Events for 26 April,2025
Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival
April 24-27, 2025Hotel 10, 10 Sherbrooke St. W., MontrealOnline starting April 14 The Blue … More info Read more
2025 Queer Reading Series
Produced by Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal in partnership with Centaur theatre, the Queer Reading Series … More info Read more
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.
Imagination –Writing Dialogue for the Stage Workshop
Join us for this Imagination festival workshop! How does dialogue work in the theatre, and how does it relate to character and action? Join playwright Leanna Brodie for this workshop to find out! With a mix of theory and hands-on exercises, explore various approaches to writing for multiple voices and generating text for the stage.
Writers Out Loud: To Care for the Earth—In Conversation with Alice Irene Whittaker
Novelist Ian Thomas Shaw interviews author Alice Irene Whittaker to explore the profound act of finding home in nature at a time of heartbreaking change. In her book, Homing: A Quest for Care for Myself and the Earth, Alice Irene weaves the wisdom of leading environmentalists with her journey of embracing nature’s cycles in a cabin in the woods, where she strives to shed perfectionism and cultivate a life rooted in regeneration and care.
Imagination Writers’ Festival: Sabrina Reeves
Enjoy an interview with Sabrina Reeves, author of Little Crosses, at this Imagination event!
Launch! Fred Anderson with Gordon Weekes on great Black music of the Civil Rights era
Librairie Résonance, Livres Baraka, and Arts in the Margins present the launch of Fred … More info Read more
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