Drink the Wild Air — (Sylvan Lake) March 14-16, 2025
Drink the Wild Air 2025 Date: March 14-16th, 2025Location: Camp Kannawin, near Sylvan LakeCost: $230 While we wait within our homesAnd wintry winds blow through slumbering grovesThere is a place both fresh and rareA place called Drink the Wild Air Where friends can come and share their wordsAnd minds and hearts, their voices heardHappy to be back in-personWe’ll have a blast, that much is certain! Drink the Wild Air is a Creative Writing Retreat for Youth ages
Circuit Tree: Rebooted | Writing Well-Rounded Characters — (Edmonton) December 13, 2024
Circuit Tree: Rebooted | Writing Well-Rounded Characters December 13th, 2024 | 5-7pm MT | $20In-Person: Stanley A. Milner Library (Downtown): Civic Employees Fund Room 3 (Main Floor)Online: Young Alberta Writers Discord server Do you have an awesome idea for a story but need help fleshing out your characters? Maybe you just want a refresher on best practices when writing a well-rounded character? We’ll learn and practice some of the best steps involved in avoiding stereotypes
2024 WordsWorth Instructors & Courses
Registration is open! Early Bird rate: $590 until April 30, 2024 Regular rate: $630 starting May 1, 2024 Week 1 (ages 11 – 14): July 14th – 19th, 2024 Week 2 (ages 15 – 19): July 21st – 26th, 2024 Location: Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP), Red Deer, AB T-shirt: $25Anthology: $12 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.
WordsWorth 2023: Let’s Go!! – Registration deadline June 30!
WordsWorth 2023: Let’s Go!! Registration is now closed(After 10:00 AM on June 30th, registration will be fully closed and RDP room availability cannot be guaranteed.) Week 1 (ages 11 – 14): July 9th – 14th, 2023 | $610Week 2 (ages 15 – 19): July 16th – 21st, 2023 | $610 Location: Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP), Red Deer, AB T-shirt: $25Anthology: $12 We’re excited to be able to return to Red Deer Polytechnic (formerly Red Deer College) again for WordsWorth 2023! Immerse yourself in
WordsWorth 2022: Regeneration
Registration is now closed Week 1 (ages 11 – 14): July 10th – 15th, 2022 | $570Week 2 (ages 15 – 19): July 17th – 22nd, 2019 | $570 Location: Red Deer Polytechnic, Red Deer, AB T-shirt: $20Anthology: $10 Though we will not be having our typical adventures near Bragg Creek at Kamp Kiwanis, we will still have a blast at this year’s location: Red Deer Polytechnic (formerly Red Deer College)! There may not be
Amber-Webb Bowerman Memorial Foundation Online Fundraiser
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