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SUMMARY:Winter Writers Residency 2024
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nThe Winter Writers Residency is a self-directed program that offers time and space for writers to retreat\, reconnect\, and re-energize their writing practice. In addition to a single room\, and a small private studio\, you will be surrounded by a community of artistic peers with the opportunity to attend inspiring talks\, performances\, and meet with guest faculty to consult on your work. \nWhat does the program offer?\nThe three-week Winter Writers Residency will provide writers space for the creative exploration of their writing practice. This self-directed residency offers the opportunity to work away from the constraints of everyday life. Delve deep into your creative project and take advantage of the artistic community of your peers around you. \nThe program provides optional teaching from faculty members and professional guests\, Q&A sessions\, public events\, and one-on-one consultations with mentors. Public readings\, and group sessions led by guest mentors will explore techniques\, aspects\, and devices that writers may find useful in their practice. \nThe first two weeks focus on mentorship and consultations with faculty\, the third week allows self-directed time for further work on manuscripts and peer community.  \nThe Winter Writers Residency allows you to choose the amount of support you are looking for. All program elements are optional. \nWho should apply?\nWe welcome writers of all ages\, backgrounds\, and all gender identities and expressions. Writers in all creative genres are invited to apply. The program is designed for emerging and established writers with a proven publication record seeking a period of dedicated time to work on a project in any genre. \nWinter Writers Residency 2024 only accepts projects that are being written in English. \nThis program is not open to applicants who have taken part in a Banff Centre residency in the last year\, nor to current faculty members of any other Banff Centre programming. \nApplication Deadline: September 06\, 2023\nProgram Dates: January 15 – February 02\, 2024\nLearn more and apply online: https://bit.ly/3oXG5av \n*Financial Aid of 100% of tuition and 50% of food and accommodation is available for this program.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/winter-writers-residency-2024/
LOCATION:Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity\, 107 Tunnel Mountain Drive\, Banff\, Alberta\, T1L 1H5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:The Words & Music Show
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, January 22\, 20248:00 pm EST (Doors: 7:30 pm)Casa del Popolo (4873 St Laurent Blvd\, Montreal)\n\n\n\nJoin us for the January 2024 edition of the Words & Music Show\, featuring the three winners and one finalist of the 2023 Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize.  \n\n\n\nFeaturing: \n\n\n\n\nMichael “BeWyrd” Clark (Winner\, 2023 Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize)\n\n\n\nCaitlin Murphy (Winner\, 2023 Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize)\n\n\n\nSvens Telemaque (Finalist\, 2023 Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize)\n\n\n\nDeb Vanslet (Winner\, 2023 Spoken Word Prize)\n\n\n\n\nHosted by poet\, trumpet player\, and community worker Jason “Blackbird” Selman. \n\n\n\nTickets will be available at the door. \n\n\n\nAbout the Performers\n\n\n\n\nMichael “BeWyrd” Clarke is a slam poet based in Tio’tia:ke. He is the president of the Throw! Poetry Collective\, which showcases competitive yet friendly bilingual poetry slams every 1st Saturday at Le Basement. He has a master’s degree in educational technology and is also a musician\, livestreamer\, and martial artist. For his piece “Survival Mechanisms\,” he was a winner of the 2023 Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize. \n\n\n\n\n\nCaitlin Murphy is a writer\, director\, and dramaturg. She has performed in one-woman shows\, stand-up and sketch comedy\, and a web-series she created called Mothers Try. Caitlin has also written and directed plays and short films. She was a finalist for the 2022 QWF Spoken Word Prize\, and for her piece “All the Screams\,” she was a winner of the 2023 Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize. \n\n\n\n\n\nSvens Telemaque has a unique perspective on life and challenges the average perception of circumstances\, faith\, and emotion. After relocating to Montreal in 2007\, he co-founded L’art Selah\, a poetry collective\, and released his first book\, Pen of a Ready Writer Vol.1\, in 2014. For his piece “Out of Space\,” he was a finalist for the 2023 Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize. \n\n\n\n\n\nDeb Vanslet is a media artist\, storyteller\, and writer. Her videos explore storytelling and performance. Deb hosted Dykes on Mykes\, CKUT-FM for 16 years. She is a co-producer of Confabulation\, live storytelling. She won the 2015 carte blanche Prize (“Self-Serve”)\, and “Ghost Station” was published in The Malahat Review. For her piece “Laughter in the Rain\,” she was a winner of the 2023 Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize. \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Host\n\n\n\n\nJason “Blackbird” Selman is a Montreal-born poet\, trumpet player and community worker. He is the author of The Freedom I Stole (2007\, Cumulus Press) and Africa As A Dream That Travels Through My Heart (2016\, Howl) and co-editor of the poetry anthology Talking Book (2006\, Cumulus Press)\, which chronicles the writings of Kalm Unity Vibe Collective (of which he is a founding member). He has done extensive poetry workshops in schools and community groups across the Montreal area. His work is grounded in the themes of ethnomusicology\, surrealist expression\, love\, and the intersection of masculinity and emotional vulnerability.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/words-music-show-january-2024/
LOCATION:Casa del Popolo\, 4873 boul. St-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 1R6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Slam,Words and Music
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