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Poetry, Politics, and Embodiment | Literary Arts Thematic
Date: Nov 15, 2019
Examine queer, feminist & decolonial theories of poetry & art to grapple with the status of the self & lived experience in your own writing practice.
Deadline: Jan 8, 2020 - 11:45 pm
Residency | Writing Studio
Date: Nov 13, 2019
This is for poets & writers of fiction & other narrative prose. It offers space & support to pursue a writing project with editorial consultation.
Deadline: Jan 15, 2020 - 11:45 pm
Call for Submissions | Global Health Writing Contest
Date: Oct 24, 2019
Flash Writing Contest! Flash Fiction or Flash Non-Fiction on the subject of Mothers and/or Motherhood Around the World.
Deadline: Dec 13, 2019 - 11:45 pm
Nominations | Alberta Literary Awards 2020
Date: Oct 15, 2019
The Writers’ Guild of Alberta (WGA) is preparing to celebrate another successful year with the 2020 Alberta Literary Awards.
Deadline: Dec 31, 2019 - 11:45 pm
3rd Annual Kemosa Scholarship for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Mothers Who Write
Date: Oct 15, 2019
Three scholarships are available this year: 1st place $3000, 2nd place $2000, 3rd place $1000.
Deadline: Dec 20, 2019 - 11:45 pm
Alexis Marie Chute receives 2018 Alumni Horizon Award
Date: Sep 14, 2018
Community invited to celebrate as artist and author receives UAlberta Alumni Award on September 24.
Billy-Ray Belcourt wins 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize
Date: Jun 7, 2018
Billy-Ray Belcourt wins $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize for his anthology, This Wound is a World.
Billy-Ray Belcourt wins a 2018 Indigenous Voices Award
Date: Jun 6, 2018
Billy Ray was recognized for most significant work of poetry in English by an emerging Indigenous writer. Joshua Whitehead was also nominated.
Lady Vanessa Cardona wins 2018 Canadian Individual Slam Championship
Date: Apr 30, 2018
On April 28th, Lady Vanessa won the title of Canada’s best individual slam poet at the 2018 Verses Festival of Words in Vancouver.
Sheri-D Wilson named Calgary Poet Laureate
Date: Apr 24, 2018
Calgary Arts Development and the Calgary Poet Laureate Selection Committee are pleased to announce Sheri-D Wilson as the 2018-2020 Poet Laureate.