Hey! This is New! And Exciting! So Exciting that We’re overusing Capital Letters! That’s how Important this Is!!!
Our Weekly Update, last seen in such wonderful places like Your In-Box is now Online!!!
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AUGUST 18, 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
General apologies to all members of the Collective! Updates should now be back on track!!!!!
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Hey all! Happy post May Long weekend blahs! I hate short weeks after long weekends – so anticlimactic. Well, hate is a strong word, and really what do I have to complain about - SUMMER IS HERE!! YES! the unofficial start of Winnipeg’s summer season is now upon us, and that means the BDI is open, slurpees are flying out of the dispensers, kids are using the after storm puddles as wading pools, AND, perhaps most notably of all, the Writers Collective of Manitoba is…
Last Sunday we convened the Writers’ Collective’s 10th anniversary AGM. 10 years! That’s a huge milestone for any organization, and especially for a relatively small not-for-profit.
Two of the Collective’s founders, Janine LeGal and Lori Broadfoot, joined two current Board members, Ahniko and Mela Fox-Allen, to discuss two very important questions:
- Who is this Writers’ Collective?
- And what can it do for me?
The discussion was lively and informative, and at the end we also got our audience involved! Here are some of…
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Our new website — some of which is emerging before our eyes — is being built by WebRiggers.net and will feature a collection of creative writing submissions as well as support our mailing lists and the Speaking Crow Podcast. The Collective’s executive and board members will now be able to communicate with members and interested parties through this new forum to advise you of all the goings-on and resources available through the Collective. When we launch, we’ll even have an events calendar to…