Sunday, March 63:00 pm – 5:00 pm CoLab Community {Arts} Laboratory 9641 102A Ave NW Readings from Asian, Black, and Indigenous Writers Let us enrich and encourage each other with an afternoon of poetry reading from Asian, Black, and Indigenous communities in Edmonton. The writers are: Shima Robinson, Sandra Ngo, Naomi McIlwraith, Mubarik Adams, Mila […]
SINGLE ONION #180 IMPORTANT: You will need to register for the event. WHAT: The Single Onion kicks off the new year with four excellent poets: Weyman Chan, Josephine LoRe, Tim Murphy, and Sabrina Samuel. WHEN: Thursday, January 20, 7:00 pm (MDT) WHERE: register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvdemrpzIjEtfQFBJB5BkRH6MR9GIqcXRg About the readers: Finalist for the 2008 Governor General’s Award […]
Three Saturdays: Feb 26, March 5 and March 12, 2022 | 1:45-3:15 PM Mission Studio (in-person) at 320 1800 4th St. SW + Livestream | In-person please arrive by 1:30 PM $35 General | Full Series $99 $25 WGA Members (Visit WriteClick for WGA member promo code) | Full Series $75 Register for IN PERSON or VIRTUAL. Please contact Dalia at Yoga […]
Thursday January 27, 7:00 PM Join the Writers’ Guild of Alberta in partnership with Shelf Life Books as host Marco Melfi welcomes authors of new fiction, on Thursday January 27, 7:00 PM, online. Featured authors are: Lorna Shultz Nicholson, When you Least Expect It; Uzoma Uponi, ColorSTRUCK; and Cyla Panin, Stalking Shadows. Register Here See you online for […]
March 18 – 20, OnlineCost: $140 Registration Deadline: March 11 Drink the Wild Air is a Creative Writing Retreat for Youth ages 11 – 19. Typically nestled in the gateway to the rocky mountains in Kananaskis country, this year we’ll come together online to take workshops with working professionals, play games, share our stories, our songs, our […]
We would love to know what our members are publishing in 2022! If you have a book slated for publication in 2022 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 2022 are welcome, including self-published and ebook or […]
Location: Edmonton, Alberta The Writers’ Guild of Alberta (WGA) is seeking a dynamic, experienced Executive Director. The successful candidate will effectively represent the WGA, its mission, its members, and its programs. The Executive Director is responsible for the successful management of the Writers’ Guild of Alberta according to the mission of the organization and the […]
The WGA will be closed for the holidays from December 18 to January 3. Regular office hours will resume on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. We wish you the best over the holidays and a wonderful 2022!
The Writers’ Guild of Alberta (WGA) is preparing to celebrate another successful year with the 2022 Alberta Literary Awards. Writers from across Alberta and their publishers are invited to check out and submit to this year’s award categories. This year, we are pleased to announce two new book prizes: the Short Story Collection Award and the Memoir Award. The deadline for submissions to the Alberta Literary […]
January 14th – 16th, 2022 Meet the new Virtual Writer-in-Residence, Gail Anderson-Dargatz, as well as fellow retreat participants at a virtual fireside conversation on Friday evening on Friday evening with host Barbori Garnet. 7:00 – 8:30 PM (MST). Enjoy Saturday’s fireside visit with a focus on your writing; conversation guided by our host and partner from the Write-In, Savanna Harvey […]
