Events for October 26, 2024
Shut Up & Write! with QWF (Virtual)
Looking for some dedicated, quiet writing space?
Join us for a virtual session of Shut Up & Write! with QWF. RSVP to register for the session.
Pitch, Plan, and Lead: How to Get and Give a Workshop for Writers
QWF Office 1200 Atwater Avenue, Room 3, WestmountAre you ready to share your knowledge of your chosen literary field? Need a hand getting started on your pitch, or polishing your workshop-leading skills? Together with other emerging and established literary folk, we’ll talk about how to conceive, plan, and lead a successful QWF workshop, whether on an aspect of craft, a literary genre, or an angle on the business of writing –in plenty of time for QWF’s spring call for workshop proposals.
Pitch, Plan, and Lead: How to Get and Give a Workshop for Writers
QWF Office 1200 Atwater Avenue, Room 3, WestmountAre you ready to share your knowledge of your chosen literary field? Need a hand getting started on your pitch, or polishing your workshop-leading skills? Together with other emerging and established literary folk, we’ll talk about how to conceive, plan, and lead a successful QWF workshop, whether on an aspect of craft, a literary genre, or an angle on the business of writing –in plenty of time for QWF’s spring call for workshop proposals.
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