QWF Awards
The winners of the 2009 QWF awards have been posted, along with pictures from this year's Gala.
Photo © 2009, Studio Iris
Click here to see the list of winners and photographs from the 2008 QWF Awards.
Curious about the awards from past years? Check the QWF Awards archive.
Upcoming Deadlines
The Google Books Settlement stay-in or opt-out deadline is around the corner (January 28, 2010) and writers here in Quebec as well as across the country and around the world are concerned and full of questions on this issue.
While the QWF is not taking a black-or-white stance on this issue, we do want our members to be informed so that they can understand the main issues and make the best choice personally on the settlement. The Google Settlement is complex for lawyers, let alone for laypeople, so the information at the link below is necessarily cursory and simplified, and was prepared by writers, not lawyers. (Yes, this a legal disclaimer.)
GOOGLE BOOKS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT INFORMATION [pdf]
ALSO - The 2010 Quebec Writing Competition is now open! Deadline to submit your stories is May 1, 2010. Click on the image below for details:
Workshops
The spring workshop series is posted! Consult the QWF workshop schedule, click on the title of the workshop for full details, and call 514-933-0878 to register.
carte blanche
Tenth issue posted! carte blanche, QWF's online literary journal, has opened its doors to writers throughout the world. For information about submissions, or to view the ninth issue, click here.
Writers in the Community!
Writers in the Community webpage, where you'll find a music video and several poems created by past years' participants.
Writers Out Loud
The Writers Out Loud series showcases talented and personable English-language writers from across the province of Quebec. The 2010 series will be announced this winter.
Ms. Julie blogs no more!
The QWF and AELAQ would like to thank Ms. Julie for her tireless work promoting the English-language writers of Quebec in her blog over the last year or so. Ms. Julie has decided to take a break from blogging so that she can spend more time working on her romance novel.
Words and Music
Words and Music is the QWF's literary cabaret. It usually takes place the 3rd Sunday of every month at Casa del Popolo, 4873 boul. St-Laurent. Doors open at 8:00 and the show starts at 9:00.
