Notice of Annual General Meeting
Saturday, May 23, 2015 12:45 pm – 2:15 pm Chateau Lacombe Hotel 10111 Bellamy Hill Road Edmonton, Alberta The AGM is free and open to all WGA members in good standing. A complimentary lunch is provided. To confirm your attendance: Let us know by May 18th that you plan to attend Send an email to […]
2015 Banff Retreat
JANUARY 30 – FEBRUARY 8, 2015, THE BANFF CENTRE The annual WGA Banff Retreat will be open for registration June 12, 2014. This self-guided retreat is a great opportunity to connect with fellow writers and enjoy uninterrupted writing time at The Banff Centre, the world’s largest arts and creativity incubator. Writers at any stage of their career […]
2014 Fall Strawberry Creek Retreat
SEPTEMBER 24-28, 2014 Treat yourself to renewal and writing this September at the Strawberry Creek Lodge at the WGA’s 2014 Fall Strawberry Creek Retreat! This self-guided retreat is open to participants at any stage of their writing career. Strawberry Creek Lodge is a spacious log building on the edge of a tranquil valley, about a […]
Interim Executive Director
Employment Opportunity Interim Executive Director Writers’ Guild of Alberta, Edmonton The Writers’ Guild of Alberta (WGA) is seeking a dynamic, experienced Executive Director for an interim period from November 2014 through March, 2015. Responsibilities and Qualifications The successful candidate will effectively represent the WGA, its mission, its members, and its programs. The position involves direct […]
Program Coordinator
Employment Opportunity Program Coordinator Writers’ Guild of Alberta, Edmonton The Writers’ Guild of Alberta (WGA) is looking for an individual with strong organizational, communication and administrative skills for a shared program coordinator position in the WGA Edmonton office. This is a job share* two day (Wednesday, Friday) a week position. The program coordinator position is […]
Performance Tips offered by Erin Dingle
Don’t hit your rhymes, let them roll Silences are part of your poem/reading Allow your audience time to catch up with you mentally by providing spaces and silence Write in the words “pause” and “stop” into your work and highlight these two words to remind yourself when to pause and when to stop Identify […]
Book Week 2013 Writing Contest
Book Week 2013 Writing Contest Do you love to write? Are you in Grade 4 to 12? If so, enter the Book Week 2013 Writing Contest! Young writers from across Canada, in grades 4 to 12, are invited to submit their stories and/or poems (fiction or non-fiction) to theBook Week 2013 Writing Contest for Kids […]
Youth Art Contest. Good Cause. Good Prizes
Here is an opportunity for Youth to promote their rights by being creative and heard. “The Office of the Child and Youth Advocate (OCYA) announced an Art Contest “We Want to Be Heard” for Alberta youth. In the interest of promoting the rights and voices of children and youth in Alberta, the OCYA wants young […]
AMBER BOWERMAN MEMORIAL TRAVEL WRITING AWARD ($700)
*Accepting unpublished travel writing pieces by authors 30 years old and younger. The Amber Bowerman Memorial Travel Writing Award was established in 2008 as a tribute to Amber Bowerman, a talented, successful Calgary writer whose life met a tragic end at the age of 30. Amber loved to travel. This award will recognize a writer, […]
Eat a Good Breakfast Today-Today is FULL-and you are INVITED
If this summer will be your first one at WordsWorth Creative Writing Residency, there is one thing you will notice at the end of it. One week is not long enough. If you’ve been at WordsWorth before, you know what I’m talking about. The collective creative energy generated when everyone gets together, writes, sings, moves, […]