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The APN Emerging Artist Playwriting Mentorship - DEADLINE EXTENDED
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Emerging playwrights are paired with an experienced playwriting mentor to support the development of their chosen project.
Open For Submissions: 61st Annual Alberta Playwriting Competition
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The Alberta Playwriting Competition, presented in association with Theatre Alberta, is the longest running provincial playwriting competition and offers the largest cash prize of any playwriting contest in Canada.
Call for Poetry Anthology Contribution
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This anthology project, Black Psalms of the Shivering Ones, calls on Afro-Canadian poets to reflect and produce new images of how winter experiences shape Afro-Canadian lifeworlds.
Sports Writing 2026 - Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity
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This two-week residency encourages the exploration of new ideas in sports writing.
Nominations Now Open for $50,000 Literary Prize
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Nominations for The Prairie Grindstone Prize open on April 1 and will close on May 15 at midnight.
AFA's Strategic Plan is available in French and English
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On this last day of the annual Mois de la francophonie albertaine, the AFA is pleased to share its three-year Strategic Plan en français.
How to Chapbook Workshop
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Join the Edmonton Poetry Festival Society at The Society of Northern Alberta Printmakers (SNAP) Gallery for an exploration of why-wait-to-be-published-when-you-can-do-it-yourself chapbook production.
Spring Writers Residency 2026
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This self-directed program offers time and space for writers to reconnect and reenergize their practice.
Survey Results | The New Experience Economy - Wave 6
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6th and final wave of results of a long-term study to gauge Alberta audiences' attitudes towards returning to live arts and culture venues and events.
Survey Results | The New Experience Economy - Wave 1
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First set of results of a long-term study to gauge Alberta audiences' attitudes towards returning to live arts and culture venues and events.