CCWOC Events & Opportunities:
Keep watching this space! More to come!
CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS:
Calls for Submissions - Hunger Mountain, the VCFA journal of the arts:
"Mentors and Tormenters" Submission Deadline: June 1, 2013.
Stories, poems, and essays about teachers and tormentors of all kinds.
"Love, Passion, Ardor" Submission Deadline: October 1, 2013.
Steamy, sexy, romantic writing for our special Valentine’s Day issue.
"The Masculinity Issue" Submission Deadline: January 1, 2014.
Writing about what it means to be a man of all ages, sizes, and social roles.
Call for Submissions - Special Themed Issue of Memoir
Memoir Journal
Deadline for Submissions: June 5, 2013
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
WCPA 2013: 50th Annual Meeting of the Western Canadian Philosophical Association
Conference Date: October 18 - 20, 2013
Submission deadline: July 15, 2013
Call for Submissions of book-length collections of poetry, short fiction (short stories, novellas) and creative nonfiction
Hagios Press Strike Fire New Author Series
Deadline for Submissions: August 31, 2013
Call for Poetry in Native Languages
Struileag - Shore to Shore
Deadline for Submissions: October 2014
Call for Submissions - TRANSITION
TRANSITION is published twice a year by the Canadian Mental Health Association (Saskatchewan Division) Inc.Call for Submissions of Poetry and Fiction:
Neal McLeod is looking for submissions for the anthology that he is editing of emerging Indigenous writers from Saskatchewan
Please mail hard copies to:
Neal McLeod
Trent University
Department of Indigenous Studies
Peterborough, ON K9J 7B8
Call for Submissions - Duotrope
Offering a search feature to help writers find the perfect match for their pieces, from current fiction, poetry, and non-fiction markets
Call for Stories About Finding Light in the Darkness
Write for Light
Call for Poetry Submissions - Coastal Spectator
CALL FOR BLOGGERS: Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS from Writers Ages 13 and Younger
Stone Soup MagazineCALL FOR SUBMISSIONS of Comments, Articles and Poems
The Nation MagazineCALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
Currently Accepting Essays, Reviews and Poetry
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
World Democracy, a new two-volume encyclopedia
To be published by M.E. Sharpe
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - Herizons Magazine
CALL FOR SUBMISSION IN VARIOUS GENRES
Literary Review of Canada
A digest-size magazine for writers emphasizing short "how-to" articles
Artist & Writer Submission Guidelines for Card Companies
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Female First Celebrity Gossip & Lifestyle MagazineCall for Submissions:
The Prairie Journal Canadian Literature Magazine
Maisonneuve - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
BookLand Press - Call for Submissions
(book-length manuscripts only)
Chicken Soup for the Soul Seeks Stories
Various Deadlines
Call for Submissions for Children's Books Series
James Lorimer & Company
Atmosphere Magazine:
Call for Short StoriesCoteau Press Call for Manuscript Submissions
For Adult and Children's Books
Non-Fiction: All Year Round
UPCOMING CONTESTS, AWARDS & FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
Deimos eZine Fiction (Short Story) Contest
Reading for the contest takes place from December 2012 - August 2013
Call for Submissions: The John V. Hicks Long Manuscript Awards
Deadline for Submissions: June 28, 2013
Layton Memorial Postgraduate Scholarship
The Canada ALPHA Educational Fund is offering a $2000 scholarship in memory of Jack Layton. It encourages research studies at postgraduate levels on: peace and reconciliation, social and global justice, racial harmony, humanitarianism, and inclusive education within the context of WWII history in Asia.
