their communication expertise with seminars taught by industry experts at the highly regarded National Capital Region Branch seminars.

Upcoming workshops:

# From Concept to Completion: Managing the Publication Process: November 28, 2011, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

# Writing & Editing for the Web: January 20, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

# Eight-Step Editing: February 8, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

# Practical Proofreading: February 22, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

# Getting Work with the Federal Government: April 14, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

# Electronic Editing: April 23, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

# Punctuation and Mechanics: May 7, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

# The Secrets of Syntax: May 8, 2012, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

NOTE: Space is limited. These workshops are open to everyone. EAC members receive a reduced rate.

REGISTRATION: http://www.editors.ca/branches/ncr/seminars

CONTACT: Pat Patterson, Public Relations, EAC-NCR, prncr@editors.ca

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THE BANFF CENTRE: EXTENDED DEADLINE NOV 28/11 

 IN(TER)VENTIONS: LITERARY PRACTICE AT THE EDGE      

 PROGRAM DATES:       February 13 – February 25, 2012

Application deadline: Extended to November 28, 2011

Program Director: Steven Ross Smith

Faculty: J.R. Carpenter, Steve Tomasula, Fred Wah

Guest Speakers: Brian Kim Stefans,  D. Kimm

Expand your sense of what is possible within and beyond the boundaries of the printed page. This ground-breaking residency allows you to experiment in new writing practices, including digital literature, multi-media, collaboration, new narrative, and performance.

*Financial assistance is available.

http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=1190&utm_source=The+Banff+Centre&utm_campaign=ce31f91f79-In_ter_ventions_faculty_email10_26_2011&utm_medium=email

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Writer’s Digest Conference

January 20-22, 2012

New York Sheraton Hotel and Towers

Today from Writer’s Digest:

• JUST 48 hours left to take advantage of our Early Bird discount!
• Session spotlight: Writing the 21st Century Novel
• Session Spotlight: Conflict & Suspense: How to Keep Readers Turning Pages in Any Genre
• Session Spotlight: The First 50 Pages (and Why Getting Them Right is the Key to Your Success)
• Speaker spotlight: Jeff Gerke

Register now at the lowest price for the 2012 Writer’s Digest Conference—the biggest event dedicated to the business of getting published!

Register now & get here for less!

https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=27962&&et_mid=522156&rid=2969140

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 CAA-NCR WRITERS RETREAT

Dates: Friday, April 27, through Sunday, April 29, 2012

Location:  The Cove Country Inn, Westport, Ontario

Best-selling Author BARBARA KYLE, Workshop Leader, has taught her “Writers Boot Camp” for the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, and offers twice-yearly Master Classes that focus on workshopping each participant’s novel-in-progress. Visit  www.BarbaraKyle.com

Please reserve your rooms directly with the Inn telling them you are attending the Canadian Authors Association – National Capital Region Writers Retreat. Please mention any special dietary needs.    1-888-268-3466   www.coveinn.com

Registration for the workshops is separate. Workshop fees are $150. for Canadian Authors Association members, $185. for non-members.  To obtain a brochure and for more information please e-mail Phyllis Bohonis: phyllis.bohonis@sympatico.ca

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WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE OPPORTUNITIES  

Two Writer-in-Residence opportunities for Quebec writers:

• Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles Libraries, and Robert-Bourassa Library in Outremont (reserved for YA author) Deadline: January 30, 2012 http://artsmontreal.org/en/programs/ecrivains-en-residence  Writers must consult the criteria and parameters of the host borough or city, since each residency is held under their aegis.

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RESOURCES

This section is not intended as an endorsement of the resources listed here.  It is simply being passed along for your information.  You may wish to do your own due diligence on these potential resources.

ONLINE SITES TO HELP PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS!!

Of special interest: “The Industrious Indies” is an events project Collected Works Bookstore has begun to give independent self published authors a chance to display their books and a place the host author events and network. For more information on the project contact Chris Carroll through Facebook or at via email

also check out THE CLEARING HOUSE, A FACEBOOK PLACE FOR OTTAWA SELF-PUBLISHED WRITERS

TO TOUT THEMSELVES A BIT

Chris Carroll            http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Clearing-House

A Call to all the Ottawa self-pub writers or anyone else who wants to tout themselves a bit!  A bit of advertising space!  For all those self-published writers out there to talk, meet and tout their wares. Hosted by one of their own, and a book seller to boot!

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From: Crystal Smith  Subject: New website to promote local authors

I am writing today to tell you about a new website I have created to help local, independent, and self-published authors promote their books.

