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WGA Staff Announcements

September 10, 2020

The WGA announces the upcoming departure of Calgary-based Program Director Samantha Warwick. Sam has been with us for over 15 years and has developed a vibrant WGA community in Calgary and surrounding areas. She has supported writers—both new and established—from across Alberta and beyond, creating opportunities for artists to have their work celebrated and showcased at events, conferences and community partnerships. Since 2005, Sam has promoted the literary arts and writers through creative and inspiring programs held at indie bookstores, breweries,

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WGA 2020 Annual General Meeting

September 10, 2020

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 board incumbents and nominees are available to download here for advance viewing. The Annual Report and financial statements will be available for viewing on

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WGA Employment Opportunity | Program & Conference Coordinator (Part-Time, Calgary)

August 17, 2020

Reports To: Executive Director Start Date: Week of September 28, 2020 Office Location: Community Wise Office at #204, 223 12th Ave SW The Writers’ Guild of Alberta is looking for an individual with strong programming, communication and administrative skills for the part-time position of Program & Conference Coordinator situated at the Southern Alberta WGA Office. This individual will be responsible for the coordination, implementation and delivery of approved WGA events, services and programs including the annual conference, along with outreach

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Amber-Webb Bowerman Memorial Foundation Online Fundraiser

August 14, 2020

Like so many other gatherings, the 11th annual SugarBowl is cancelled for this August due to COVID-19 precautions. The decision to shut down SugarBowl 2020 does not mean, however, that fun and charity are on hold. Indeed, the world needs more of both those things in bigger, more meaningful doses. And who better than Calgary’s large-hearted recreational lawn-bowling community to dole them out? (Don’t answer that.) The Amber-Webb Bowerman Foundation wants to channel your thwarted competitive urge to throw bowls into something positive

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Call for Chapbook Submissions: Armistice Press

August 13, 2020

The WGA is a proud promotional partner for a new chapbook project showcasing emerging Edmonton LGBTQ+ poets! Armistice is committed to publishing diverse voices and experiences. The Armistice Press chapbook project is run by WGA Communications and Partnerships Coordinator Ellen Kartz. Submission Call: Armistice Press is seeking poetry from emerging Edmonton LGBTQ+ writers for a new chapbook series. Emerging is defined as those not yet published in full book-length form. While individual poems from chapbook submission may be previously published,

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Call for Submissions: The Curve Community Art Installation

July 6, 2020

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 through the summer of 2020 at the AGGP. It will honour those in the Peace Region who passed, who served, and who lived through

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE WGA BOARD

July 6, 2020

Deadline: August 10 **Revised August 20The 2020/21 board of the WGA will be elected at the Virtual AGM in September. There will be at least one opening for Vice-President and one opening for Member at Large. As well, two members have put their names forward for re-election for the positions of President and Youth Member at Large. Nominations are welcome from members from across the province with a view to creating a Board with a diversity of backgrounds, experience, and

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WGA Webinars

July 5, 2020

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!

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WGA Podcasts are Now on Spotify

July 4, 2020

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!

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Pandemic Postcards – Winners Announced

July 4, 2020

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. Congratulations to all of the winners! First Prize: $500 – “Full Tank” by Rachelle Pinnow (Calgary) Jury Comments: “This story wonderfully evokes many of the

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Canada Helps and the Great Canadian Giving Challenge

June 15, 2020

Your donation could go even further to help support Alberta authors and the WGA! Throughout the month of June, every $1 donated to a charity through Canada Helps is a chance for that charity to win a $20,000 donation (minimum $3 donation required). Which means every dollar you donate to the WGA during June is a chance to see your donation multiply! The WGA recognizes the many other types of challenges writers are facing at this time—if you are not able

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WordsWorth Presents: Circuit Tree 2020

June 8, 2020

An online summer creative writing residency for youth aged 11-19 July 19 – 24 (ages 11-19), $250OnlineRegistration for Circuit Tree 2020 is now closed. The first ten registrations or referrals to a friend who hasn’t attended our summer camp in a previous year will receive a free t-shirt. From the creative minds that brought you WordsWorth and Drink the Wild Air, we are proud to present Circuit Tree, an online creative writing residency program for youth. Immerse yourself in a

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WGA Virtual Town Hall

June 5, 2020

Thursday, July 9th. 6:30 pm Join us for a virtual town hall and have your say on the WGA’s programming since the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled all of our in-person events and drove more of the activity online.  We would love to hear from you. We know that nothing compares to gathering with your fellow writers for a book launch or workshop, but we want to do everything we can to make our programming and offerings feel like the next best

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Call for Submissions: Pandemic Postcards

May 26, 2020

WGA invites you to share what inspires your writing during this pandemic, and what you might write on a postcard from home. Who are you missing? Write them a greeting from your self-isolation stay-cation, or just share a short short story with them. What are you doing to keep amused? Do you have a funny or sad tale to tell? Here is an opportunity to share your creative expression. Rules: Deadline to submit is June 30, 2020. Prizes: First Prize:

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2020 Alberta Literary Awards Video Presentation

May 25, 2020

Thursday, June 4, 8pm, Online The Writers’ Guild of Alberta, with the help of Reel Story Communications, has created a short video presentation that will celebrate this year’s finalists and announce the winners in eight categories, as well as the Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize and Golden Pen Award. The video will be posted via the WGA Facebook page and we invite you all to watch the premiere with us on Thursday, June 4th at 8pm MST. Like

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