NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION BRANCH (OTTAWA)

NOVEMBER, 2018 

 

Need more information on CAA-NCR, its programs or events?  Visit us at http://canadianauthors.org/nationalcapitalregion/

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Keep in touch on Twitter at: @caa_ncr

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 Arlene Smith at NCRadmin@canadianauthors.org

 

CAA-NCR’S ANNUAL NATIONAL CAPITAL WRITING CONTEST (NCWC)

 

is ba-a-a-ck! That’s right! The 32st Annual National Capital Writing Contest (NCWC) opens November 1, 2018 • Deadline is Friday, February 8, 2019

Sponsored by Canadian Authors Association–National Capital Region

$300 First Place • $200 Second Place • $100 Third Place

Short Story: Maximum 2,500 words, unpublished, in English.
Poetry: Maximum 60 lines including title and blank lines, unpublished, in English. No Haiku.

Entry Fees: Poetry: $5 per single poem; Short Story: $15 per single story.

NEW! Open to Canadian writers living in ONTARIO and QUEBEC. NEW!

Submissions may be sent via regular mail or submitted online.

Official launch November 1. Watch for contact details and guidelines on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/groups/CanadianAuthorsNCR/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/3475020491/

AND ON OUR BRANCH WEBSITE

https://canadianauthors.org/nationalcapitalregion/contests/

 

CAA-NCR MONTHLY MEETINGS FOR 2018-2019 UPCOMING

Meeting start time 7:15 p.m . • A writing challenge at the start of every regular monthly meeting to engage those in attendance and to develop our writing skills. • A short reading by a member at the start of every monthly meeting to promote our writers and to inspire others with great ideas. LOCATION: McNabb Recreation Centre, 180 Percy St. Ottawa

More information on the topics for upcoming meetings on our website at CAA-NCR Meetings

 

CAA-NCR MEETING for TUESDAY, NOV.13, 2018

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Marketing 101: Marketing for Writers, with Sarah Sambles

Whether traditionally or self-published, aspiring or established, every writer needs to know how to market themselves. This can seem overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. In this interactive workshop, Sarah Sambles will demystify the marketing process, explore how to approach marketing as a writer, and introduce key components to an effective marketing plan. You will come away with the right tools to kickstart your own marketing plan.

If you have a question about marketing, send it to NCRadmin@canadianauthors.org in advance of the meeting so Sarah can prepare to address your area of interest.

BIO: Sarah Sambles is a local children’s fiction writer and communications coach with nearly 20 years’ experience as a marketing consultant. Her goal is to help fellow writers overcome their fear of marketing and gain the skills to successfully engage their target audience. Connect with her at www.sarahsambles.com on Twitter or via her Facebook page.

 

OTHER WORKSHOPS

 Packaging Your Imagination 2018

When: Saturday, November 10
Where: Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, 209 Victoria St, Toronto
Cost: CANSCAIP Members and Friends – $200, Non-members – $225
Info: https://www.canscaip.org/event-2649748

 

BANFF CENTRE

 

March 11-23, 2019  Spring Writers Retreat

This residency is designed for emerging and established writers with a proven publication record seeking a period of dedicated, self-directed time to work on a project in any genre. Work away from the constraints of everyday life and delve deep into your creative project. Participants can request to extend their stay. Apply by November 28

 

SUBMISSION CALLS AND OPPORTUNITIES

OTTAWA SUBMISSIONS

Links to contests and submission calls visit CAA-NCR website here: http://canadianauthors.org/nationalcapitalregion/contests/writing-contests-calls-for-Wsubmission/

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.

We will pay $75 for previously unpublished reviews of 500 words or more of recent Canadian poetry books and chapbooks. Send your reviews as .doc, .docx, .rtf files to amanda@bywords.ca by the end of the month for consideration for the next issue of Bywords.ca. 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

 

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

  Prairie Fire Short Fiction Contest

 Genre: Short Fiction Entry Fee: $32 (includes 1-year subscription to Prairie Fire magazine)

Deadline: November 30, 2018
Prize: First: $1,250; Second: $500; Third: $250
Description: One story per entry, max. 5,000 words
Website: http://www.prairiefire.ca/contests/2012-contests/

 Prairie Fire Creative Nonfiction
 
Genre: Nonfiction  Entry Fee: $32 (includes 1-year subscription to Prairie Fire magazine)
Deadline: November 30, 2018
Prize: First prize $1,250, Second prize $500, Third prize $250
Description: One essay per entry, Max. 5,000 words
Website: http://www.prairiefire.ca/contests/2012-contests/

  

OUT AND ABOUT IN TOWN: MEETINGS, BOOK LAUNCHES AND POETRY READINGS

 THE FACTORY READING SERIES THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2018;

doors 7pm; reading 7:30pm. The Carleton Tavern, 223 Armstrong Street (at Parkdale; upstairs), Ottawa
above/ground press chapbook launch for London, Ontario poet Emily Izsak
launching Twenty-Five with special guest-readers: Sarah Kabamba + Sarah MacDonell
More info: http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-factory-reading-series-emily-izsa

 

TREE READING SERIES at Happy Goat Coffee, 35 Laurel St. Ottawa (Hintonburg)
Tuesday, November 13 David Alexander + Jenny Haysom

8:00p Readings – Open Mic and Featured Readers

David Alexander  is the author of two chapbooks and a full-length debut, After the Hatching Oven, published this spring by Nightwood Editions. His poems have appeared in journals and magazines including Prairie Fire, The Puritan, The Humber Literary Review, and the Literary Review of Canada. He works for The Word On The Street festival in Toronto.

Jenny Haysom was born in England and raised in Nova Scotia. She completed a Master’s degree in English Literature at the University of Ottawa in the 90s, and has since worked for independent booksellers and the Ottawa Public Library. Her writing has appeared in a variety of magazines—most recently in The Walrus, The New Quarterly, and The Fiddlehead. A chapbook of poems, Blinding Afternoons, was published by Anstruther Press in 2017, and her debut collection, Dividing the Wayside, is due this fall (2018) with Palimpsest Press. Jenny was on the board of directors for Arc Poetry Magazine for several years, guest-edited a special issue of children’s poetry (2012) and was prose editor from 2014-16. She lives with her family in Old Ottawa South.

More info: www.treereadingseries.ca

 THE OTTAWA SMALL PRESS BOOK FAIR AUTUMN 2018 / 24TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT will be held on Saturday, November 24, 2018 in room 203 of the Jack Purcell Community Centre (on Elgin, at 320 Jack Purcell Lane).
General info: the ottawa small press book fair noon to 5pm (opens at 11:00 for exhibitors)
admission free to the public.  $25 for exhibitors, full tables   $12.50 for half-tables
(payable to rob mclennan, c/o 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9; paypal options also available
Note: for the sake of increased demand, we are now offering half tables.
To be included in the exhibitor catalog: please include name of press, address, email, web address, contact person, type of publications, list of publications (with price), if submissions are being considered and any other pertinent info, including upcoming ottawa-area events (if any). Be sure to send by November 10th if you would like to appear in the exhibitor catalogue. Contact: rob mclennan at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com for questions, or to sign up for a table. http://smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-ottawa-small-press-fair-autumn-2018.html

 

OUT OF TOWN

Wild Writers Festival 
When:  November 2 – 4, 2018  Where: 67 Erb Street West, Waterloo, ON
Cost: $0 to $135  Info: https://wildwriters.ca/event/2018/