It is called bibliospace (http://www.bibliospace.ca/). The site includes a detailed listing for each author’s book, consisting of a book summary of up to 250 words, an author bio of up to 150 words, a link to each author’s website, and any additional author contact information (blog, Twitter, Facebook).   In addition to the book listing, there is an alphabetical list of authors and a speakers’ bureau that lists authors by community. The latter page is intended to help book clubs, community groups, libraries, and schools get in touch with authors in their own community for readings and speaking engagements.

I have also added an amazon bookstore with direct links to each author’s books, if they are available on amazon. (There is no charge to submit a book, but I will retain any referral fees from the amazon bookstore. Royalties from all sales go to the author, of course.)

I am a marketing writer and self-published author, so I know something of the effort required to market a book. I am hoping that bibliospace will make it easy for people to find and recommend authors from their own community. The site now has seven authors, including myself, with books in categories ranging from poetry and non-fiction to action and children’s.

I would love it if you could spread the word to the members of your association. If you are interested in submitting any of your works, you just need to send an email, as per the steps outlined on the Submit Your Book page. I appreciate any help you can provide in promoting bibliospace.    Crystal Smith  www.bibliospace.ca   Facebook:bibliospace  Twitter: @bibliospace

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Publications

CAA-NCR ANTHOLOGY COPIES STILL AVAILABLE

A GREAT GIFT FOR YOUR FAVOURITE READER!

The first-ever branch Anthology, themed Inspiration Planet Earth: Our Natural Environment is Life, is available for ONLY $12.95!

The theme, inspired by member Albert Dumont’s concern about construction around the Beaver Pond area of Kanata, has resulted in a book of amazing narrative diversity – an Adult Short Story about two armed children protecting a well in the desert; a Youth Short Story about life inside and outside of a domed community; a Poem about road kill – just to name three.

Containing, the FINALISTS of the 2011 National Capital Writing Contest (NCWC) this Anthology is a wonderful representation of the quality of writing coming from the National Capital Area.

*** The Anthology is available from Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeebar, 1242 Wellington Street West, Ottawa – Tel 613.722.1265.  It is also available through CAA-NCR by sending $12.95 plus $3.00 postage to Sharyn Heagle, 3622 Campbellcroft Road, Osgoode K0A 2W0

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Online Writing Classes

FanStory.com  is a writing site founded in 2000.

On this writing community all posts receive feedback from writers and readers. Feedback includes a detailed comment on the posted work and a rating. The site uses a six star ratings scale with “1″ being the worst and “6″ being the best.

Writers are ranked based on the feedback they receive. Separate rankings are available for Poets, Novelists, Short Works (short stories and essays) and Script Writers (television and other forms of screenplays). Trophies are rewarded to the top five writers in each of the individual rankings at the end of the year.

The site recognizes writing with “Recognized”, “All Time Best” and “Seal of Quality” levels. Each level is more difficult to receive with the final level determined by the Seal of Quality committee. The committee is made up of published authors and stand-out reviewers. They offer feedback to help writers get published.

The site features free writing contests with cash prizes. Site members also have the ability to create their own contests to challenge other writers to write about a specific topic or a specific form of writing (such as writing using specific poetry format).

The welcome page includes featured writing. It also includes writing that has been well received in the past 24 hours.

Each day over 200 stories and poems are posted. Over 7,000 comments are written on the writing posted daily. Writers keep full copyright to their posted work.

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 THE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO EBOOKS

All you need to know about ebooks: how to read them,
the different ebook formats, choosing an ebook reader,
and where to find the best specials and free ebooks.

http://www.EbookIntroduction.com

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50 CITY & STATE MAGAZINE MARKETS

$6.99. Download in PDF Format.

Would you like to work as a freelance writer for regional magazines? Most city and state magazines work with freelancers and typically cover a wide range of topics – including arts, business, dining, entertainment, fashion, finance, health, home and garden,
lifestyle, recreation, sports, and travel.

We searched through our Markets Plus database of publications and compiled this list of more than 50 city magazines and state magazines in USA and Canada that purchase material from freelance writers.

It is not an exhaustive list of all of the regional publications but lists fifty magazines (actually 57!) that publish their writer’s guidelines online.

For further details and to download this list today see: http://goo.gl/XRjjL

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REALLY STUPID WRITING MISTAKES

How to Avoid Them

By Sherrill Wark

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*****BYLINE HAS A NEW COLUMN IN THE THINK TANK *****

If we get enough response, we’ll be launching a Q&A-type regular feature in Byline, complete with cutesy names for the questioners, and answers by our expert and not-so-expert members. (Example for a not-so-expert member to answer: “I got ripped off by one of those so-called publishers. Is it legal to diss them in my Blog? Please say yes.” —  signed, $10K Poorer) A suggested name is “Members in the Know”. Still in the Think-Tank stage, we aren’t sure if one member will handle it — rephrase that: we’ve cornered one of our members into thinking about handling it; whether the questions will be fielded as separate articles to members-in-the-know by a coordinator (the cornered member); or whether the idea will see daylight at all. Contact Sherrill Wark, Byline editor, at sherrill_caa@crowecreations.ca with your questions and cutesy names. We need your real name but won’t print it unless you insist. It’s all about Members Helping Members. If we get a good response, it’ll be a go.

