March Update: The 2025 contest is now closed and the judges are reading your entries. Good luck! Original post: The Ottawa Public Library's Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest is open for entries! Young writers of the nation's capital, we want to read your stories, poems, and comics. Send them in before midnight on February 28th… Continue reading Awesome Authors 2025 is on!
Back to school and bored already? Liven up the year with a visit to your school from a teaching artist -- like me. In Quebec, we have two great programs to help fund an author or artist visit to your school: Culture in the Schools and ArtistsInspire. Culture in the Schools The Ministry of Education's… Continue reading Funding for Writing Workshops in 2024-25
Recently, a fellow writer suggested using tarot cards as free-writing prompts for some write-in-silence sessions. He said he'd bring a book of interpretations. To which I said, "My dude, no book necessary." I am not a believer. But I sometimes read tarot cards for fun -- wine and giggling are usually involved -- and I've… Continue reading Tarot Prompts for Writers
The Ottawa Public Library's Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest was another great success this year, and I was thrilled to be part of it. The winners will be honoured this fall, with the publication of this year's Pot-pourri, but you can read the list of winning Awesome Author 2024 entries right now on the OPL… Continue reading Awesome Authors 2024 Winners
The Ottawa Public Library's Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest is open for entries! Young writers of the nation's capital, we want to read your stories, poems, and comics. Send them in before midnight on February 23rd for a chance to win prizes and publication. The contest is open to Ottawa students writing in English or… Continue reading It’s on! Awesome Authors 2024
Catherine Austen 