2018 WordsWorth Instructors & Courses
We are thrilled to announce the instructors for Wordsworth 2018. More names and course descriptions will be added as they are confirmed! [button link=”https://writersguild.ca/wordsworth-2018-form/” size=”large” bg_color=”#aa9949″ border=”#aa9949″]Register Now[/button] WordsWorth 2018 Instructors [tabs style=”default”][tab title=”Derek Beaulieu”] Week 2 Derek Beaulieu is the author / editor of 20 collections of poetry, prose and criticism including two volumes of […]
Drink the Wild Air 2018 – Registration Deadline Extended!
Date: March 9-11, 2018 Place: Nestor Lodge, Kamp Kiwanis in Bragg Creek, Alberta. Ages: The retreat is for young writers ages 12-19. Cost: $208 (Price includes meals – Friday dinner to lunch on Sunday, overnight accommodations, classes and evening activities.) Because we can’t offer WordsWorth all year long, there’s Drink the Wild Air. Drink the Wild Air is a whirlwind weekend of […]
WordsWorth 2017
WordsWorth is a week-long sleepover creative writing residency for young writers who believe in the power of words. Writers will be completely immersed in the creative and diverse world of writing. Guided by established and respected artist-instructors, writers will experience writing through fiction, poetry, spoken word, music, drama, film making, monologue and nonfiction. But […]
2017 WordsWorth Instructors & Courses
We are proud to announce this year’s instructors for Wordsworth 2017. More names and course descriptions will be added as they are confirmed! [tabs style=”default”][tab title=”Brandon Wint”] Week 2 Brandon Wint is an Edmonton-based poet, educator and spoken word artist. For Brandon, the writing and performance of poetry are tools for investigating and embodying his […]
WGA Presents: Be a Video Poem Maker Workshop
May 11– On May 11, The Writers’ Guild of Alberta and YEP! will launch Be A Video Poem Maker! Part 1 instructed by celebrated filmmaker Shawn Tse and nationally recognized spoken word poet Brandon Wint. This workshop aims to help teens learn to write and speak poems, and turn those poems into captivating videos. Tablets […]
Drink the Wild Air 2017
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Date: March 10-12, 2017 Place: Kamp Kiwanis in Bragg Creek, Alberta. Ages: The retreat is for young writers ages 12-19. Cost: $190 (Price includes meals – Friday dinner to lunch on Sunday, overnight accommodations, classes and evening activities.) Because we can’t offer WordsWorth all year long, there’s Drink […]
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 […]
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 […]