****Remember to check out writing-related services offered by our members at our CAA-NCR website   http://www.canauthors-ottawa.org/hire-a-member.shtml

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Malahat Lite

Do you live on the East Coast? Submit to our East Coast issue (deadline May 15, 2012)! Full guidelines:http://www.malahatreview.ca/east_coast.html

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 Writers Digest

http://www.writersdigest.com/

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November 2011 issue of WritingRaw.com is now online

 “Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons.

They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing.

All they do is show you’ve been to college.”

Kurt Vonnegut

WritingRaw is a monthly literary magazine dedicated to new and emerging writers. Our goal at WritingRaw is simple – to serve the literary community with the opportunity to have their work online and out in the world. In this world of disappearing literary magazines, WritingRaw is providing the blank pages for writers to fill. To view someone’s writing, click on the link and a pdf version of the piece will open in your browser.

• ·        Besides the New York Writers Workshop providing a column, we are starting two new ones this month: Self-Publishing: How We’re Doing It by Martin Willoughby and Book Awards Column by Mary Greenwood. These columns are sure to provide some valuable information concerning how a writers group formed their own publishing company and a description of many book awards won by Mary Greenwood in her amazing career. We are always up for more… drop me an email and let’s talk about starting your own column, weeb@writingraw.com

• ·        Drop Us A Line: Let us know what you think of the site, or about something you’ve read, or promote something through a letter to the editor. Next month we would love to start a “Emails to the Editors” section of WritingRaw. In the subject line, write “Letters” and send to weeb@writingraw.com

• ·        FLASH FICTION REVIEWS: Send us your flash fiction book reviews – no more than 250 words per review. Send to weeb@writingraw.com

• ·        This month’s contest winner is Suzanne Little, based on the outdated expression: “The cat’s pajamas.” December Contest: Write a 500 word or less piece using the following first line: “The candle flickered… then died.” The deadline for this will be November 25. The winner will receive a $20 gift certificate from Amazon.com and be posted on WritingRaw.com.

The Staff of WritingRaw.com (Ditch, Weeb, Rib)

New in this issue:

FICTION:

• A Lost Weekend by Derek G Rogers
• The Annoying Office Plant by Kristopher Miller
• Last Chance by Alice Baburek
• Laura by Patrick J Stephens
• Paper Cut by Kristopher Miller
• Providence by Nadine Ducca Deharbe
• Ripping Blues From Your Womb by Stephanie Renae Johnson
• Strikeprice by Andrew McGregor
• Terminal Virginity by Paula Schonauer
• The Boy and Grandfather by Katherine Dalton
• Waiting To Be Called by William J Fedigan

POETRY:

• Almost a Sonnet for the UberModels In Their Underwear by Tonn Pastore
• Bid Me My Love; I Will Hold Thee by Naseeha Mahir
• Boxes On The Shelf by Gina Hickman
• Confuse Me by Pearanotta Ransome
• Cowgirl Dreams by Tandy Belt
• Darkest Before Dawn by Lo-Arna Collins
• If It Wasn’t For Your Love by Angela Stevenson Ringo
• Picture, Cap and Gown by Michael Lee Johnson
• Roxy by Jessie Rose
• Spectrums by Shalisa Spence
• The Tree by Niko Sheffield
• Vows by Juliette Beswick Pokletar
• Womb Sunrise by Andy N
• Words by Shelby Thomas

ASSORTED:

• Artist of the Month: by Brittany Vandegraft [Fae/Lexi]
• I Call Bullshit by Joshua Hess
• The Reading Fee by Frank Joussen

INTERVIEWS:

• Joanna Bourne
• Melinda Leigh
• Jack McDevitt
• Robin Perini

REVIEWS:

• Allbooks Review
• Between the Sheets: The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock
• Flash Reviews

really BAD Shakespeare Season 3 Begins!

Episode 1 online NOW: Why Then Tonight Let Us Assay Our Plot

 NEW EPISODES ON THE 15^th OF EVERY MONTH

 Spread the word!

Forward this email to anyone or group who you think may be interested in WritingRaw.com.

If you do forward, please put in the “Subject” line that you are forwarding our email so we aren’t contacted to be removed from our email list.

Let the world know that WritingRaw.com is alive and thriving.

