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What’s Up in Literary Events in Ottawa, April, 2019

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NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION BRANCH (OTTAWA)

APRIL, 2019 

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

 Join us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/CanadianAuthorsNCR/
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 MONTHLY MEETINGS FOR 2019

 

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

 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 MONTHLY MEETING APRIL, 2019

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Not Your Parents’ Poetry Workshop, with Pearl Pirie

April is Poetry Month. Using ideas gleaned from sessions at the Canadian Writers’ Summit, we will celebrate and create poetry.

BIO: Pirie is on the organizing committee for VERSeFest and the board of Friends of Wakefield Library. She was president of regional haiku group KaDo (2015-2018) and now stands as treasurer. She is the former director of the Tree Reading Series (Mar 2016-Mar 2018). She was a host of Literary Landscape on CKCUfm.com from 2013-2018. She ran phafours press (2007-2017) which  released over 2 dozen titles.Pearl Pirie’s 3rd full collection,  the pet radish, shrunken  (BookThug, 2015)  won  the  Lampman Award . Her 2nd collection,  Thirsts (Snare, 2011) won the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry.

CAA-NCR MEMBER NEWS

 CAA-NCR Author Phyllis Bohonis will be signing books at Indigo Book Store in Barrhaven, Ontario, Sunday, May 5th , 2019 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Featured will be The Track a suspense novel set in Ottawa and the Outaouais. Phyllis’s novels are full of mystery, suspense and/or romance and all have Canadian settings. Just in time for Mother’s Day and summer reading.

 

CALL FROM JC SULZENKO May 2019 Poetry Quarter Deadline: Friday, April 26, 2019

Come spring, we’ll all be looking for ways to break out! No need for poets to stay in the real world when they could soar!

The Glebe Report’s Poetry Quarter seeks poems of science fiction or speculation – poems of fantasy, magic or witchcraft – poems on space or time travel – poems about undiscovered planets or unknown worlds, utopian or dystopian. Nightmare or dream scenarios welcome! In fact, anything outside the real-world experience, in poetic form. Established and emerging poets, including school students, take up the torch and get unreal!

Poems should be: Original and unpublished in any medium (no poems submitted elsewhere, please); No more than 30 lines each; On any aspect of the theme within the bounds of public discourse; Submitted on or before April 26, 2019. Poets in the National Capital Region of all ages welcome (school-age poets, please indicate your grade in school).

Please send your entries (up to 5 poems that meet the criteria) to editor@glebereport.ca before the deadline of Friday, April 26, 2019. Remember to send us your contact information and your grade if you are in school.

 

NEWS FROM CAA NATIONAL

 REGISTRATION FOR CANWRITE! 2019 IS NOW OPEN!  

 Info from CAA-Metro Vancouver Branch #CanWrite19

Be informed, be inspired and make new friends at #CanWrite19.

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CAA –Metro Vancouver is pleased to be hosting the Canadian Authors writers conference from May 16-19 at the beautiful Vancouver campus of the University of British Columbia. The exciting lineup includes fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction workshops; panels on publishing; presentations on making your book tour a success and using social media to reach a greater audience; agent & publisher pitch sessions, blue pencils and more.

Register early to secure your pitch sessions and blue pencils, and book convenient and reasonably-priced UBC accommodation. Check out the stellar presenters.

Take advantage now of great savings at the early-bird rate, plus get first dibs on the on-site accommodations while they last. We’re putting together a fantastic program for you – check out the info at https://canadianauthors.org/national/canwrite-2019-conference/

 Not sure a writers’ conference is worth the investment? Check out  Why All Writers Should Attend Writers’ Conferences  and what past CanWrite! registrants say.

 

 

OTHER WORKSHOPS

 Writescape Spring Thaw 2019 April 26-28, or April 26-30, 2019

Looking for writing time? Polishing a project? Looking for feedback from two professional editors? Or just want time to rejuvenate your creativity? Don’t miss Spring Thaw.

This all-inclusive writing retreat is held at the fabulous Elmhirst’s Resort on Rice Lake in Keene. Stay for the weekend or treat yourself to an extra two days of writing.

Brochure 2019  Register now

 

SUBMISSION CALLS AND OPPORTUNITIES

OTTAWA SUBMISSIONS

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

 To find many more contests, particularly the November, December and January listings visit https://canadianauthors.org/national/links/awards-competitions/

 

 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

Registration for CV2’s 2019 2 Day Contest is now open. 

