Call for Applications: The 2024 Max Margles Writing Residency
The third Max Margles Writing Residency in Ireland is now open for applications!
Deadline to apply: 5:00 pm EDT, Monday, April 22, 2024.
Read moreCall for Submissions: 2024 College Writers Award
Deadline: June 3, 2024. Open to students enrolled at Champlain Regional, Dawson, Heritage, John Abbott, Marianopolis, and Vanier Colleges. The winner will receive $1,000 at the 2024 QWF Awards Gala.
Read moreFreedom to Read Week: February 18-24, 2024
Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom. As of 2024, Freedom to Read Week entered a new phase led by Library and Archives Canada, the Canadian Urban Libraries Council, and the Ontario Library Association in partnership with the Book and Periodical Council.
Read moreScribbling Stories with Sivan Slapak
Sivan Slapak is an author and QWF’s latest featured member. Her debut short story collection, Here Is Still Here, hits shelves March 2024.
Read moreAnnouncing: The 2024 Max Margles Writing Residency
There are exciting developments afoot for The Max Margles Writing Residency in 2024!
Read moreAnnouncing: The 2024 QWF Mentorship Pairs
Announcing the cohort for the 2024 QWF Mentorship Program and the 2024 Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship in Children’s and Young Adult Literature!
Read moreCall for Project Proposals: One Planet, Countless Wor(l)ds
Deadline: February 22, 2024.
Let your creativity fly and launch your own writing or literary performance project with this unique co-creation opportunity in the West Island of Montreal. Grant for each project: $11,00
Call for Applications: 2024 Fresh Pages Guest Curatorship of the Words & Music Show
The Quebec Writers’ Federation is soliciting applications for the 2024 Fresh Pages Guest Curator of the Words & Music Show. This program is open to applications who are Black, Indigenous, or people of colour. Deadline to apply: February 19, 2024.
Read moreDéclaration commune en réponse à un rapport publié par le député Mario Beaulieu
Le English-Language Arts Network (ELAN), la Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF), la Québec Drama Federation (DQF) et l’Association des éditeurs de langue anglaise du Québec (AELAQ) souhaitent contester les conclusions d’un récent rapport publié par le député du Bloc Québécois, Mario Beaulieu.
Read moreFive Questions for: Daniel Allen Cox
Daniel Allen Cox is a novelist, essayist, and QWF’s newest featured member. His latest book, I Felt the End Before It Came: Memoirs of a Queer Ex-Jehovah’s Witness, was a finalist for the 2023 Grand Prix du livre de Montréal and named a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2023.
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