WGA 2021 Call for Board Members
Deadline Extended: September 24, 2021 The 2021/22 board of the WGA will be elected at the Virtual AGM in October. There will be openings for the following positions: one opening for President, one opening for Treasurer, one opening for Secretary, four openings for Member at Large. Two interim members of the 2020/21 board have put their names forward for election and […]
2021 Horizons Writers Circle Participants Announced
August 30, 2021 The Writers’ Guild of Alberta is proud to announce the participants for the 2021 Horizons Writers Circle, its mentored writing program for Edmonton’s immigrant and underrepresented writers. In September, twelve Alberta writers will begin their participation in the WGA’s newly-named Horizons Writers Circle. The program will run between the months of September 2021 and […]
Tell Us What You’re Reading!
Deadline: August 11 The WGA is curious to know what our members are reading. Let us know what books you would recommend and why! Short write-ups of approx. 100 words on your reading recommendations can be sent to WestWord editor Raymond Gariepy at: [email protected] for inclusion in the next issue of the magazine!
WGA Podcast – Partnership with Listen2Me
The WGA is happy to partner with the Listen 2 Me podcast. Listen 2 Me is a podcast for creatives, by creatives. Your hosts, Gio and Renée, two lifelong friends and queer creatives, talk about the very real highs and lows of making art while staying grounded. They’re bringing you the best in unsolicited, unqualified advice—with the odd qualified […]
Winners of the Meet Eden Robinson & Meet Anthony Doerr 2021 Re/Orientation conference draws
Winners of the ‘Meet Eden Robinson’ and ‘Meet Anthony Doerr’ 2021 Re/Orientation conference draws available to view! Produced by Listen 2 Me Podcast. Thank you Giografik & Renée Meloche!
CALL TO ACTION: Share the urgent need to fix fair dealing with the federal government
Over the past few months, Access Copyright has worked with a small group of authors to test out a book mailing campaign to push Prime Minister Trudeau and the federal government to reform the Copyright Act so that Canadian creators and publishers are paid for the use of their work by the education sector. You […]
Call for Authors and Hosts for a new Online Reading Series!
We are thrilled to re-launch the WGA Online Reading Series for WGA members who have a late 2020 or 2021 book release and are looking for an opportunity to present their work. All you need to take part is an internet connection and a device that can stream your video and voice. Each session will […]
Meet the Own Voices Alberta 2021 Protégés and Mentors
In partnership with the Writers’ Guild of Alberta (WGA) and with the support from the Calgary Foundation, the Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society (AWCS) designed Own Voices Alberta to yield new literary works, explore the BIPOC experience, and initiate dialogue that celebrates our diversity and contributes to a deeper understanding of one another. The program offers […]
Own Voices Alberta 2021
Own Voices Alberta is a program for writers within the Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) community, who live in Alberta and are at the beginning of their literary journey. The program runs for four months and is fully subsidized, making it cost-free for successful applicants. Program period: March – July 2021 Application deadline: February 26, 2021 […]
Send Us Your Questions, Comments, Suggestions
The Writers’ Guild of Alberta is your organization. We exist to inspire, encourage, and promote writers in Alberta. We are always trying to improve our programming and offer services that interest a wide variety of our members, and our ability to do that gets easier when we hear from you. We welcome questions, comments, and […]