WGA Calgary Fall Kickoff Pub Night & Interview with Lynette Loeppky
Wednesday, September 23, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, The Rose & Crown Pub, 1503 4 Street SW, Calgary Ah, the TRUTH. We want to tell the truth—so we write a whole book full of nothing but the TRUTH—but the book involves other people. Dang. Real people. And what if they’re offended? How do we write without […]
WGA Mentorship Program Call for Applications
About the Program The Writers’ Guild of Alberta’s Mentorship Program, modeled off similar programs, matches five mentors with five apprentices for a mentorship taking place January-April 2016. The program is designed to meet the needs of emerging Alberta writers for guidance, collaboration and encouragement while senior writers receive short-term employment and an opportunity to […]
2015 Borderlines Writers Circle
Yasser Abdel-Latif Yasser Abdel-Latif is a writer and poet from Cairo, Egypt. He has lived and worked in Edmonton since 2010. He has published four fiction books, two poetry collections, and translated many literary works from French and English into Arabic. He writes mainly in Arabic although his works have been translated into English, […]
2013/14 Borderlines Writers Circle
Pushpa Raj Acharya is a poet, fiction writer, and translator who immigrated to Canada from Nepal in 2012. His collections of poems, Dream Catcher (in English) and Chhayakaal (“The Phantom Time”, in Nepali), weave together themes of inner revelation, nature, history, and myth. Rashmi Kumar is a professional journalist who worked for leading newspapers in […]
WGA and Glass Buffalo Poetry Contest
Glass Buffalo Magazine is amplifying its hunt for mythic power with its first writing contest! Sponsored by the Writers’ Guild of Alberta, Glass Buffalo’s 2015 Poetry Prize will be awarded to the best, previously unpublished poem received from an Alberta resident under the age of 30. There is no word limit, and please do not include your name […]
WGA and Borderlines Writers Circle Present Somnio: The Way We See It
Somnio: The Way We See It Three poets, former Borderlines Writers Circle members, come together with an award-winning visual artist to dream, to imagine, to create a resonance of culturally diverse echoes through voice and image–to offer a new perspective. You are invited to the book launch of Somnio: The Way We See It […]
2015 WordsWorth Course Outlines
Click on one of the following tabs to view course outlines for each of the three weeks of WordsWorth Tabs [tabs style=”default”] [tab title=”Week One (ages 12 – 14): July 5 – 10″] Week One (ages 12 – 14): July 5 – 10 Songwriting (with Kris Demeanor) The goal over the five sessions […]
2015 Alberta Literary Award Winners Announced
The Writers’ Guild of Alberta is proud to announce the winners of this year’s Alberta Literary Awards, which were presented on May 23 during the Alberta Literary Awards Gala at the Chateau Lacombe. The Alberta Literary Awards were created by the Writers’ Guild of Alberta in 1982 to recognize excellence in writing by Alberta authors. […]
2015 Mentorship Program
In January 2015, the Writers’ Guild began support and coordination of the 2014/2015 Mentorship Program. This program has been offered every year since 2012 with the generous support of The Canada Council. This year saw five apprentices from various parts of the province paired with mentors; the goal of the program has been to see each […]
Borderlines Writers Circle Call for Applications
The Writers Guild of Alberta is seeking applications by culturally diverse writers for its 2015 Borderlines Writers Circle. The Borderlines Writers Circle exists to provide individual authors who may face cultural, linguistic, and other barriers to participating in Edmonton’s writing community, with opportunities to be introduced to the Canadian literary scene. Selected candidates will […]