Lindsey says, check out Charlie Says! It’s a brand spankin’ new “Dear Abby-esque” YouTube show by Charlie, who is a board member here at the Writers’ Collective.
So go check it out! Seriously. Do it. Lindsey told you too.
Happy Writing!
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I think we need some writerly types representing at this year’s Culture Days.
(Re-posted from the Winnipeg Arts e-billboard)
CALL 4 VOLUNTEERS
SEPTEMBER 30th- OCTOBER 2nd 2011
Join thousands of Canadians this fall in the largest arts participation campaign ever undertaken! Culture Days is a collaborative pan-Canadian volunteer movement to raise the awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement of all Canadians in the arts and cultural life of their communities. This is an open call for all volunteers to join the movement and help us …
happy evening everyone – i wanted to post some more new, great work from our wonderful members.
here are two poems by Brenda Sciberras. Enjoy!
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100 minutes with an author
We are like magpies, preying
on every clever word uttered from her lips.
Pen in hand scribbling notes,
writing every syl-la-ble, believing
she has the answers, an antidote,
a cure for writers’ block.
She will feed us confidence,
validate our thirst for knowledge
on how the craft is done. Spark
an epiphany, …
December 7, 2010 WRITERS’ COLLECTIVE UPDATE
*WRITERS’ COLLECTIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS
*WRITERS’ COLLECTIVE MEMBER NEWS
*PROGRAMS AROUND AND ABOUT
*OPPORTUNITIES AND SUBMISSIONS
*CONTESTS
*SOURCES AND RESOURCES
*NEWS RANDOM AND OTHERWISE
*QUOTE OF THE WEEK
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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And the Winners of the 2010 Winnipeg Free Press/Writers` Collective Non-Fiction and Poetry Contests are . . .
NON-FICTION
First Place – Epitaph for El Toro’s by Rachel DeGagne, $500.00 and a year’s membership to the Writers’ Collective.
Second Place – Down to the Willows by William Backman, $300.00 and a …
Please welcome Jocelyn Boileau to the blogging fold! And enjoy her beautiful poem here. Thanks so much Jocelyn.
Do You Know Who You Are?
“I am all orders of being, the circling galaxy, the evolutionary intelligence, the lift, and the falling away. What is, and what isn’t. ~ Rumi
Do You Know Who You Are?
Are you the light that filters shadows
through the leaves across the wild yard?
In through the window
on to the couch. Dancing.
Are you the moth, fluttering?
Hitting itself …
[ November 20, 2010; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ]
CV2 35th Anniversary Launch
When: Saturday, November 20. 7 pm
Where: Aqua Books (274 Garry Street)
Cost: FREE!
Contemporary Verse 2 is celebrating 35 years of publishing fine poetry and critical writing with the launch of two Special Editions, and a reading by 9 Winnipeg poets, each a key contributor to CV2 over the years. Join us for an evening of poetry, prizes and celebration on Saturday, November 20 at 7:00pm.
Readers for the evening include Allison Calder, Maurice Mierau, Charles Leblanc, Rosanna Deerchild, Meira Cook, George Amabile, Dennis Cooley and Sarah Klassen.
In addition, there …
WRITERS’ COLLECTIVE UPDATE
*WRITERS’ COLLECTIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS
*WRITERS’ COLLECTIVE MEMBER NEWS
*PROGRAMS AROUND AND ABOUT
*OPPORTUNITIES AND SUBMISSIONS
*CONTESTS
*SOURCES AND RESOURCES
*NEWS RANDOM AND OTHERWISE
*QUOTE OF THE WEEK
ANNOUNCEMENTS
***
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS & WRITERS’ COLLECTIVE NON-FICTION CONTEST 2010
The challenge this year is to write a non-fiction story based on the theme “Welcome to hard times . . .” For good or for ill. For richer or poorer. For laughs or tears. Hard times can make us stronger or break us entirely. Hard
…
just a few more from our Awards Night -
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On Monday September 27, 2010 an enthusiatic writerly crowd gathered in the Carol Shields Auditorium,
fearlessly led by WCM President Hilary Friesen,
and her equally courageous sidekick Program Coordinator Michael Van Rooy,
young and emerging writers
were coerced into reading their work for the audience
and they did,
and they all did a GREAT job!!!
CONGRATS TO ALL THE WINNERS!!…
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