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Call for Submissions | Poetry Chapbook - Armistice Press
Date: Aug 4, 2020
Armistice Press is seeking poetry from emerging Edmonton LGBTQ+ writers for a new chapbook series.
Deadline: Sep 1, 2020 - 11:45 pm
Apply to be Alberta’s Artist in Residence!
Date: Jul 31, 2020
Applications are now open for the Alberta Artist in Residence, an ambassador for arts and culture in the province.
Deadline: Aug 24, 2020 - 11:45 pm
WordsWorth Presents: Circuit Tree
Date: Jun 2, 2020
An online summer creative writing residency for youth aged 11-19.
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.
Albertan artists recognized at the 2017 Governor General's Literary Awards
Date: Nov 1, 2017
Congratulations to Richard Harrison of Calgary and the other Albertan finalists recognized at the 2017 Governor General's Literary Awards