This annual contest challenges you to write an original poem in 48 hours — with only one catch. The final poem must include ten words that we provide. These words are released at midnight CDT on Friday April 19th, 2019, leaving you 48 hours to use each of them at least once in an original poetry composition. Prizes include cash, publication, and a copy of the issue containing the winners, not to mention a whole weekend of wordy entertainment.

More info and entry information here: http://www.contemporaryverse2.ca/en/contests/2-day-poem-contest

 

Dr. William Henry Drummond Poetry Contest, 2019 Edition

Submission deadline Friday, April 19, 2019

12th Annual Spring Pulse Poetry Festival May 30 – June 1, 2019.

Download a pdf copy of the rules at www.springpulsepoetryfestival.com  under featured events link.

 

Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2019 Submissions are open until 31 August 2019.

Entry Fee: Short Fiction: £18  Poetry: £12

 

Hosted by the international art and culture publication Aesthetica Magazine, the Award celebrates excellence in Poetry and Short Fiction, supporting new writing talent and presents writers with a fantastic opportunity to further their involvement in the literary world.

Creative Writing Prizes include: £1,000 for each category winner (Poetry and Short Fiction), Publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual 2020, Consultation with Redhammer (Short Fiction Winner), Full Membership to The Poetry Society (Poetry Winner), One-year subscription to Granta, Books courtesy of Bloodaxe Books and Vintage. For more information, please visit our website: www.aestheticamagazine.com/cwa

 

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

TREE READING SERIES RETURNS IN APRIL

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 Rachael Simpson + Rachel McCrum

 Happy Goat Coffee, 35 Laurel St, 1 block northwest of Gladstone & Preston, Ottawa.

7:00p Workshop – with Rachel McCrum

8:00p Readings – Open Mic and Featured Readers

Rachael Simpson’s poetry has been published in Canada and the United States. Her chapbook Eiderdown was published by Apt. 9 Press in 2012, and she was also featured in the anthology Five (2014).

More >

Rachel McCrum is a poet, performer, workshop facilitator, and platform builder. Originally from Northern Ireland, she lived in Edinburgh, Scotland between 2010 and 2016. She was the first BBC Scotland Poet-in-Residence, and Broad of cult spoken word cabaret Rally amp; Broad. She has taught and performed in Greece, South Africa, Haiti, and Canada, and toured her first book, The First Blast To Awaken Women Degenerate (Freight Books), across Ireland, Scotland and England in 2017. She was the co-founder of Stewed Rhubarb Press (Callum MacDonald Award 2012), an original founding member of spoken word collective SHIFT/ (Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016), and co-editor of online magazine All These New Relations. She is delighted to call Montreal home, where she delights in raccoons and despairs of the weather. She is Administrative Director of Mile End Poets’ Festival, and the director of Les Cabarets Bâtards.

More > http://www.treereadingseries.ca/

THE OTTAWA SMALL PRESS BOOK FAIR SPRING 2019

Saturday, June 22, 2019, room 203, Jack Purcell Community Centre off Elgin, 320 Jack Purcell Lane, Ottawa

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 June 15th 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

More info: https://smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-ottawa-small-press-book-fair-spring.html

 

What’s Up in Literary Events in Ottawa, March, 2019

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NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION BRANCH (OTTAWA),

MARCH, 2019 

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

 

Join us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/CanadianAuthorsNCR/

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 MONTHLY MEETINGS FOR 2019

 

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

 

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 MONTHLY MEETING MARCH, 2019

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Step by Step to Completion, with Jennifer Mulligan

Are you mired in a mound of half-completed manuscripts or stuck in the middle of a novel you can’t quite finish? Are your notes scattered and all over the place? Accomplished screenwriter, Jennifer Mulligan, leads us in steps she follows to complete her works—steps that adapt to all kinds of writing. http://jennifermulligan.com/

(NOTE: Nerys Parry has rescheduled her presentation that was to happen on this night to a later date.)

UPCOMING IN APRIL

 

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Not Your Parents’ Poetry Workshop, with Pearl Pirie

April is Poetry Month. Using ideas gleaned from sessions at the Canadian Writers’ Summit, we will celebrate and create poetry.

BIO: Pirie is on the organizing committee for VERSeFest and the board of Friends of Wakefield Library. She was president of regional haiku group KaDo (2015-2018) and now stands as treasurer. She is the former director of the Tree Reading Series (Mar 2016-Mar 2018).  he was a host of Literary Landscape on CKCUfm.com from 2013-2018. She ran phafours press (2007-2017) which  released over 2 dozen titles.Pearl Pirie’s 3rd full collection,  the pet radish, shrunken  (BookThug, 2015)  won  the  Lampman Award . Her 2nd collection,  Thirsts (Snare, 2011) won the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry.

