Poetic Attention
Thomson House, McGill University 3650 rue McTavish, MontrealApril 18–April 19, 2024 Register for Poetry Matters' Poetic Attention event. In the spirit … More info Read more
Getting Weird: Crafting Surreal Short Stories
QWF Office 1200 Atwater Avenue, Room 3, WestmountGetting Weird is an 8-week short fiction workshop that focuses on writing strangeness into the everyday, as a method for exploring and disrupting questions of race, gender, sexuality, climate change, capitalism, and other big topics.
Poets for Palestine
Librairie Pulp Books & Cafe 3952 Wellington Street, MontrealTwo nights of readings at Librairie Pulp Books in Verdun.
Book Launch: National Animal by Derek Webster
De Stiil Booksellers 351 Avenue Duluth E, Montréal, QC H2W 1J3 351 Avenue Duluth, MontrealThursday, April 18, 2024, 7:00 pm EDT Librairie De Stiil and Véhicule Press invite … More info Read more
Speculative Fiction Master Class: Readying Your Work for Publication
QWF Office 1200 Atwater Avenue, Room 3, WestmountSpeculative fiction is defined broadly to include anything from science fiction to fantasy to slipstream to magic realism. Participants are free to submit a short story, an excerpt from a larger work, a script, speculative poetry, a comic, or graphic novel excerpt.
QWF Annual Timeline
January
- Deadline to apply for the Max Margles Writing Residency (postponed to Feb-March for 2024 Residency)
- Mentorship pairings announced
- Writers in the Community Pyramid Campaign Fundraiser opens
February
- Deadline to submit projects for StoryScaping: Creative Word-Shops for Youth and Seniors
April
- The QWF Annual General Meeting (AGM) is held
- Writers in the Community Pyramid Campaign closes
- Applications for StoryScaping program begins for organizations
May
- Call for proposals for QWF Workshops
June
- Deadline for submissions for the QWF Literary Awards
- Nominations open for the Judy Mappin Community Award
- Call for applications to the Writers in CEGEPs program
- QWF Mentorship Program reading
July
- Deadline for applications to Writers in CEGEPs program
August
- Deadline for submissions for the Judy Mappin Community Award
- The QWF Annual Membership Picnic
- Registration for Fall Workshops opens
September
- Call for applications for the QWF Mentorship Program
- Call for applications for the Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship Program for Underrepresented Writers
October
- Fall Workshops begin
- Shortlist for the QWF Literary Awards announced
- Shortlist for the carte blanche Prize announced
November
- The QWF Awards Gala
- The AELAQ/QWF Holiday Book Fair
- Get Lit! at Salon du livre
- Deadline for QWF Mentorship applications
December
- Call for applications for Max Margles Writing Residency (postponed to February-March for 2024 Residency)
- Registration for Winter-Spring Workshops opens
- QWF Office closes for the last two weeks of December. Happy holidays!