FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 7, 2020 Finalists for the W.O. Mitchell Book Prize Announced Calgary – The Writers' Guild of Alberta is pleased to announce the finalists for The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize, recognizing outstanding books published in 2019. "We are delighted to announce this year’s W.O. Mitchell Book Prize finalists,” said Carol Holmes, Executive Director of the Writers’ Guild of Alberta. "This award recognizes and celebrates Calgary's literary talen… Read More
Calgary Arts Development COVID-19 Short-Term Relief Funding
The Short-Term Artist Relief Fund is a temporary one-time program to help address some of the immediate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on artists in Calgary (known as Mohkinstsis in Blackfoot). This fund is intended to support artists and freelance cultural workers who have lost income or incurred unrecoverable expenses, related to their artistic work, due to event cancellations or travel disruption for events or opportunities meant to occur between March 12 - April 30. Applicants may req… Read More
The Writers’ Guild of Alberta Calgary and Edmonton offices will be closed as we participate in the effort to slow community spread of COVID-19. Staff will be working from home and will be checking email and telephone messages regularly, and will update this site with information for writers as we monitor the developments of COVID-19. We understand that many will be experiencing losses in income during this time. We are working with government and funding bodies to develop programs tha… Read More
Online Workshop: Small Words with Muscle w/Vivian Hansen ***SOLD OUT***
***This workshop is now sold out. Contact [email protected] to be placed on the waiting list***Instructor: Vivian HansenRegistration limited to 8 participantsMembers: $125 Non-members: $1506-7 weeks, begins April 15*Online workshop uses Google Classroom. Participants must have a Gmail address.* In this workshop, you will discover how you are poets in all aspects of writing. We will work closely with sound, structure, imagery, meaning and prose poems to expose the elements of how… Read More
Please be advised the Writers’ Guild of Alberta Calgary and Edmonton offices will be closed indefinitely as we participate in the effort to slow community spread of COVID-19. Staff will be working from home and will be checking email and telephone messages regularly. We ask for your patience if e-mail inquiries and communication take longer than usual. We expect there to be disruption of programming, and we will keep you updated through our various media – WriteClick, our website… Read More
Thursday, April 23, 20201:00 - 2:30 pmFree for WGA Members and Airdrie Public Library Members; $20 for non-members From that first spark of STORY, this webinar will look at how to shape, hone and create a cohesive short story. I’ll talk about imagery, scene setting, editing, turning point, character development, keeping the tension on every page with focussed intention, along with tips and fun tricks I’ve learned over the course of twenty years that will make your story sparkle. 60 minutes c… Read More
Online Workshop- Creating Visceral Scenes with Leslie Greentree
Registration limited to 12 participantsMembers: $100 Non-members: $125Begins April 14. Duration: 2 weeks*This course uses Google Classroom. All users must have a Gmail account to participate in the workshop.* SYNOPSIS: Over the course of this fiction workshop, we will build and rebuild the same scene from various perspectives, focusing intensely – one at a time – on different storytelling tools (setting, dialogue, movement, and sensory stimuli). By breaking apart a writer’s scene-building… Read More
Fort McMurray Creative Writing Series Webinars - Open to Everyone
The following webinars are open to everyone, programmed by WGA regional Rep Dorothy Bentley. Writing
Thrillers and Other Dangerous Novels with Julie Rowe Saturday, April 18, 20201:00 – 2:30 pmFree for WGA members, $20 for non-membersRegister HERE Want to write a New York Times Bestseller?
Thrillers, mysteries, and suspense novels consistently rank in the top 25 books
on the NYT bestseller list. Some of the biggest authors in the world write
dangerous novels—James Patterson, Agat… Read More
The Writers' Guild of Alberta is a provincial arts service organization that represents both professional and emerging writers in Alberta. We envision an Alberta with a thriving writing community that is diverse, valued, and celebrated. Our mission is to support and advocate for all writers and provide opportunities to grow and connect while enriching Alberta's culture and economy.