Deadline for Applications: June 30, 2013
The bpNichol Chapbook Award 2013
For excellence in Canadian poetry published in chapbook form
Deadline for Applications: July 1, 2013
The Vallum Award for Poetry 2013
Deadline for Entries: July 15, 2013
2013 John Kenneth Galbraith Literary Award Writing Contest
Deadline for Submission: August 5, 2013
Deadline for Entries: August 31, 2013
The Monica Hughes Award
For Children’s Science Fiction and FantasyCarpe Articulum Literary Review Contests
SHORT FICTION……..MAR 30, SEPT 30 (annually)
POETRY…………………MAR 30, SEPT 30 (annually)
NOVELLA…………….. JAN 7 (annually)
ESSAY/NON-FICT……JAN 7, AUG 30 (annually)
PHOTOGRAPHY……. AUG 30 (annually)
SCREENWRITING…….NOV 30 (annually)
YOUNG WRITERS…….FEB 1 (annually)
CALLS FOR PAPERS:
CALL FOR PAPERS
Partnership Conference: 4th University of Manitoba/Szeged University
Place, Time, and their Significance
Conference Dates: October 10 - 11, 2013
Submission Deadline: May 31, 2013
Call for Papers: Special 2014 Issue Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research
Environmental Intersections: Climate Change, Capitalism and Prospects for Change
Submission Deadline: June 1, 2013
Call for Papers - Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research
Environmental Intersections: Climate Change, Capitalism and Prospects for Change
Deadline for Submissions: June 1, 2013
CALL FOR RESEARCH ARTICLES
International Research Journal of Musicology and Drama
JOBS, RESIDENCIES & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:
Call for Writer-in-Residence - Winnipeg Public Library
Deadline for Applications: June 3, 2013
Call for Workshop Instructors
The Saskatchewan Writers' Guild is seeking two instructors for "Weaving Words," a writing program for new Canadians
Deadline for Applications: June 24, 2013
WRITERS WANTED: Headingley Times
Creative City Centre: Call for Playwrights, Actors, and Composers
CALL FOR CONTENT WRITERS: Bride and Groom Canada Online Magazine
Volunteer Opportunity
Offering Journalism and Communications Experience
The Long-Term & Continuing Care Association of Manitoba
James Lorimer & Company Ltd.
Call for Aboriginal Writers
WORKSHOPS, WRITING RETREATS & COURSES:
Spring 2013 Facilitated Writing RetreatHistoric Bishop’s Residence, Gravelbourg, SK
May 30 - June 2, 2013
Deadline for Applications: May 22, 2013
Winnipeg Film Group SCRIPT READING WORKSHOP
To support the developing talents of Winnipeg's storytellers, writers, and actors alike - by providing a forum where they can present their craft to a live audience and get instant feedback
May 26, 2013
Sage Hill 2013 Moose Jaw Teen Writing Experience
With Angie Abdou
Application Deadline: May 31, 2013
Cree Language and Narrative
University of Manitoba Summer Institute
June 3 - 28, 2013
Summer Retreat for Children’s Writers
Do you write for children? Would you like five days this summer to just write? No workshops—just time to write and time to socialize with other children’s writers.
St. Peter’s Abbey in Muenster, Saskatchewan - July 29 - August 2, 2013
Deadline for Registration: June 14, 2013
For more information, contact Dianne Young at dianne.young@sasktel.net
Mountain and Wilderness Writing Workshop - Banff Centre
Deadline for Applications: June 15, 2013
October 25 - November 15, 2013
“Indigenous Literature in Canada and Québec:
Reflections on Politics and Culture” Course Offering
Summer Institute, Université de Montréal
July 8 -13, 2013
Wired Writing Studio
For poets and writers of fiction and other narrative prose
The Banff Centre
September 30- October 12, 2013 (on-site residency in Banff)
October 28- March 31, 2014 (20-week online residency)
Deadline for Applications: June 15, 2013Writing With Style Workshops Hosted by The Banff Centre
Fall Program
September 8 - 14, 2013
Deadline for Applications: June 15, 2013
Summer Literary Seminar - Lithuania
Session One: July 14 - 27, 2013
Session Two: July 28 - August 10, 2013
Prairie Horizons - SK CANSCAIP Conference 2013
With presenters Eric Walters, Marie Campbell (Transatlantic Literary Agency), Sean Cassidy, Pat Miller-Schroeder, Linda Aksomitis, and Maureen Ulrich
September 20 - 22, 2013
"How to be Your Own Publicist" Online Workshop / Webinar
With Authors Elizabeth Ruth and Ann DouglasBerton House Writers’ Retreat for Published Canadian Authors
OTHER:
UPCOMING 2013-14 SEMINAR SERIES
Critical Conversations on Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Date: TBA
CALLING ALL TEACHERS! Thin Air School Program
Have a writer attend your classroom or school library
Writers Resource Hotline
The Writers' Collective of Manitoba
The Public Readings by Manitoba Writers Program
The Manitoba Writers' Guild
This program provides reading fees to professional Manitoba writers who present their work in schools and public and community venues
Apply Now for Canada's First Master's Degree Program in Creative Non-Fiction
University of King's College in Halifax
Become a Member of the
Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs (CCWWP)
Participate in a Study of the Creative Process
Of Poetry Writing