WGA Sociable
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 7:00 pm The Kasbar 10444 – 82 Avenue (Downstairs at Yannis) Free/WGA members, $5/non-members Snacks provided, please purchase your own drink What does a writer long to do after a mind- and soul-bending day of reading and writing, or wishing there had been reading and writing? The answer is to get […]
New Home, New Design
Welcome to the new Writers’ Guild of Alberta’s website! Chemistry Communications built us this lovely new design and new features. We are grateful to the Alberta Foundation for the Arts for funding this project. You may noticed that this website lives at writersguild.ca. Support for .ab.ca domain names is ending and the domain names will […]
Words in 3D 2015: Intersections
Writers’ Guild of Alberta Conference 2015 “Intersections“ Registrations Now Open! May 22-24, 2015 Chateau Lacombe Hotel, 10111 Bellamy Hill Road Edmonton, AB Regular Registration Deadline: May 15, 2015 $250/WGA Members, $300/nonmembers Welcome to the 2015 Words in 3D Conference: Intersections. Words in 3D is back for 2015! Join us for the second edition of the unique […]
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 […]