So, what are you waiting for? Stop in and discover a new and emerging voice today.

Thank you.

Weeb

WritingRaw.com

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Welcome to the PEIWG Weekly Bulletin. This is published and circulated through the PEIWG mailing list on groupspaces.com. It contains announcements of events in PEI and around Canada that may be of interest to the members of the PEI Writers’ Guild and to PEIWG mailing list subscribers.

If you want to share any announcements, articles, interesting or useful links that you think other subscribers will be interested in, send them to mimrlith@yahoo.com; this weekly is sent out on Sunday or Monday every week, so please do not send announcements that need to be sent out immediately.

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LOCAL PEI

Book Launch with Harry Thurston

Thursday, November 17th at 7:00 p.m. Biologist, naturalist, and author Harry Thurston will launch his newest book, The Atlantic Coast: A Natural History, at Confederation Centre Public Library. The book, filled with stunning photographs by Island photographer Wayne Barrett explores the natural history of the east coast of North America from Newfoundland to Cape Hatteras.

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EDITORS’ ASSOCIATION OF CANADA – NCR

 EAC-NCR WINE AND CHEESE SOCIAL – SAVE THE DATE 

Date:          Wednesday,  November 16^th,  7:30 p.m.

Location:   Capital Hill Hotel and Suites – Mackenzie Room, 88 Albert Street, Ottawa

Cost:             There is a $10 fee for this event (members and non-members

There is no hotel parking. Parking is available at the World Exchange Plaza, the NAC, and on the street.

Come, relax, and network with your fellow language enthusiasts at the annual EAC–NCR wine and cheese social. Again this year, we’ll include a chance for members to strut their stuff in an Editors’ Showcase. Bring along a sample or two to display or an editing experience to share. (If you are interested, please let us know in advance: http://www.ncrspeakernights@editors.ca). Kick off the festive season with a glass of wine and some yummy nibbles—and make some new contacts while you’re there! Bring along a business card to join in on some fun!

There is a $10 fee for this event (members and non-members). Please RSVP to ncr@editors.ca by November 10.  Woody Huizenga, Suzanne Keeptwo, and Carl Stieren,  EAC–NCR Speaker Nights Co-Chairs,  Pat Patterson, Public Relations, EAC-NCR, prncr@editors.ca

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EVENTS AT COLLECTED WORKS  NEW

1242 WELLINGTON STREET WEST AT HOLLAND

Check Facebook for full details or visit

http://www.collected-works.com/pages/events.htm

Of special interest: “The Industrious Indies” is an events project Collected Works Bookstore has begun to give independent self published authors a chance to display their books and a place the host author events and network. For more information on the project contact Chris Carroll through Facebook or at via email

**also check out THE CLEARING HOUSE, A FACEBOOK PLACE FOR OTTAWA SELF-PUBLISHED WRITERS TO TOUT THEMSELVES A BIT

Chris Carroll            http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Clearing-House

A Call to all the Ottawa self-pub writers or anyone else who wants to tout themselves a bit!  A bit of advertising space!  For all those self-published writers out there to talk, meet and tout their wares. Hosted by one of their own, and a book seller to boot!

Thursday, November 17 Wellington Street Readers  – 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

The book club discusses The Postmistress by Sarah Blake. Meetings are open and new members are welcome at any time. For more information, visit the Wellington Street Readers on Facebook.

Friday, November 18 Bob Robertson presents Mayan Horror: How to Survive the End of the World in 2012 – 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Join author Bob Robertson, one half of Canadian comedy duo Double Exposure, for this special presentation as he answers such vital Armageddon-related questions as: who are the Mayans? Is Maya Angelou one of them? Are oven mitts useful against the earth’s molten core? Is there a team of disaster DJs and news-readers ready to swing into action on the Emergency Alert System and do they take requests? Will the Diefenbunker protect you against landslides, unlike the one that crushed the Diefenbaker? Should you start collecting pairs of animals?

Saturday, November 19 Meet Sandra Tisiot, creator of My Life Locker™, the Ultimate Life Organizational System  – 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

So what is My Life Locker™? And what does it mean to you? Well, you know how in our lives there are hundreds of little details…everything from important names and phone numbers to insurance policies, passwords, warranties — you name it. And we keep these details scattered everywhere. It can be such a pain when you need a vital piece of information quickly, but you can’t find it or remember it. So wouldn’t it be great if there was one place where ALL that information could reside, and you could access it anytime? Now there is such a place: My Life Locker™ — the ultimate life organizational system. Please register beforehand on the Facebook event page or by contacting Chris at Chrisf@collected-works.com.

Sunday, November 20 Selena Robbins signing copies of What A Girl Wants – 2:00 p.m.

