2012 Mentorship Program Participants
Participants of the 2012 Mentorship Program: Pierrette Requier/Kathy Fisher: Mentor – Pierrette Requier is a bilingual Alberta writer. Her book of prose poems details from the edge of the village (Frontenac House, Calgary, Quartet 2009) was nominated for four awards and short-listed for the Edmonton Book Prize. Her most recent publication Storm/orage (from The Works, […]
2013 Mentorship Program Participants
Participants of the 2013 Mentorship Program: Vivian Hansen/Jordan Baylon: Mentor – Vivian Hansen is a poet and freelance writer. Her poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have appeared in a wide variety of anthologies and journals with work that has encountered women’s issues, the western landscape, work and immigration. She is the co-founder of the Calgary Women’s […]
CALL FOR WGA EQUITY TASK FORCE MEMBERS
Interested in helping shape the future of the WGA? Please consider joining the Equity Task Force! The WGA is setting up a volunteer task force to explore and make recommendations on equity with regard to WGA programs, policies, and operational procedures. The four to six member task force will take part in two telephone meetings, one […]
Call for Applications: 2018 Banff Retreat Writers in Residence
The Writers’ Guild of Alberta’s 2018 Banff Retreat will be open to more participants, and we will be hiring two Writers in Residence for the duration of the retreat. The retreat takes place February 2 – 11, 2018, at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. The Writers in Residence will provide individual manuscript consultations for […]
EDMONTON FALL KICK-OFF
The Almanac, 10351 Whyte Avenue Thursday, September 7 Gather at 7:00 pm, program at 7:30 pm Free for WGA members, $5.00 for non-members Join us at our annual Fall Kick-off! Meet old friends and make some new ones while we talk about the upcoming literary season in Edmonton. The WGA will be joined by representatives […]
WordsWorth 2017
WordsWorth is a week-long sleepover creative writing residency for young writers who believe in the power of words. Writers will be completely immersed in the creative and diverse world of writing. Guided by established and respected artist-instructors, writers will experience writing through fiction, poetry, spoken word, music, drama, film making, monologue and nonfiction. But […]
WGA Announces 2017-18 Board President
Grande Prairie author to head Canada’s largest provincial writers’ association The Writers’ Guild of Alberta is pleased to announce that the 2017-18 President of the Board of Directors will be Grande Prairie author Dustin Archibald. Of his position, Archibald said, “I’m proud to serve as the President for the Board of Directors for the Writers’ […]
2017 Alberta Literary Awards Gala
Please join us for the 2017 Alberta Literary Awards Gala on Saturday, June 10, 2017! Time: Cocktails and mingling at 6:30 pm, Buffet dinner at 7:15 pm Place: Maple Leaf Room, Lister Centre, University of Alberta (11613 – 87 Avenue) Dress Code: semiformal/festive attire Tickets are $75 each and can be purchased here. Our speaker […]
WGA Golden Pen Award Past Recipients
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 […]
2017 ROBERT KROETSCH CITY OF EDMONTON BOOK PRIZE SHORTLIST READING
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 […]