The WGA is pleased to announce the the names of the participants in the 2017 Mentorship Program! Congratulations to the following writers, who were chosen by a WGA-appointed jury earlier this month: Marco Melfi (Edmonton) will work with mentor Vivian Hansen (Calgary) on poetry. Sherryl Melnyk (Calgary) will work with mentor Julie Sedivy (Calgary) on […]
Mohamed Abdi is a Somali-Canadian writer, documentary film maker, and essayist in advocacy journalism, with a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies. He self-published a nonfiction book, The Agony of Somalia’s Civil War, in 2004, and an eBook of short stories titled Mother Somalia: Stories of Hope in 2012. He has contributed many articles written in English […]
Congratulations to the 2016 High Plains Book Awards finalists! This year, 10 of the nominees for the High Plains Books Awards hail from Canadian cites, including Red Deer, Edmonton, Moose Jaw, Regina, Winnipeg and Saskatoon. The WGA would like to extend our congratulations to all the nominees, and wish them all the best of luck at […]
