The Writers’ Guild of Alberta 2025 Golden Pen Award Recipient
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, Candas Jane Dorsey, Cecelia Frey, Bob Stallworthy, Vivian […]
WGA Late Summer Retreat (Caroline) — August 28-31, 2025
WGA Late Summer Retreat Thursday, August 28th to Sunday, August 31st, 2025Sanctum Retreat11 Sanctum Way, Caroline, AlbertaRegistration opens at 10:00 AM MT on Monday, May 5th, 2025 Cost for two-night Stay$600 for WGA members (or two payments* of $300)$700 for non-members (or two payments* of $350) Cost for three-night Stay$750 for WGA members (or two […]
WordsWorth 2025: OURTIME Registration Form
Week 1 (ages 11-14): July 13 – 18, 2025 Week 2 (ages 15-19): July 20 – 25, 2025 Early Bird rate: $630 (until April 30, 2025)Regular rate: $655 Location: Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP), Red Deer, AB Please select the WordWorth program you wish to register for below. You may pre-order WordsWorth t-shirts and copies of […]
WGA 2025 Conference – Genre and Form Through Time (Calgary) — June 7-8, 2025
00Days 00Hours 00Minutes 00Seconds Genre and Form Through Time WGA 2025 Conference The Writers’ Guild of Alberta Annual 2025 Spring Conference will explore major influences on genre and form through time. We will look at how writers continue to be inspired and influenced by those before them, and how we shape the landscape for those […]
Tell Us About Your 2025 Books
We would love to know what our members are publishing in 2025! If you have a book slated for publication in 2025 and would like to tell us about it, please do so via the form below. All books by WGA members that are commercially available in 2025 are welcome, including self-published and ebook or […]
Writers’ Guild of Alberta Youth Committee’s 2025 Anonymous Critique Pool
We will be initiating WGA Youth Committee’s first anonymous critique pool. Here’s how it will work: Please email [email protected] or [email protected] with any questions!
Controversy @ Noon – Why Buy Canadian?(online) — May 28th, 2025
Controversy @ Noon 2025 – Why Buy Canadian? Wednesday, May 28th, 202512-1 PM MSTOnline via ZoomFREE Register here. The current trade war between the United States and Canada–including tariffs focused on the book and publishing industry– has people thinking about buying products made in Canada and supporting local companies that keep our money in Canada. […]
CALL FOR WGA BOARD NOMINATIONS
Call for WGA Board Nominations The 2025/2026 Board of Directors of the WGA will be elected at our Annual General Meeting on June 8, 2025. The AGM will be held at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology’s (SAIT) Heritage Hall (1301 16 Ave NW, Calgary, AB) but there will be the opportunity for remoteparticipation. There […]
Pub Night (Edmonton) — May 21, 2025
WGA May Pub Night (Edmonton)Wednesday, May 21, 20257-9pm MTRooster Bar & Kitchen, 10732 Whyte aveEdmontonFREE For the May pub night we will be joined by members of the CrW Creative Writing Club from the University of Alberta and MacEwan’s Bolo Tie Collective to play some writer games. Come and bring a pen and paper and […]
Poetry Parlour (Calgary) — May 20, 2025
Poetry Parlour (Calgary) Tuesday, May 20th, 20257:00pm – 9:15pm MTPachamama Soul Flavour Emporium #2110, 380 Canyon Meadows Drive SE, Calgary FREE Join host Ashley Frerichs at the next Poetry Parlour. Open mic sign-up starts at 7pm. There are limited slots available and will be filled on a first come, first served basis. In May, we are excited to feature poet & translator, Leilei Chen! About the Featured Reader Leilei Chen 莫譯 published Re-orienting China: Travel […]