NEWS FROM CAA NATIONAL

 CANADIAN AUTHORS SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERT IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM This unique program helps CAA members improve their social media skills and find new ways to engage fans and readers through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social media platforms. We’re thrilled to have Catherine Saykaly-Stevens back to facilitate the third round of this new Canadian Authors program.

 Ready to learn more and sign up for the program?  If you’re not a member, check out the program at https://canadianauthors.org/national/social-media-expert-in-residence-program/

Already a member? Login to your member account, then go to https://canadianauthors.org/national/sme-in-residence-program/  or select it in the Members Only button droplist. You’ll be able to sign up if you’re new to the program.

 

EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION FOR CANWRITE! 2019 IS NOW OPEN!  

 Info from CAA-Metro Vancouver Branch #CanWrite19

Be informed, be inspired and make new friends at #CanWrite19.

Image result for wikimedia commons ubc vancouver

CAA –Metro Vancouver is pleased to be hosting the Canadian Authors writers conference from May 16-19 at the beautiful Vancouver campus of the University of British Columbia. The exciting lineup includes fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction workshops; panels on publishing; presentations on making your book tour a success and using social media to reach a greater audience; agent & publisher pitch sessions, blue pencils and more.

The early bird rate expires March 15! Register early to secure your pitch sessions and blue pencils, and book convenient and reasonably-priced UBC accommodation. Check out the stellar presenters.

Take advantage now of great savings at the early-bird rate, plus get first dibs on the on-site accommodations while they last. We’re putting together a fantastic program for you – check out the info at https://canadianauthors.org/national/canwrite-2019-conference/

 Not sure a writers’ conference is worth the investment? Check out  Why All Writers Should Attend Writers’ Conferences  and what past CanWrite! registrants say.

 

OTHER WORKSHOPS

Writescape Spring Thaw 2019 April 26-28, or April 26-30, 2019

Looking for writing time? Polishing a project? Looking for feedback from two professional editors? Or just want time to rejuvenate your creativity? Don’t miss Spring Thaw.

This all-inclusive writing retreat is held at the fabulous Elmhirst’s Resort on Rice Lake in Keene. Stay for the weekend or treat yourself to an extra two days of writing.

Brochure 2019  Register now

 SUBMISSION CALLS AND OPPORTUNITIES

OTTAWA SUBMISSIONS

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

 To find many more contests, particularly the November, December and January listings visit https://canadianauthors.org/national/links/awards-competitions/

  

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

 

Registration for CV2’s 2019 2 Day Contest is now open. 

This annual contest challenges you to write an original poem in 48 hours — with only one catch. The final poem must include ten words that we provide. These words are released at midnight CDT on Friday April 19th, 2019, leaving you 48 hours to use each of them at least once in an original poetry composition. Prizes include cash, publication, and a copy of the issue containing the winners, not to mention a whole weekend of wordy entertainment.

More info and entry information here: http://www.contemporaryverse2.ca/en/contests/2-day-poem-contest

 Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2019.

Hosted by the international art and culture publication Aesthetica Magazine, the Award celebrates excellence in Poetry and Short Fiction, supporting new writing talent and presents writers with a fantastic opportunity to further their involvement in the literary world.

Creative Writing Prizes include: £1,000 for each category winner (Poetry and Short Fiction), Publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual 2020, Consultation with Redhammer (Short Fiction Winner), Full Membership to The Poetry Society (Poetry Winner), One-year subscription to Granta, Books courtesy of Bloodaxe Books and Vintage. For more information, please visit our website: www.aestheticamagazine.com/cwa

 

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

 

OTTAWA’S OWN POETRY FESTIVAL, VERSEFEST RETURNS IN MARCH 2019

March 26 – 31 2019

Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar St., OTTAWA

 “VERSeFest is Ottawa’s annual International Festival of Poetry. Built on a mandate of fostering creative crossroads and community, we feature English and French poetry of all traditions, styles, and forms. Since 2011, we have showcased the best local, Canadian, and international poets performing in both spoken and written word genres. As one of Canada’s largest and most successful poetry festivals, our stages have featured readings by Griffin, Governor General, and Pulitzer Prize winners.”

