The WGA Golden Pen Award for Lifetime Achievement 2024 2023 2022 Chris Wiseman 2020 Vivian Hansen 2019 Bob Stallworthy 2018 Cecelia Frey 2017 Candas Jane Dorsey 2016 Greg Hollingshead 2015 Betty Jane Hegerat 2014 Alice Major 2013 George Melnyk 2012 Fred Stenson 2011 Robert Kroetsch Merna Summers Aritha van Herk 2008 Myrna Kostash 2007 Rudy […]
Wednesday, April 26, 7:00 pm Audreys Books, 10702 Jasper Avenue We invite you to join us for the 2017 Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize Shortlist Reading. Audreys Books and the Writers’ Guild of Alberta host a special night of readings by the shortlisted authors for 2017. The Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book […]
May 11– On May 11, The Writers’ Guild of Alberta and YEP! will launch Be A Video Poem Maker! Part 1 instructed by celebrated filmmaker Shawn Tse and nationally recognized spoken word poet Brandon Wint. This workshop aims to help teens learn to write and speak poems, and turn those poems into captivating videos. Tablets […]
Wednesday, April 19th, 7:00—9:00pm at Shelf Life Books (1302 4 St SW, Calgary) Seating: first-come, first-served. The City of Calgary and the Writers’ Guild of Alberta are pleased to announce the shortlisted authors for The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize, one of 13 awards presented as part of The Calgary Awards. The three finalists […]
Saturday, May 6, 2017 7:30 pm Tiramisu Restaurant 10750 – 124 Street Reading: Marco Melfi, Jacqueline Kwan, Sherryl Melnyk, with special guest Claire Kelly (NeWest Press) Join us for a celebration of the Writers’ Guild of Alberta mentorship program. For the past six years, emerging writers in our province have been selected to work […]
