The Writers' Collective

Did you know that ACI Manitoba has a Calls for Submissions page that is updated regularly?

If you’re looking for things to contribute to around the city and beyond, perhaps you should check it out!

Click Here!…

What do you think about books on writing? Do you have a favorite? One that you would recommend? I like Stephen King’s On Writing, personally.…

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I’ve had this lovely poem stuck in my head for a while now, so I thought I would share.

Starpainters by Gordon Downie

The myth is neither here nor there, from the air.
Just blue lake stains and purified, parcelled squares:
a crazy quilt of spearmint, of mustard and honey tones;
a scuffed-up kitchen floor
of tiles on top of bones with a big trap door.
Towns down diagonal lines disappear and drop out of sight into the night
beyond the national night, and underneath …

Have you checked out Thin Air? AKA The Winnipeg International Writers Festival?

Yes? Great! They have soon pretty nifty events coming up, so check ‘em out by clicking here.

No? Well, we can fix that right now by clicking here.

Have fun!

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Prairie Fire: Speaking Volumes, May 12

Prairie Fire invites you to a fundraising benefit
“SPEAKING VOLUMES”
Saturday, May 12, 2012

“SPEAKING VOLUMES” – CELEBRATES 33 YEARS OF PUBLISHING with award-winning writers Dora Dueck and J.R. Léveillé. This benefit directly supports Prairie Fire’s ongoing, in-depth practicum in publishing program.

Join us on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Fort Gibraltar, 866 rue St. Joseph in old St. Boniface and hear readings by these award-winning writers.
Dora Dueck received the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award in …

Remember that article a while back from the Writerly Life? Most of what You’re Reading is Probably A Waste of Time?

The article got some mixed reviews. Check it out!  Right here.…

“Finding Your Voice/Finding Your Place”

Sign up for a writers’ weekend with creative writing instructors Donna Besel and Kate Bitney at beautiful Falcon Trails Resort, April 13-15, 2012. Weekend includes 3 nights stay in luxurious lakefront cabin, gourmet meals, hot tubs, sauna, and plenty of writing sessions designed to encourage, inspire, and motivate. Visit Falcon Trails’ website (http://www.falcontrails.mb.ca) to find out more and to register for this event.

Donna Besel loves writing of all kinds: short stories, novels, poems, articles, songs. Her work …

“Finding Your Voice/Finding Your Place”

Sign up for a writers’ weekend with creative writing instructors Donna Besel and Kate Bitney at beautiful Falcon Trails Resort, April 13-15, 2012. Weekend includes 3 nights stay in luxurious lakefront cabin, gourmet meals, hot tubs, sauna, and plenty of writing sessions designed to encourage, inspire, and motivate. Visit Falcon Trails’ website (http://www.falcontrails.mb.ca) to find out more and to register for this event.

Donna Besel loves writing of all kinds: short stories, novels, poems, articles, songs. Her work …

WordFest: Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival (Calgary, AB):Call to Writers, Deadline April 21

Call for Submissions – Anne Green Award

WordFest: Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival is inviting submissions for the inaugural Anne Green Award. The $3,000 award will be given to an artist whose project explores and challenges the traditional form of story and narrative and culminates in a presentation of the work at the 17th annual WordFest held in Calgary and Banff from October 9–14, 2012. The recipient will also be invited to Calgary as …