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Spring Workshop: West Coast Writers Urban Retreat with Betsy Warland
West Coast Writers is pleased to announce our upcoming urban retreat: a day-long intensive with critically acclaimed poet and author, Betsy Warland. Navigating contradictions, the unknown, or the...
Betsy Warland at the Wild Writers Festival in Waterloo
The inaugural Wild Writers Festival, presented by The New Quarterly, was held from Nov 3-5, 2017 in Waterloo, Ontario. Betsy Warland offered a sold out creative non-fiction workshop and was part...
Markowitz Award Open for Submissions & Lambda Literary Announces New Prize
The 2018 Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers is now open for submissions. Lambda Literary announced the news on Jan 4: "The Judith A. Markowitz Award honors LGBTQ-identified...
Betsy Warland at Growing Room 2018!
Growing Room is Room magazine’s annual literary festival, a celebration of diverse Canadian writers and artists, and Betsy Warland is honoured to be included in the stellar lineup! Growing Room: A...
Refugium Longlisted for George Ryga Award
Refugium, an anthology of Poems for the Pacific, edited by Victoria Poet Laureate, Yvonne Blomer, has been longlisted for the 2018 George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature. Published by...
Vancouver Manuscript Intensive Accepting Applications
The Vancouver Manuscript Intensive is accepting applications for 2018. VMI is an in-depth one-to-one mentorship program that pairs you with a professional author to develop your manuscript to its...
Elee Kraljii Gardiner Joins Vancouver Manuscript Intensive
The Vancouver Manuscript Intensive is proud to welcome Elee Kraljii Gardiner to the roster of exceptional VMI mentors including Rachel Rose, Evelyn Lau, Jane Silcott, and more. Gardiner will be...
Betsy Warland Named as Judge for Open Season Awards
Betsy Warland will judge The Malahat Review's 2017 Open Season Awards in the creative nonfiction category. The Open Season Awards offer a grand total of $4500 in prize money in three categories:...
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