 For schedule, list of poets, and to buy passes, visit:

https://versefest.ca/year/2019/schedule/

 

TREE READING SERIES RETURNS IN APRIL

http://www.treereadingseries.ca/

 

 

 

THE OTTAWA SMALL PRESS BOOK FAIR SPRING 2019

Saturday, June 22, 2019, room 203, Jack Purcell Community Centre off Elgin, 320 Jack Purcell Lane, Ottawa

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 June 15th 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
More info: https://smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-ottawa-small-press-book-fair-spring.html

What’s Up in Literary Events in Ottawa, February 2019

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NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION BRANCH (OTTAWA),

FEBRUARY, 2019 

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

 Join us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/CanadianAuthorsNCR/

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)

 

32ND ANNUAL NATIONAL CAPITAL WRITING CONTEST (NCWC) Deadline this week!

 Sponsored by the Canadian Authors Association–National Capital Region

Short Story • Poetry

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

Open to residents of Ontario and Quebec.

Deadline: 11:59 PM/23h59 EST Friday, February 8, 2019

Submissions may be sent via regular mail or submitted online.

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

Short Story: Maximum 2,500 words, unpublished, in English.

Poetry: Max. 60 lines including title and blank lines, unpublished, in English.

Visit: http://canadianauthors.org/nationalcapitalregion/contests/ncwc/

 

CAA-NCR MONTHLY MEETINGS FOR 2019

 Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

 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 MONTHLY MEETINGS FEBRUARY, 2019

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Step by Step to Completion, with Jennifer Mulligan

Are you mired in a mound of half-completed manuscripts or stuck in the middle of a novel you can’t quite finish? Are your notes scattered and all over the place? Accomplished screenwriter, Jennifer Mulligan, leads us in steps she follows to complete her works—steps that adapt to all kinds of writing. http://jennifermulligan.com/

NEWS FROM CAA NATIONAL

 CANADIAN AUTHORS SOCIAL MEDIA EXPERT IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM This unique program helps CAA members improve their social media skills and find new ways to engage fans and readers through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social media platforms. We’re thrilled to have Catherine Saykaly-Stevens back to facilitate the third round of this new Canadian Authors program.

 Ready to learn more and sign up for the program?  If you’re not a member, check out the program at https://canadianauthors.org/national/social-media-expert-in-residence-program/

Already a member? Login to your member account, then go to https://canadianauthors.org/national/sme-in-residence-program/  or select it in the Members Only button droplist. You’ll be able to sign up if you’re new to the program.

 

EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION FOR CANWRITE! 2019 IS NOW OPEN!  

Our next writers’ conference takes place at the beautiful University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, BC. Take advantage now of great savings at the early-bird rate, plus get first dibs on the on-site accommodations while they last.We’re putting together a fantastic program for you – check out the info at https://canadianauthors.org/national/canwrite-2019-conference/

Not sure a writers’ conference is worth the investment? Check out  Why All Writers Should Attend Writers’ Conferences  and what past CanWrite! registrants say.

 

OTHER WORKSHOPS

 Writescape Spring Thaw 2019 April 26-28, or April 26-30, 2019

Looking for writing time? Polishing a project? Looking for feedback from two professional editors? Or just want time to rejuvenate your creativity? Don’t miss Spring Thaw.

This all-inclusive writing retreat is held at the fabulous Elmhirst’s Resort on Rice Lake in Keene. Stay for the weekend or treat yourself to an extra two days of writing.

Brochure 2019  Register now

 

BANFF CENTRE 2019 PROGRAMS

https://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/current-programs/literary-arts

 

April 29 – June 1, 2019 Writing Studio

An ideal environment for artistic inspiration and growth, Writing Studio provides writers and poets with an extended period of uninterrupted writing time and one-on-one editorial assistance from experienced writers/editors. Emerging and mid-career writers seeking to develop a book-length manuscript are encouraged to apply. Apply by February 6

July 1-27, 2019 Literary Journalism

This residency encourages the exploration of new ideas in journalism and experimentation in writing. This program is open to experienced fiction and non-fiction writers, journalists, freelance critics or curators, artists, and academics. Successful applicants will receive 100% scholarship and a $2,000 commission for the completed manuscript. Apply by February 27

                     

SUBMISSION CALLS AND OPPORTUNITIES

OTTAWA SUBMISSIONS

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

To find many more contests, particularly the November, December and January listings visit https://canadianauthors.org/national/links/awards-competitions/

 

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

 

Registration for CV2’s 2019 2 Day Contest is now open. 

