Deadline: Thursday, April 17, 2025, 11:59 pm ET
This program is open to you if you are Black, Indigenous, or a person of colour.
Learn about managing a literary magazine and help curate the photography section of issue of carte blanche, QWF’s online literary magazine.
The 2025 Fresh Pages Editorial Mentorship at carte blanche is now open to applications.
A component of the Fresh Pages Diversity Initiative, the Editorial Mentorship at carte blanche is a temporary, part-time, paid opportunity designed to give a Quebec-based artist the skills and experience to edit or manage a literary magazine.
For the 2025 Editorial Mentorship, the selected candidate will work with Photography Editor Shaney Herrmann to curate the photography section of carte blanche‘s 52nd issue.
The mentorship will go to a Quebec-based writer with an interest in photography or photographer with an interest in writing who has not yet had an opportunity to work as an editor. Applicants do not need to be QWF members.
The mentorship provides:
- Approximately 15 hours of mentorship between July and August 2025
- An $800 honorarium
- A free one-year membership (or extension of membership) in the Quebec Writers’ Federation
Your Mentor
Shaney Herrmann is an artist and educator from Tiohtià:ke (Montréal), currently based in Tkaronto (Toronto).
Her work explores themes of home, comfort, rituals, and folklore, examining the emotional and physical connections between individuals and place. As a second-generation Canadian, her practice is shaped by the experience of growing up away from places of deep personal and cultural significance. Photography became a way to remember, commemorate, and preserve their essence.
Shaney completed a BFA in Photography and a Master of Design from Concordia University. She now teaches part-time at Humber Polytechnic and has been the photography editor for carte blanche since 2023.
Website: www.shaneyherrmann.com/
Instagram: @shaney.herrmann
Photo by Anders McDonald
Eligibility
- Applicants must live in Quebec and be Black, Indigenous, or a person of colour.
- There is no age or publication requirement. Applicants do not need to be a current QWF member. We invite students and seniors to apply.
- Writers who have already worked as an editor for a professional magazine or literary journal are not eligible to apply.
Timeline
- Call for applications: March 20, 2025
- Deadline for applications: April 17, 2025
- Notification of results: end of May 2025
- Period of mentorship: July–August 2025
- Publication of carte blanche issue 52: Fall 2025
How To Apply:
Please submit the following:
- A cover letter (maximum 1 page), including:
- Confirmation that you meet the eligibility criteria
- Why you are interested in this editing mentorship and/or in working as a photography editor
- Your full name and a way to contact you
- A sample of your writing (maximum 2 pages); any genre is accepted, including:
- Fiction
- Non-fiction
- Poetry
- Translation (French to English only)
- Comics
- A photography portfolio or sample (optional)
Submit to john@qwf.org or by mail to:
Fresh Pages Editorial Mentorship
Quebec Writers’ Federation
1200 Atwater Ave., Room 3
Westmount, QC H3Z 1X4