Perennial Collected Works Favorite Selena Robbins will be in the store to shake the hands of some fans, sign a few copies of her books What A Girl Wants and Sabrina’s Destiny.

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BOOK LAUNCH: ISUMA: THE ART AND IMAGINATION OF

     RUBEN KOMANGAPIK

DATE:            Sunday, November 20^th 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

LOCATION:    Jack Purcell Centre, 2nd Floor, 320 Jack Purcell Lane at Elgin Street

EVENT:             Ottawa Authors & Artisans Fair

With English text written by CAA-NCR Branch member Dorothee Komangapik, this book of photos of sculptures produced by Ruben Komangapik and photographed by his wife Estelle Marcoux-Komangapik, will be launched at the Ottawa Authors & Artisan Fair.

Contact Dorothee Komangapik dorotheek@uqausivut.ca for details.

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CAA-NCR MEMBER CAROL A. STEPHEN, AT THE OTTAWA AUTHORS & ARTISANS FAIR 2011

DATE:            Sunday, November 20^th 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

LOCATION:    Jack Purcell Centre, 2nd Floor, 320 Jack Purcell Lane at Elgin Street

EVENT:             Ottawa Authors & Artisans Fair

Carol will participate in the OIW Authors and Artisans Fair, offering copies of her new chapbook, Above the Hum of Yellow Jackets, from Bondi Studios, 2011

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ROB CIPPERTON READS A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES BY

 DYLAN THOMAS

DATE:            Saturday, November 26  4:00 p.m.

LOCATION:   Glebe St. James United Church, First Avenue at Lyon in the Glebe

COST:                Adults $15:00  Children 10-12  free (Donations welcome)

Featuring music to herald the holiday season by:

• Canterbury High School’s Vocum (James Caswell)
• Hopewell Public School Junior Choir (Nicola Adams, Sheila Stevens)
• Robert Palmai, organ
• Marya Woyiwada, Soprano

Net proceeds benefit Reach Canada  www.reach.ca.  For more information contact

bluepoodlebooks@hotmail.com

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EAC—NCR SEMINAR SERIES 2011

From Concept to Completion: Managing the Publication Process: November 28, 2011, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Date: November 28, 2011

Time: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Editors’ Association of Canada offers seminars with a hands-on approach to many facets of copy editing and writing.  Editors, writers, and communicators can refine their skills, enhance their knowledge base, and improve their communication expertise with seminars taught by industry experts at the highly regarded National Capital Region Branch seminars.

NOTE: Space is limited. These workshops are open to everyone. EAC members receive a reduced rate.

REGISTRATION: http://www.editors.ca/branches/ncr/seminars

CONTACT: Pat Patterson, Public Relations, EAC-NCR,  prncr@editors.ca

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NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH: IT’S HERE AGAIN!

DATES: November 1 to 30, 2011

Http://www.nanowrimo.org

National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing on November 1. The goal is to write a 50,000 word, (approximately 175 page) novel by 11:59:59, November 30.

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COMPETITIONS

Briarpatch Magazine’s Writing in the Margins

Briarpatch Magazine is accepting submissions of original, bold, and boundary-pushing writing in the categories of short fiction and creative non-fiction (memoir, personal essay, literary journalism) to their first annual creative writing contest, Writing in the Margins.

With award-winning author Lee Maracle as our judge and $600 in cash prizes to give away, this opportunity is not to be missed!

In addition to a chance to win and be published in Briarpatch, entrants will receive a 1-year subscription to Briarpatch with their $25 entry fee. Entry deadline is Dec. 1.

For full contest details, please visit the contest page on our website at

http://briarpatchmagazine.com/announcements/view/creative-writing-contest

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NATIONAL CAPITAL WRITING CONTEST (NCWC) 2012  

Enter the 25th National Capital Writing Contest. The deadline is February 3, 2012 (the first Friday in February each year).

The 25th Annual National Capital Writing Contest (NCWC) is accepting entries in the following categories:

* Short Story (max. 2500 words)

* Poetry (not Haiku; max. 60 lines including title & blank lines)

Prizes (in each category) We gratefully acknowledge the support of our sponsors:

* 1st Prize: $500 sponsored by CAA–NCR

* 2nd Prize: $250 sponsored by The Ottawa Citizen

* 3rd Prize: $100 Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeebar

See the Literary Awards page for full contest details and the winners from the previous year’s NCWC. http://www.canauthors-ottawa.org/awards.shtml

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• The Tennessee Williams Literary Festival Fiction Contest, Deadline: Tue, 11/15/2011, Categories: Fiction Entry Fees: $25 per entry Prizes: Grand Prize:  $1,500