This annual contest challenges you to write an original poem in 48 hours — with only one catch. The final poem must include ten words that we provide. These words are released at midnight CDT on Friday April 19th, 2019, leaving you 48 hours to use each of them at least once in an original poetry composition. Prizes include cash, publication, and a copy of the issue containing the winners, not to mention a whole weekend of wordy entertainment.

More info and entry information here: http://www.contemporaryverse2.ca/en/contests/2-day-poem-contest

 

Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2019.

Hosted by the international art and culture publication Aesthetica Magazine, the Award celebrates excellence in Poetry and Short Fiction, supporting new writing talent and presents writers with a fantastic opportunity to further their involvement in the literary world.

Creative Writing Prizes include: £1,000 for each category winner (Poetry and Short Fiction), Publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual 2020, Consultation with Redhammer (Short Fiction Winner), Full Membership to The Poetry Society (Poetry Winner), One-year subscription to Granta, Books courtesy of Bloodaxe Books and Vintage. For more information, please visit our website: www.aestheticamagazine.com/cwa

 

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

TREE READING SERIES at Happy Goat Coffee, 35 Laurel St. Ottawa (Hintonburg)

Tuesday, February 26 Cameron Anstee + Chuqiao Yang

7:00p Workshop – with Chuqiao Yang  8:00p Readings – Open Mic and Featured Readers

 

Cameron Anstee  lives and writes in Ottawa, where he runs Apt. 9 Press and holds a Ph.D. in Canadian Literature from the University of Ottawa. He is the author of Book of Annotations (Invisible Publishing, 2018), and editor of The Collected Poems of William Hawkins (Chaudiere Books, 2015). More >

 

Chuqiao Yang received her Juris Doctor from the University of Windsor. Her writing has appeared in The Unpublished City, 30 under 30: an anthology of Canadian millennial poets, The Puritan, Ricepaper, Arc, Prism, Filling Station, Grain, CV2, Room, and on CBC. In 2011, she was the recipient of two Western Magazine Awards for a non-fiction piece, Beijing Notes. In 2015, she was a finalist for the Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. Her chapbook, Reunions in the Year of the Sheep, published by Baseline Press, won the 2018 bpNichol Chapbook Award. Follow her on Twitter @chuqiaoyang.  More >

http://www.treereadingseries.ca/

 

MELTING POINT : THE CHAUDIERE BOOKS TRANSITION, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019 AT 7 PM

Vimy Brewing Company 1-145 Loretta Avenue North, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 2J7

Ottawa literary publisher Chaudiere Books announces with deeply mixed feelings that the wonderful Invisible Publishing has now taken over our backlist.  Join us on February 15th, 2019 for one last Chaudiere Books event and celebrate this transition as our books find their second home with Invisible. With readings by: Anita Dolman, Amanda Earl, Jennifer Londry, rob mclennan, Pearl Pirie

 

THE OTTAWA SMALL PRESS BOOK FAIR SPRING 2019

Saturday, June 22, 2019 in room 203 of the Jack Purcell Community Centre off Elgin, at 320 Jack Purcell Lane, Ottawa

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 June 15th 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

More info: https://smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-ottawa-small-press-book-fair-spring.html

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NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION BRANCH (OTTAWA)

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OCTOBER, 2018

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

 Join us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/CanadianAuthorsNCR/

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 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, OCT. 9, 2018

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Short Story Writing, with Jean Van Loon

In preparation for the National Capital Writing Contest, Jean Van Loon will share the fundamentals of spectacular short story writing. Make your work stand out in the crowd.

BIO: Jean Van Loon has published short prose, poetry, and reviews in Canadian literary magazines across the country. Her first poetry collection, Building on River, was published by Cormorant Books this year. Her stories have appeared in The Dalhousie Review, The New Quarterly, The Queen’s Quarterly, Event, Room, Ottawa Magazine and Journey Prize Stories 19.  She holds a graduate diploma in creative writing from the Humber School of Writing and an MFA from the University of British Columbia.

 

OTHER WORKSHOPS

 BANFF CENTRE

 January 21 – February 9, 2019  Winter Writers Retreat

This self-directed program offers time and space for writers to retreat, reconnect, and re-energize their writing practice. In addition to a single room, which doubles as your private studio, you will be surrounded by a community of artistic peers. You will have the opportunity to attend talks and performances, and meet with guest faculty to consult on your work.

