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MEMBER PRICING *
June 1 - 3
Full Conference Pass
$220 June 1 Friday workshop $35 June 1
Friday evening
$25 June 2 OR 3 Saturday or Sunday only $110 * Member pricing applies for WGA and CAA members
NON-MEMBER PRICING
June 1 - 3
Full Conference Pass
$300 June 1
Friday workshop
$50 June 1
Friday evening
$25 June 2 OR 3
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2018 Alberta Literary Awards Gala
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Cocktails: 6:15 pm
Dinner: 7:00 pm
Dress Code: Semiformal/festive attire
$75
Imperial Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Hotel
700 Centre Street SE, Calgary
Please join us for an evening that honours Alberta's literary community! We will be presenting awards in nine categories that include fiction, nonfiction, drama, poetry, and children's literature. Our keynote speaker will be well-known and much-admired author Aritha van Herk, whose work… Read More
Silent Auction Sponsors and Donors
The Writers' Guild of Alberta thanks our sponsors and donors for our 2018 Conference and AGM! This year's sponsors are Kricket's Boutique, Urban Barn, West Elm, Suzette's Bistro, Fleur de Sel Brasserie, and Last Best Brewing & Distillery. More donors will be added as donations come in, so watch for updates! MATT & NAT Vegan Leather Purse with Wallet Compartments (Baby Blue)
MATT & NAT Vegan Leather Purse (Coral)
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WordsWorth 2018: The Grand Investigation
July 15 - 20, 2018 - Week 1 - Ages 11-14, $550
July 22 - 27, 2018 - Week 2 - Ages 15-19, $550
July 29 - August 3, 2018 - Week 3 - Ages 14-19, $550
Two-Week Option (ages 14 - 19): July 22 – August 3, 2018: $1035
T-shirt: $20
Anthology: $10 (Please note if you are signing up for more than one week, you will need to purchase two anthologies to receive each week.) A Message from Colin Matty...
Hello, and welcome to WordsWorth.
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Indexing: The Art of Writing Reader-Friendly Indexes for Nonfiction Books
Saturday, July 7, 2018
10:00 - 11:00 am (mountain time)
Online
$25 members, $35 non-members
Indexing: The Art of Writing Reader-Friendly Indexes for Nonfiction Books
Often considered to be a roadmap to the contents of a nonfiction book, a thoughtfully written index can help make the difference between a book being merely entertaining, and being used as a much-loved resource. But where does the index come from, anyway? Is it actually written by a person? Does the indexer have to read th… Read More
Access Copyright released the following statement on Friday, May 4: UPDATE: Times and locations announced for Copyright Act review open-mic sessions details released The Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology has released more details on next week’s open-mic sessions being held in five Canadian cities. Open-Mic Schedule Monday, May 7 – Halifax, Nova Scotia
Time: 7:00 p.m.—8:30 p.m.
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CSL Blog Project, Volume 3: A Great Talk with the Journalist Tazeen Hasan on Writing, Culture and Languages
A Great Talk with the Journalist Tazeen Hasan on Writing, Culture and Languages
by Qiaochu Dai
As an international student living in Edmonton for three years, I’ve gained the real feeling that Canada is a multicultural country that is very inclusive. In order to more deeply understand the Canadian culture and learn how Canadian writers, whose first languages are not English, can publish their work, I interviewed Tazeen Hasan. Tazeen regularly contributes to various media outlets hard news, inv… Read More
The Writers' Guild of Alberta Announces 2018 Golden Pen Award Recipient
April 30, 2018
2018 WGA Golden Pen Award
The Writers’ Guild of Alberta Golden Pen Award is presented to acknowledge the lifetime achievements of outstanding Alberta writers. Past recipients are W.O. Mitchell, Grant MacEwan, Rudy Wiebe, Myrna Kostash, Robert Kroetsch, Merna Summers, Aritha van Herk, Fred Stenson, George Melnyk, Alice Major, Betty Jane Hegerat, Greg Hollingshead and Candas Jane Dorsey.
This year’s recipient is Cecelia Frey.
Cecelia Frey is the author of seven novels, three col… 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 where past, present, and future contributions of writers are supported, acknowledged, and valued.
Our mission is to inspire, connect, support, encourage and promote writers and writing, to safeguard the freedom to write and to read, and to advocate for the well-being of writers.
