Support Us

One-time Donations

The easiest way to donate is a simple, one-time cash donation through our website. Simply click the Donate button at the bottom of the page to begin! Any cash donation over $10 will receive a tax receipt and acknowledgement on the Donor and Sponsors page of WestWord magazine.

Recurring Donations

If you wish to donate monthly or annually we can arrange that for you. Simply give us a call at our number at the bottom of this page!

Bursaries

Help a young writer attend one of our youth writing camps by donating to the camp bursary fund, or assist an Alberta author in attending our annual conference.

Corporate Sponsorship

Corporate sponsorships are especially vital to a number of our larger programs including the Alberta Literary Awards, Youth Programs, our Mentorship Program, and our AGM & Conference. Please contact us and we can discuss building your unique sponsorship package!

Endowment

If you are interested in helping keep the WGA alive and flourishing for years to come, we urge you to donate to our endowment fund. The creation of an endowment fund will be a vital step toward providing consistent and sustainable funding for the WGA. Please have a look at our information sheet about the fund for more information.

Kemosa Scholarship

The Kemosa Scholarship for First Nations, Metis and Inuit Mothers Who Write was launched  in 2017 to help aspiring writers focus on their creativity and find time to write, and to help give voice to Indigenous mothers who write. The Kemosa Scholarship awards 3-5 prizes annually. This year’s prize will award: 1st place $3000, 2nd place $2000, 3rd place $1000.

Legacy Gifts

Want to memorialize yourself or someone else who has a connection to writing or the writing community in Alberta? To discuss how you can set up a legacy gift please contact us.

Sharon Lynne Henderson Memorial Fund

This fund is created in memory of Sharon Henderson, (read more about Sharon here) in recognition of her life-long love of, and advocacy for, Canadian literature. Donations to this fund will be directed to a literary award in her name that will be presented in perpetuity, in support of young or emerging Alberta writers.

W.O. Mitchell Scholarship Fund

Renowned Canadian author W.O. Mitchell was passionate about finding the best ways to support emerging writers and helping them find their voices. The W.O. Mitchell Scholarship endowment fund has been established through the Edmonton Community Foundation to ensure writers will continue to be held up and supported by his legacy. We have an initial fundraising goal of $10,000 to get the fund started. We hope that through the donations and royalties the fund will eventually grow to be able to support a novelist and a playwright in the Mentorship Program each year.

W.O. Mitchell, was a Canadian writer and broadcaster. His “best-loved” novel is Who Has Seen the Wind (1947), which portrays life on the Canadian Prairies from the point of view of a small boy and sold almost a million copies in Canada. As a broadcaster, he is known for his radio series Jake and the Kid, which aired on CBC Radio between 1950 and 1956 and was also about life on the Prairies.