Visit this page to find calls for applications for staff positions and part-time contract work.
QWF actively seeks to maximize diversity in its staff, part-time employees, membership, and
board of directors. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and encourage Indigenous people, people of colour, LGBTQ+ and gender-nonconforming people, people with disabilities, people living with socio-economic hardship, women, and members of any other marginalized group to self‐identify if they are comfortable doing so.
Open Positions
Quist, QWF’s literary journal for Quebec youth aged 14–21, is seeking experienced writers to join their roster of mentors (rolling deadline). Read the call for applications.
Recurring Positions
Workshop Leaders – Applications are accepted year-round; the workshop committee meets in the summer each year to review the applications and plan the subsequent calendar year’s activities. The deadline to be considered for the 2027 workshop series was Friday, July 10, 2026. Submit a proposal via Submittable.
Mentors – A call for applications for mentors goes out each September. Applicants must be available to work with their mentee from February 1 to early June of the following year.
- The 2027 National Literary Translation Mentorships are currently open to applications from established literary translators working from French to English or English to French who wish to serve as mentors. The deadline to apply is November 11. Read the call for applications.
Writers in the Community facilitators – We seek applications from writers and literary artists to facilitate Writers in the Community workshops on an as-needs basis. Applications are currently closed. Read the most recent call for applications.