Posted on December 8, 2018
by Catherine Austen
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It’s time for all the young writers in Ottawa to get their awesome on! The Ottawa Public Library wants you to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) and write a poem, short story, or comic (or all three!) to enter into the OPL’s… Continue Reading “Awesome Authors 2019 – Submission Call”
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Category: author talks, authors, contests, public libraries, short stories, young writersTags: awesome authors, Canadian writers, canlit, Contests, Friends of the Ottawa Public Library, libraries, ottawa, ottawa events, Ottawa Public Library, ottawa writers, poetry, poetry contest, pot pourri, short fiction, short stories, writers, writing contests, writing workshops, youth fiction, youth poetry, youth writing, youth writing contest
Posted on March 30, 2018
by Catherine Austen
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This Tuesday, I had the pleasure of calling the names of twelve young writers whose short fiction won places in the Ottawa Public Library’s Awesome Authors Contest. What a pleasure to be one of this year’s judges and to read excerpts from the fantastic… Continue Reading “Immersed in Student Writing”
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Posted on December 1, 2017
by Catherine Austen
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I just received my copies of the latest Pot-Pourri — that’s the annual volume of youth writing published by the Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Association (FOPLA). This lovely book contains all the winning poems and stories from last year’s Awesome Authors Contest, a… Continue Reading “Good Reading”
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