Events for October 3, 2019
The Very Short Story: Reading and Writing Fiction of 300 to 1000 Words
Atwater Library and Computer Centre 1200 Atwater Avenue, WestmountIn this class we will be reading and discussing a wide variety of very short stories, from contemporary writers and writers of the past. We will be reading as writers: seeking inspiration, and looking at what these stories are doing and how they achieve their ends. What makes a story a story? What can be left out? What is the effect of omission?
Antoni Porowski launches Antoni in the Kitchen
On Thursday, October 3rd, join Antoni Porowski of Queer Eye for the launch of … More info Read more
Argo Reading Series: Verse, Prose & Song
Argo Reading Series Thursday, October 3, 2019 Tom Abray Ilona Martonfi Megan Callahan Michael … More info Read more
Urgency, Dread, Risk: A Short-Fiction Workshop
Atwater Library and Computer Centre 1200 Atwater Avenue, WestmountThis workshop is intended for fiction writers who have written short stories before, and who have experience with the workshop environment.
The Very Short Story: Reading and Writing Fiction of 300 to 1000 Words
Atwater Library and Computer Centre 1200 Atwater Avenue, WestmountIn this class we will be reading and discussing a wide variety of very short stories, from contemporary writers and writers of the past. We will be reading as writers: seeking inspiration, and looking at what these stories are doing and how they achieve their ends. What makes a story a story? What can be left out? What is the effect of omission?
Urgency, Dread, Risk: A Short-Fiction Workshop
Atwater Library and Computer Centre 1200 Atwater Avenue, WestmountThis workshop is intended for fiction writers who have written short stories before, and who have experience with the workshop environment.
The Very Short Story: Reading and Writing Fiction of 300 to 1000 Words
Atwater Library and Computer Centre 1200 Atwater Avenue, WestmountIn this class we will be reading and discussing a wide variety of very short stories, from contemporary writers and writers of the past. We will be reading as writers: seeking inspiration, and looking at what these stories are doing and how they achieve their ends. What makes a story a story? What can be left out? What is the effect of omission?
Urgency, Dread, Risk: A Short-Fiction Workshop
Atwater Library and Computer Centre 1200 Atwater Avenue, WestmountThis workshop is intended for fiction writers who have written short stories before, and who have experience with the workshop environment.
The Very Short Story: Reading and Writing Fiction of 300 to 1000 Words
Atwater Library and Computer Centre 1200 Atwater Avenue, WestmountIn this class we will be reading and discussing a wide variety of very short stories, from contemporary writers and writers of the past. We will be reading as writers: seeking inspiration, and looking at what these stories are doing and how they achieve their ends. What makes a story a story? What can be left out? What is the effect of omission?
Urgency, Dread, Risk: A Short-Fiction Workshop
Atwater Library and Computer Centre 1200 Atwater Avenue, WestmountThis workshop is intended for fiction writers who have written short stories before, and who have experience with the workshop environment.
The Very Short Story: Reading and Writing Fiction of 300 to 1000 Words
Atwater Library and Computer Centre 1200 Atwater Avenue, WestmountIn this class we will be reading and discussing a wide variety of very short stories, from contemporary writers and writers of the past. We will be reading as writers: seeking inspiration, and looking at what these stories are doing and how they achieve their ends. What makes a story a story? What can be left out? What is the effect of omission?
Urgency, Dread, Risk: A Short-Fiction Workshop
Atwater Library and Computer Centre 1200 Atwater Avenue, WestmountThis workshop is intended for fiction writers who have written short stories before, and who have experience with the workshop environment.
The Very Short Story: Reading and Writing Fiction of 300 to 1000 Words
Atwater Library and Computer Centre 1200 Atwater Avenue, WestmountIn this class we will be reading and discussing a wide variety of very short stories, from contemporary writers and writers of the past. We will be reading as writers: seeking inspiration, and looking at what these stories are doing and how they achieve their ends. What makes a story a story? What can be left out? What is the effect of omission?
Urgency, Dread, Risk: A Short-Fiction Workshop
Atwater Library and Computer Centre 1200 Atwater Avenue, WestmountThis workshop is intended for fiction writers who have written short stories before, and who have experience with the workshop environment.
The Very Short Story: Reading and Writing Fiction of 300 to 1000 Words
Atwater Library and Computer Centre 1200 Atwater Avenue, WestmountIn this class we will be reading and discussing a wide variety of very short stories, from contemporary writers and writers of the past. We will be reading as writers: seeking inspiration, and looking at what these stories are doing and how they achieve their ends. What makes a story a story? What can be left out? What is the effect of omission?
Urgency, Dread, Risk: A Short-Fiction Workshop
Atwater Library and Computer Centre 1200 Atwater Avenue, WestmountThis workshop is intended for fiction writers who have written short stories before, and who have experience with the workshop environment.
The Very Short Story: Reading and Writing Fiction of 300 to 1000 Words
Atwater Library and Computer Centre 1200 Atwater Avenue, WestmountIn this class we will be reading and discussing a wide variety of very short stories, from contemporary writers and writers of the past. We will be reading as writers: seeking inspiration, and looking at what these stories are doing and how they achieve their ends. What makes a story a story? What can be left out? What is the effect of omission?
Urgency, Dread, Risk: A Short-Fiction Workshop
Atwater Library and Computer Centre 1200 Atwater Avenue, WestmountThis workshop is intended for fiction writers who have written short stories before, and who have experience with the workshop environment.
QWF Annual Timeline
January
- QWF Mentorship pairs announced
February
- QWF Mentorships begin
- Writers in the Community Pyramid Campaign Fundraiser opens
- StoryScaping Call for Workshop Proposals (biannual in odd-numbered years)
March
- Spring Workshops begin
- Call for nominations for QWF Board of Directors
- Call for Submissions for QWF Literary Awards
April
- QWF Annual General Meeting (AGM)
- Writers in the Community Pyramid Campaign ends
May
- Call for proposals for QWF Workshops for the following year
June
- Deadline for submissions for the QWF Literary Awards
- QWF Mentorship Reading
July
- QWF Annual Membership Picnic (July or August)
- Nominations open for the Judy Mappin Community Award
August
- The QWF Annual Membership Picnic (July or August)
- Deadline for submissions for the Judy Mappin Community Award
- Registration for Fall Workshops opens
- Call for applications for Writers in CEGEPs
September
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- Call for applications for the QWF Mentorship Program
- Call for applications for the Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship Program for Underrepresented Writers
- Call for applications for Karin L. Montin / Jean Antonin Billard Translation Mentorship
- Deadline for Writers in CEGEPs applications
October
- Fall Workshops begin
- Shortlist for QWF Literary Awards announced
- Shortlist for the QWF College Writers Award announced
- Recipient of the Judy Mappin Community Award announced
- Deadline for QWF Mentorship applications
November
- Shortlist for carte blanche Prize announced
- The QWF Awards Gala
December
- Read Quebec Book Fair
- Registration for Winter-Spring Workshops opens