Please check our website for full guidelines and further information on all our writing contests:  www.tennesseewilliams.net/contests  Contact Information: contests@tennesseewilliams.net

• SOUL-MAKING LITERARY COMPETITION Deadline: Wed, 11/30/2011 Categories Children’s, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry Entry Fees: $5 per submission Prizes: $100/$50/$25 in each category Description: Eleven contest categories include poetry, short-story, literary nonfiction, novel excerpt, prose poetry, flash fiction, memoir, young-adult prose and poetry, humor and intercultural essay. Contact Information: Soul-Making Literary Competition, Eileen Malone, The Webhallow House, 1544 Sweetwood Dr., Broadmoor Village, CA 94015 pennobhill@aol.com Website: http://www.soulmakingcontest.us
• WHITE PINE PRESS POETRY PRIZE Deadline: Wed, 11/30/2011 Categories: Poetry Entry Fees: $20/entry Prizes: $1,000 and publication Description: Submit poetry mss. of 60-80 pages. Contact Information: White Pine Press Poetry Prize, P.O. Box 236, Buffalo, NY 14201 716-627-4665 wpine@whitepine.org  Website: http://www.whitepine.org
• THE WRITER 2011 PERSONAL ESSAY/MEMOIR CONTEST  Deadline: Wed, 11/30/2011 Categories: General, Nonfiction Entry Fees: $10 per entry Prizes: $1,000/$300/$200, plus online classes from Gotham Writers’ Workshop and a year’s subscription to The Writer for the top three. The winning essay/memoir will be published in The Writer; the top three will be published on WriterMag.com. See details and rules at http://www.writingclasses.com/essay2011. Contact Information: contest@writermag.com  Please note “Essay/memoir contest” in the subject line. Website:  http://www.writermag.com/2011essaycontest

• http://www.swwj.co.uk/selvarules.html For Women Writers! The Society Of Women Writers And Journalists: Life Writing Competition.  Extended Deadline: Nov. 30, 2011.  See Website For Details 

• Write 1000 words, win $1000 in whispered words prose competition also book cover design contest. Online submissions only. DEADLINES:  NOVEMBER 30, 2011 For complete contest details, visit http://wcdr.ca/wcdr/?page_id=1479 or e-mail querycontest@wcdr.org

• Bottle Tree One Act Play Competition Deadline: November 30, 2011 http://bottletreeinc.com/script_contest.html

• Prairie Fire Press 2011 Writing Contests

Deadline: November 30, 2011

prairiefire.ca

THE MALAHAT REVIEW’S 2012 OPEN SEASON AWARDS Deadline:  

http://www.malahatreview.ca/contests/open_season/info.html

Queries: malahat@uvic.ca

• 8th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest Rules:  http://www.geist.com/articles/8th-annual-literal-literary-postcard-story-contest

Entries must be postmarked no later than January 15, 2012.

Questions? Call 604-681-9161 or email geist@geist.com.

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CANADA WRITES, THE CBC´S NEW ONLINE HOME FOR WRITING  

Canada Writes is the CBC´s home for original writing, including the CBC Literary Prizes.  This is your chance to get your work read, published and recognized throughout the year.

Canada Writes features:

* fun writing challenges (where you can win prizes)

* online writing workshops

* writing tips, feature articles and interviews with writers from all genres

* original fiction and essays by your favourite Canadian writers

* and the prestigious CBC Literary Prizes (short story, poetry and creative

nonfiction competitions)

Please note that CBC Literary Prizes are now three separate competitions with

different deadlines. The dates are:

Poetry (open December 1 – February 1)

Creative Nonfiction (open March 1 – May 1)

The First Prize winner in each category will win $6,000 from the Canada Council

for the Arts and publication in Air Canada´s enRoute magazine, as well as on

our website. Four runner-ups will also be chosen and receive $1,000 each.

You can read about the other changes to the prizes at

http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadawrites/literaryprizes/index.html

For more details, please check out http://www.cbc.ca/canadawrites

• PRISM INTERNATIONAL CONTESTS

For contest guidelines, download and consult the contest entry PDFs. http://prismmagazine.ca/contests/

For all inquiries regarding the Nonfiction, Fiction, and Poetry contests, please contact the contest manager at prismwritingcontest@gmail.com

*Nonfiction Contest Deadline: November 30, 2011 

*Short Fiction Contest Deadline: January 27, 2012

*Poetry Contest Deadline: January 27, 2012.

• BLOODY WORDS LIGHT MYSTERY AWARD   NEW!  FOR CANADIAN WRITERS The Bloody Words Mystery Conference seeks “light mysteries” (printed or e-books of at least 60,000 words) from Canadian authors or residents. Deadline: Dec. 15. http://www.bloodywords2012.com/BW-award.html

• GIVAL PRESS POETRY AWARD Deadline: Dec. 15.   

