2024 BLUE METROPOLI S INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL
Hotel 10 10 Sherbrooke Street West, MontrealEach year the Festival is structured aroundone theme. In 2024, our theme will be: … More info Read more
Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)
Online - Please RSVP to receive a Zoom linkLooking for some dedicated, quiet writing space?
Join us for a virtual session of Shut Up & Write! with QWF. RSVP to register for the session.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Writing Residencies!
QWF Office 1200 Atwater Avenue, Room 3, WestmountWriting residencies are ideal for focusing time on large projects, meeting other artists, and re-booting your creative life. In this two-day workshop, we will explore how writers can benefit from different residency opportunities and how to put forward the strongest application possible.
Writing/Righting the World
In this event, Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashi) and Andrew Stobo Sniderman speak with writer and host of the podcast Getting Lit with Linda, Linda Morra, about their award-winning book, Valley of the Birdtail—a revision of past accounts from two neighbouring communities (Rossburn and the Waywayseecappo) — which illuminates a better path towards reconciliation.
Eighty Thousand Steps
CBC presents a first-of-its-kind literary experience, powered by you. Eighty Thousand Steps is a cinematic podcast/audiobook specially designed to listen to while you walk and starring international bestselling author Denise Chong. Writer Crystal Chan presents this work, inviting the audience to step into the shoes of a refugee and journey into a land of fable and mystery.
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!