Saturday, October 1710:00am-11:00am $25 for WGA Members, $25 for non-members,Students $10Register HERE How do we write from outside our experience? Specifically: how do we create characters whose skin colour, ethnicity, sexuality, and/or gender are not our own? How do we ensure the characters ring true? In this workshop we will cover dangerous tropes and how […]
Thursday, September 17, 20207:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Online The AGM is free and open to all WGA members in good standing. This year’s AGM will be help online, in accordance with current Alberta Health Regulations restricting in-person events. If you are a member and wish to attend the AGM, please RSVP by Friday, September 11.The AGM agenda, draft minutes of the 2019 AGM, and a list of […]
When: Wednesday, September 23rd. 7:00pmWhere: WGA YouTube Channel, HEREFREE to attend Every September the WGA hosts an event intended to help writers organize their literary agendas for the rest of the year. There are festivals, workshops, seminars, webinars, author talks, readings and book launches happening across the province—and because so many events have moved online this […]
Thanks to the generosity of the Rozsa Foundation, we have received funding to host a series of online readings and author interviews. So, we’re thrilled to launch the WGA Online Reading series for WGA members who had their events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, or any has a 2020 book release looking for an […]
In collaboration with Margaret Lam (BeMusedNetwork.com, DigitalASO.ca), the Writers’ Guild of Alberta is developing a hands-on workshop to help writers explore the inner-workings of artificial intelligence, and its implications on how we read and write in a digital context. Designed to be held over a 3-month period, 6 participating writers will engage in workshops on […]
Saturday, September 12, 202010:00 – 11:30 am$25 for WGA members, $35 for non-members,Students $10 *You do not have to have attended Part 1 to receive all the benefits of this webinar. It will begin with a short recap. WGA members can also access the recording of Part 1. Simply contact [email protected] for the link* Are […]
Until September 28, 2020Open to Peace Country residentsDeadline to submit: August 17 Attention all Peace Country residents! You can contribute your creative responses to the COVID-19 global health crisis in this special art exhibition, The Curve.The WGA is partnering with the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie (AGGP) to present The Curve, a multi-disciplinary community art installation exhibited […]
For a limited time, our past webinars are available free to members, $20 for non-members. A full list of past webinars are available at: https://writersguild.ca/resources/webinars-and-online-workshops/. Choose from a wide selection of topics like writing thrillers, how to publicize your book, research and nonfiction, and tips for online readings!
The WGA is thrilled to announce the winners of our 2020 Pandemic Postcards Contest! We invited Alberta authors to share 250 word stories of what inspires their writing during this pandemic, and what they might write on a postcard from home. The winners will receive the following prizes as well as publication in an upcoming electronic chapbook. […]
You can now listen to WGA podcasts on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/6dBGJWFtxbF8DejUlRG1D8 Listen to past podcasts from the WGA’s Borderlines Writers Circle, the Let’s Get Lit Poetry Podcast Series and the Book Women Podcast series all on our Spotify page!
