Spring 2026 Workshops: Now Open for Registration!
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Supporting, Connecting, and Inspiring Quebec Writers
A vibrant and inclusive community organization that develops, supports, and promotes those writing in English in Quebec.
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QWF: Writing in the Margins
Get an inside look at the vibrant world of QWF through the voices of Executive Director Lori Schubert and three engaging members.
Watch the videoThe 2025 QWF Literary Awards Finalists
Nine winners were revealed in seven categories at the 2025 QWF Literary Awards. Continue reading
Five Questions for: Fred Anderson
Fred Anderson is a writer, an activist, a finalist for the 2025 QWF Literary Awards, and QWF’s latest featured member. Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Fred Anderson joined the Civil Rights Movement as a teenager and became field secretary … More info Read more
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It’s amazing to have such close access to a notable Canadian writer. I greatly appreciate the opportunity that this mentorship provides.
Ann Cavlovic, participant in the 2018 QWF Mentorship Program
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Writers in the Community
QWF’s Writers in the Community program pairs small groups of young people with a professional writer or literary performance artist who can teach them and, more important, motivate them, to use language to express themselves in productive ways.
Learn moreQWF Literary Database of Quebec English-Language Authors
The QWF Literary Database of Quebec English-language Authors is an ever-expanding online directory of over 2000 books by over 1100 Quebec writers publishing books in English.
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QWF’s online literary journal founded in 2004 by members of a Quebec Writers’ Federation workshop.
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