Submit an unpublished poetry manuscript of up to 45 pages; any theme.  Eligible Poets: Open to all, national and international poets. Language: English  Forms or Style of Poetry: Original work, not a translation of someone else’s poetry. Open to any form or style; simply good poetry. Length of Manuscript: At least 45 typed pages of poetry, on one side only.  For more information go to http://www.givalpress.com look under contests for:  Gival Press Sponsored Contests

• William Richey Short-Story Contest

Yemassee seeks entries of short stories or novel excerpts up to 10,000 words. Deadline: Dec. 15. http://yemasseejournalonline.org/contests/fiction-contest/

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Arc Poem of the Year Contest

Shall it be big, or shall it be small? Rhyme and keep time, or more free-for-all? 

Send your best to the Arc Poem of the Year Contest—this year with a $5,000 grand prize. Deadline: February 1, 2012. For past winners, contest mailing address, entry fee and submission details, visit Arc Poetry Magazine at arcpoetry.ca.

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The Fiddlehead’s 21st Annual Literary Contest

Deadline: Postmarked by December 1, 2011.

There are two contest categories: poetry and short fiction. Prizes for each category: $1500 for winner + publication payment and $500 for 2 honourable mentions + publication payment. Winning entries will be published in the spring 2012 issue of The Fiddlehead (No. 251) and on the web site. One short-fiction entry is one story (6,000 words maximum). One poetry entry is up to 3 poems; no more than 100 lines per poem. No simultaneous submissions and no previously published works. Entry Fee: $30 for an entry from Canada and $36 for an international entry. The entry fee includes a one-year subscription to The Fiddlehead. For full contest details go to http://www.thefiddlehead.ca/FHcontest.html or contact us at fiddlehd@unb.ca.

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The Winnipeg Free Press / Writers’ Collective

CHOOSE YOUR THEME:

“Now that was funny!” or

“A fork in the road”

PRIZES

Non-Fiction

1st prize $500

2nd Prize $300

3rd Prize $100

Poetry

1st prize $150

2nd Prize $100

3rd Prize $50

DEADLINE

Nov. 14, 2011

READ THIS FINE PRINT

An Awards Evening will be held Dec. 8, 2011.

All winning entries will be published in the Winnipeg Free Press and

The Collective Consciousness, the quarterly journal of the

Writers’ Collective.

For rules & entry form contact:

THE WRITERS’ COLLECTIVE

(204) 786-9468 • thewriterscollective@gmail.com • www.thewriterscollective.org

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COLOPHON PRIZE FOR FICTION CONTEST

Deadline is Dec. 1, 2011

Enfield & Wizenty is offering the second annual Colophon fiction prize: a $5,000 advance and 2012 book publication for the most outstanding novel or short story collection that combines literary and commercial appeal. Novel submissions should include a bio, synopsis, and one or two chapters. Short story collections should have appeared extensively in Canadian literary magazines, and submissions should include one or two stories along with a bio.

For information on our first four seasons please visit our Enfield & Wizenty website http://www.greatplains.mb.ca/wordpress/?page_id=833

Please note that we’re not interested in genre novels–crime, science fiction, romance etc. Simultaneous submissions are fine, but do let us know. E-mail submissions are also acceptable. INCLUDE E-mail address and postal address.

Submissions to: 345-955 Portage Ave. Winnipeg, MB R3G 0P9 info@greatplains.mb.ca

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CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS

Rhubarb Magazine’s

special Jewish, Ukrainian, Mennonite issue

Deadline: December 1, 2011 rhubarbmag.com/special%20crops.php

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Black Canadian Poetry

Black Canadian Poetry is seeking submissions of new and unpublished works of poetry for a national anthology devoted to answering the question, “What is Black Canadian Poetry?” The anthology will establish a poetic tradition of page and stage poetry by people of African descent living in Canada.

Poetry contributions welcome from writers that are African, Afro-Caribbean, African-American, African-Canadian or people living in Canada who identify as Black. Submissions welcome from all provinces and territories. Submissions from emerging, mid-career and established poets are welcome. Each anthologised contributor will receive two copies of the book.

Submissions to Black Canadian Poetry should be no more than three poems, 500 words for one poem, or a combined total of 800 words or less for multiple submissions.
Poetry must be submitted in English.
Submissions should be printed double-spaced with a 12-point font (double-sided is ok).
Submissions should be new works or previously unpublished works of poetry.
Along with submissions please include:
name of the poet,
title of the poem,
genre of the poem (spoken word, dubpoetry, hip-hop, slam, performance and print),
province/territory of the poet.

