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For those in Edmonton, or surrounding areas, who are looking to drop-off your Awards books to the office in-person, please note the following: Starting October 15th, books may be dropped off in person between 10AM-2PM on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays at the WGA Head Office in the Percy Page Centre in Edmonton until December 2, 2024. We have updated the Alberta Literary Awards Guidelines to reflect this change. Otherwise, we’ll be happy to accept materials sent by mail or courier. If you

In light of the ongoing Canada Post strike, we have decided to extend the submission deadline to December 9th, 2024. This extension aims to provide you with additional time to prepare and submit your entries. We strongly urge all participants to use alternative shipping methods besides Canada Post when submitting their books. Submission Requirements:To be considered as entered, please ensure that you have filled out the online form made the required payment, and shipped your books BY December 9th. (Shipments MUST be postmarked December

The Writers’ Guild of Alberta (WGA) is preparing to celebrate another successful year with the 2025 Alberta Literary Awards. Writers from across Alberta and their publishers are invited to check out and submit to this year’s award categories. The deadline for submissions to the Alberta Literary Awards was December 2, 2024 but has been extended to December 9th, 2024. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CANADA POST STRIKE AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE AWARDS INTAKE SEASON, PLEASE VIEW OUR POST. Submissions are evaluated on originality, creativity, and quality of writing,

Controversy @ Noon Series Is there a pressing literary topic you want to hear more about? How about the banning of books? Ageism in the publishing industry? The ever-looming presence of AI?  In an effort to reframe collaboration efforts with our membership and offer programming based on local writers’ immediate needs, the WGA is excited to announce that our Controversy @ Noon series will take place monthly for the duration of 2024. Controversy @ Noon aims to address the interests

We are aware of the announced national strike by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). We understand this may impact our Awards intake process, and we want to assure you that we are closely monitoring the situation. FIND OUR LATEST UPDATE HERE Please note the following: We appreciate your understanding and patience during this time. Rest assured that we are doing everything possible to ensure a fair and smooth intake process for all participants. Please note, that anyone who

Deadline: October 1, 2024 The Writers’ Guild of Alberta is calling all readers and writers to join our awards juries this season. This is an opportunity to be “in the room” when the 2025 finalists and winners are chosen. The awards season is an important time on the literary calendar. In 2025, the WGA will present awards in nine categories, plus the city book prizes. We could not do this without the hard work and deliberation of our jurors. We

Please note that the WGA will be observing National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Monday, September 30th as we commemorate and honour residential school survivors and the children who were never returned home, as well as their families and communities. Our office will be closed and staff will not be responding to emails. The literary community is a great place to find resources for understanding reconciliation and Indigenous cultures. We look to the authors who have taken the time

We would love to know what our members are publishing in 2024! If you have a book slated for publication in 2024 and would like to tell us about it, please do so via the form below. All books by WGA members that are commercially available in 2024 are welcome, including self-published and ebook or audiobook exclusives. If your book was published in a previous year, past years forms can be found here. Submissions to this form may be included

WGA HOLIDAY OFFICE CLOSURE Dates: December 18, 2024 – January 3, 2025 The WGA Office will be closed from December 18th -January 3rd, returning on January 6th. If you have any questions during the closure, please feel free to email WGA staff and we will get back to you once we get back in the new year. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your engagement with the WGA in 2024! We’re looking forward to connecting

The WGA Annual General Meeting will be taking place June 9, online and in-person during our 2024 WGA Conference: No Place Like Home Sunday, June 9, 2023 | 10:45 am – 12:15 pmOnline via Zoom / Located in the Valley Ballroom, 2nd Floor The AGM is free and open to all WGA members in good standing. To prepare for the AGM, please review our 2023/2024 Annual Report.

Please note that the WGA office will be closed on Monday, November 11th, 2024 for Remembrance Day. The Percy Page Centre will be closed, so there will be no access to drop off books for the Awards intake. We will be back in the office November 12th, 2024.