Announcing: 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.
Read moreCall for Applications: Part-Time Project Coordinator, “The QWF West Island Project”
QWF is seeking a temporary, part-time coordinator to work on a new artistic development project, funded by the Conseil des arts de Montréal (CAM), to take place at six libraries or community organizations on the West Island of Montreal in 2024. Apply by January 9, 2024.
Read moreWinter-Spring 2024 Workshops Are Now Open for Registration!
QWF is delighted to present the Winter-Spring 2024 writing workshops!
Read moreThe Winners of the 2023 QWF Literary Awards
On Monday, November 13, 2023, Quebec’s English-language literary community gathered for the 25th QWF Literary Awards Gala. Nine winners were revealed in seven categories: first book, spoken word, children’s and young adult literature, non-fiction, poetry, translation, and fiction.
Read moreLawyers’ Account of Racism and Reconciliation in Canada Wins Two Quebec Writers’ Federation Literary Awards
A multi-generational account of racism and reconciliation in Canada by Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) has won two Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF) literary awards.
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