NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION BRANCH (OTTAWA)
NOTICES FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 2017
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TO ALL READERS: Please send all submissions & event notices in the body of an email; (the text needs to permit copy and paste. Exceptions: Accompanying images such as photos and book cover) to Carol Stephen at cstephen0@gmail.com
MEETINGS AND EVENTS:
CAA-NCR MEETING: TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2017 WITH CAROLINE PIGNAT
TOPIC: The Writer’s Journey
DATE: January 10, 2017 TIME: 7:00 p.m.
LOCATION: McNabb Community Center, Percy St.
Stuck at a threshold? In need of a mentor? Dreading your dragon? Wherever we are in our writing careers, writing takes courage—and lots of it. Asking ourselves the right questions can help us forge ahead and claim that treasure. Join two-time GG winner, author and teacher Caroline Pignat as she explores the call, challenges, and adventure of writing. Our voices, our stories, our ends and means may differ, but every writer’s journey is truly a Hero’s Journey.
30TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CAPITAL WRITING CONTEST (NCWC)
Sponsored by the Canadian Authors Association–National Capital Region
Short Story • Poetry $300 First Place • $200 Second Place • $100 Third Place
Open to all Canadian writers. Deadline: 11:59 PM/23h59 EST Friday, February 3, 2017
Submissions may be sent via regular mail or submitted online.
Winning entries will be published in Byline, and all finalists’ entries will be published in a 2017 Anthology celebrating NCWC’s 30th Anniversary. All rights will remain with the writer.
MORE INFORMATION: http://canadianauthors.org/nationalcapitalregion/contests/ncwc/
FROM NATIONAL:
CAA WEBINAR: WRITE BETTER DIALOGUE
Members of CAA who missed the “Write Better Dialogue” webinar in December can still access all the great information Matthew Bin had to share. Contact the national office for more information: admin@canadianauthors.org
CANADIAN AUTHORS LITERARY AWARDS 2017 – CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
This year, we’re accepting submissions for the CAA Literary Awards until January 31, 2017 in the Fiction, Canadian History, and Poetry categories, and March 1 for the Emerging Writer Award and the Fred Kerner Book Award. This awards competition is open to all Canadian writers published (traditionally and independently) during 2016. (See special criteria for the Fred Kerner Award and the Emerging Writer Award guidelines). For details, guidelines, and entry forms, go to http://canadianauthors.org/national/awards/submit-for-an-award/
SAVE THE DATE – CANWRITE! 2017 IS COMING
We’re thrilled to tell you that CanWrite 2017! will be held June 22-25, 2017 at Humber College in Toronto. Mark your calendars, and watch your inbox for more details about the location of our venue, accommodation options, and program highlights.
OTHER WORKSHOPS
BANFF CENTRE FOR ARTS AND CREATIVITY UPCOMING DEADLINES for 2017 
The deadlines for 2017 Literary Programs have been posted. The first deadlines are January 11, 2017. More information here: https://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/current-programs/literary-arts
SUBMISSION CALLS AND OPPORTUNITIES
OTTAWA SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITIES
Links to contests and submission calls visit CAA-NCR website here: http://canadianauthors.org/nationalcapitalregion/contests/writing-contests-calls-for-submission/
BYWORDS.CA SUBMISSION CALL TO CURRENT AND FORMER OTTAWA POETS
DEADLINE: The 15th of every month for the following month’s issue.
Bywords.ca considers previously unpublished poetry from emerging and established poets for our online monthly magazine. We consider work by current and former residents, students and workers of Ottawa. We also publish poems by contributors to our predecessor, the Bywords Monthly Magazine. FOR SUBMISSION INFO: www.bywords.ca and click on Guidelines. Amanda Earl, Managing Editor. Ottawans & former Ottawans, we want yr poems. guidelines @ Bywords.ca #wewantyrbywords #ottpoetry #613local #submissions PRT Bywords.ca’s literary events calendar here: http://www.bywords.ca/calendar/index.php with up-to-date info on NCR readings, book signings, writers’ circles, literary festivals, spoken word showcases & slams. Event submissions can be sent to events@bywords.ca
LEAGUE OF CANADIAN POETS NATIONAL BROADSHEET CONTEST: The League is excited to announce its first national broadsheet contest, open to all Canadian poets! Judge Sharon Thesen will select a winning poem for publication as a broadsheet designed and printed by Briar Craig on handmade paper. The winner will receive 10 copies of their custom broadsheet, have their poem included in the 2017 Poem in Your Pocket day booklet, and be promoted on the League website. As well, the winning poet will receive a free one-year membership with the League! DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: FEBRUARY 1, 2017 http://poets.ca/broadsheet/
OUT AND ABOUT IN TOWN
MEETINGS, BOOK LAUNCHES AND POETRY READINGS
- Tree Reading Series, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 at the Black Squirrel 1073 Bank St. Ottawa, 8:00 p.m. Sanita Fejzic + Extended Open Mic. Come for our extended open mic to welcome in a better, brighter new year with *your* voices. 2-3 minutes each but not the usual 10 person cap on readers. Show off what you’ve made. Share a poem by someone else that knocked you out cold or lit you up. We’re welcoming us all back to the Black Squirrel! www.treereadingseries.ca
Wednesday, Jan. 18 Sawdust Reading Series 7 pm to 9 pm, Pour Boy – 495 Somerset St W Ottawa. The Sawdust Reading Series Presents Michael Mirolla and TBA. Pour Boy features on-street parking, direct #2 bus service, and an affordable menu. Look for us upstairs! We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the League of Canadian Poets. Michael Mirolla is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, playwright, and poet. Michael describes his fiction as a mix of magic realism, surrealism, speculative fiction and meta-fiction. Michael Mirolla’s latest literary award is the 2014 Bressani Literary Prize for poetry, for his collection The House on 14th Avenue (Signature Editions, 2013). https://www.facebook.com/events/1806897946245434/
Live Poets Society January Thaw Slam. Friday Jan. 20, 2017 Coutts Roastery & Café, 57 Gore ST. East, Perth, Ont. Doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 7. $5.00 admission, performers free.
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