Apply by October 10

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

Apply by November 28

 

 

WRITESCAPE Turning Leaves 2018

 November 2 – 4, 2018, Fern Resort, Lake Couchiching, Ontario

 

It’s the tenth anniversary and Writescape is celebrating in style! Our guest author this fall is…

Andrew Pyper: Canada’s answer to Stephen King

Bestselling author Andrew Pyper’s books expertly explore the mysteries of the dark and disturbing. His short stories and novels have thrilled readers in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K.

Among his many prizes, he’s been awarded the Arthur Ellis Award, the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Hardcover Novel, the Grant Allen Award for contributions to Canadian crime and mystery literature, and been listed in The New York Times Notable Books and The Globe & Mail‘s 100 Best Books of the Year.

Andrew is also a dynamic creative writing teacher who routinely sells out his workshops. Enjoy a Friday evening fireside chat with Andrew and a Saturday morning workshop to focus on your skills and move your writing to a whole new level. More info:

http://writescape.ca/site/2018/04/turning-leaves-2018/

 

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

Eyelands Book Awards 2018 Genre: Any Entry Fee: $30 USD  Deadline: October 20, 2018

Prize: Grand prize (published books): Five-day holiday in Athens plus a special handmade ceramic designed especially for Eyelands Book Awards and publication (excerpts) online on their website. Grand prize (unpublished books): Publication from Strange Days Books. See website for more.

Description: Eyelands.gr literary magazine, in collaboration with Strange Days Books, organize an annual international short story contest, which is the only international short story contest based in Greece.

Details: https://eyelandsawards.com/

 

CBC Short Story Prize Genre: Unpublished fiction between 1200 and 1800 words Entry Fee: $25 (taxes included) for administration purposes is required for each entry Deadline: October 31, 2018

Prize: The winner receives $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, will have their story published on CBC Books and will have the opportunity to attend a 10-day writing residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Four finalists will each receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and have their story published on CBC Books. Description: All Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada are welcome to enter this contest. Details: http://www.cbc.ca/books/literaryprizes/cbc-short-story-prize-1.4090935

 

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

 

OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL WRITERS FESTIVAL EVENTS IN OCTOBER

EVENTS OCT. 1, 6, 18, 20 AND OCT. 25 -30

For more details, info on authors and locations see the link here:

https://writersfestival.org/

 

TREE READING SERIES at Happy Goat Coffee, 35 Laurel St. Ottawa (Hintonburg)

Tuesday, OCTOBER  9 FEATURING: Domenica Martinello + Quatuor Gualuor

8:00p Readings – Open Mic and Featured Readers

Domenica Martinello

All day she dreams about sirens.  Domenica Martinello is the author of the forthcoming book of poetry All Day I Dream About Sirens (Coach House Books 2019). She was a finalist for the 2017 Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, the winner of the carte blanche 3Macs award, and the recipient of the Deena Davidson Friedman Prize for Poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Recent writing has appeared in Poetry Northwest, THIS Magazine, The Globe & Mail, Canadian Notes & Queries, Vallum, PRISM International, Lemon Hound, and elsewhere. Martinello holds an MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and lives in Montréal.

Quatuor Gualuor  Vocal entertainabilities for audiential audiation

the Quatuor Gualuor is an Ottawaän repertoire sound poetry ensemble dedicated to providing optional vocal entertainabilities for your audiential audiation. it is ordinarily a quintet directed by cultural factotum/artcop jwcurry & has existed with a variety of personnel since 2oo7, currently consisting of Conyer Clayton, curry, nina jane drystek, Chris Johnson & Alastair Larwill, with occasional auxiliary. repertoire includes works by Antonin Artaud, Hugo Ball, Four Horsemen, Owen Sound, Mike Patton, Frank Zappa & members of the band. “Now That’s sound poetry as it Should Be performed” –Richard Truhlar at Intermission, “MESSAGIO GALORE take IX”, Toronto 2o12

More info: www.treereadingseries.ca

 

Canzine Ottawa 2018  SATURDAY OCT. 13, 2018   12 pm – 6 pm

Ottawa Art Gallery – Galerie d’art d’Ottawa

50 Mackenzie King Bridge, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 0C5

 Hosted by Broken Pencil Magazine and 2 others

The festival of zine culture and independent arts! Presented for the first time in Ottawa in conjunction with the Ottawa Art Gallery and SAW Video! Join fellow zinesters, artists, and supporters at the first stop of Canada’s biggest zine festival! We’ve got tons of cool events planned, and much more!
Full Ottawa schedule: https://oaggao.ca/canzine-ottawa

COMING IN NOVEMBER:


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