Please remember to include your full name, mailing address, e-mail address, phone number, title of poems, genre, province/territory and name of the poet with each submission.
Please send 4 copies of your submission with an enclosed SAE to the following address:

BCP Editors
Black Canadian Poetry
PO BOX 1741
Gibsons, BC
V0N 1V0

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BIBLIOASIS CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

SEVENTH ANNUAL METCALF-ROOKE AWARD

This year’s winner will receive:

• a publishing contract with BIBLIOASIS

• a leather-bound copy of the book

• a $1,500 cash prize, presented by Steven Temple Books

• a regional book tour, including festival appearances

• a profile in The New Quarterly

SUBMISSIONS must be postmarked no later than December 31st, 2011. An electronic rtf or pdf submission must also be sent to metcalf.rooke@gmail.com by December 31st, 2011.

Full details are found on the PDF (929 KB) linked from the publisher’s site:  http://www.biblioasis.com/

or directly   http://www.biblioasis.com/content/downloads/M-R-Call-For-Submissions-2011.pdf

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ACCENTI MAGAZINE

ANNOUNCES WRITING AND PHOTO CONTESTS

First Prize: $1000

Deadline: February 7, 2012

Tuesday, August 22, 2011 – Accenti Magazine is proud to announce its 7th Annual Writing Contest and 5th Annual Photo Contest. First Prize for each contest is $1000 and publication in Accenti. Second and third place winners receive $250.00 and $100.00 respectively. The deadline is February 7, 2012.

Winning entries will be presented at the Accenti Magazine Awards during the 14^th Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival, April 18-23, 2012. The Accenti Magazine contests are open to all writers and photographers, established and emerging, worldwide.

Accenti‘s writing contest is open to fiction and nonfiction on any topic; and Accenti’s photo contest asks participants to “Capture an Italian Moment” anywhere in the world. Past writing contest winners include Elizabeth Cinello (2011, Toronto) Loretta Di Vita (2010, Montreal), Ivano Stocco (2009, Valencia, Spain), Paul French (2008, Toronto), Maria Francesca LoDico (2007, Montreal) and Sheila Wright (2006, Warkworth, Ontario). Photo winners include Marcel van Balken (2011, Amstelveen,

The Netherlands), Amy Occhipinti (2010, Toronto), Robert T. Norton (2009, Toronto) and Nick Colarusso (2008, Montreal).

About Accenti Magazine

Founded in Montreal in 2003, Accenti aims to bring together readers and writers around the idea of shared cultural experience and heritage, to encourage creative expression and celebrate common cultural values. For more information, please visit www.accenti.ca.

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NEW CONTEST!

OUR CANADA LAUNCHES NEW SHORT FICTION AND POETRY CONTEST

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Enter Our Short Fiction and Poetry Contest

Share you best stories with us today for a chance to win up to $1,500!

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PEI MODEL FOREST NETWORK PHOTO CONTEST

CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI — The Prince Edward Island Model Forest Network, in partnership with the Department of Environment, Energy and Forestry, is holding a special forest-themed photo contest over the fall and winter.

“The members of the Model Forest Network are encouraging people to head outside and capture images that reflect how they perceive and use our public and private forest lands,” said Richard Gill, chair of the Model Forest Network. “Whether enjoying wildlife, walking, hunting, working, snowshoeing or biking, we are looking for images that reflect the importance of Island forests.”
Prince Edward Island’s landscape is renowned for its blend of fields, water and forests. This landscape attracts amateur and professional photographers who want to capture images of what the Island means to them.
While the Island’s beaches, farms and small communities often receive the most attention, forests are often featured for their lush greens in spring and summer, vibrant red, orange and yellow of fall, and the white stillness of winter.  Some photographers also try to capture the hundreds of ways people use and connect with forests every day.
The contest is designed to promote awareness and appreciation of all types of forests including urban and rural, and public and private forests. Themes could also include how forests meet various economic, social, recreational, cultural, ecological and aesthetic needs.
“We are interested in Island photographs of almost anything forest-related,” said Mr. Gill.
The contest includes a special outdoor photography workshop that will feature tips and demonstrations on how to improve outdoor photography.  It will be held Saturday, October 22,  9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Central Forest District office,170 Beach Grove Road, Charlottetown.
The contest runs from October 22, 2011 to February 29, 2012.  Prizes will be offered for the winning photographs. For workshop information, contest rules and for details about prizes, visit www.peiforests.ca or contact Greg Ridgway at (902) 368-4800 or at gregmodelforest@gmail.com.

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For more information, contact Kim Devine, Environment, Energy & Forestry by email at kmdevine@gov.pe.ca or phone (902) 368-5286.

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