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It’s on! Awesome Authors 2024

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Catherine Austen

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.… Continue Reading “It’s on! Awesome Authors 2024”

Category: author talks, contests, featured, What's New, writing workshops, young writersTags: amelinda berube, Apollo the Child, author, awesome authors, creative writing, Eric Peladeau, featured, FOPLA, OPL, ottawa, ottawa events, Ottawa Public Library, ottawa writers, Pierre-Luc Belanger, pot pourri, short stories, writers, writers' markets, writing, writing contests, writing workshops, young writers, youth poetry, youth writing, youth writing contest

Short Story News and Markets

Posted on November 10, 2023 by Catherine Austen

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I was thrilled to receive a grant from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec this fall to compile my short story collection, “Alone in the World.” (The title sounds depressing, but there will be a lonely laugh or two in there… Continue Reading “Short Story News and Markets”

Category: featured, short stories, writers' marketsTags: awesome authors, calq, canadian literary magazines, children's stories, conseil des arts et des lettres du quebec, featured, humber literary review, literary journals, litmags, Ottawa Public Library, short fiction, short fiction markets, short stories, short story markets, writers' markets

Awesome Authors 2023 (Update)

Posted on May 18, 2023 by Catherine Austen

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The Ottawa Public Library’s Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest was a huge success this year, with more entries than ever. Over 700 young writers of poetry, comics, and short stories submitted pieces this winter, leaving judges like me with many difficult decisions (but many… Continue Reading “Awesome Authors 2023 (Update)”

Category: author talks, contests, What's New, writing, young writersTags: awesome authors, FOPLA, OPL, Ottawa Public Library, ottawa writers, pot pourri, writers' markets, writing, writing contests, young writers, youth poetry, youth writing, youth writing contest

Awesome Authors 2023 is on!

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Catherine Austen

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The Ottawa Public Library’s Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest is back! Young writers of the nation’s capital, get to work on your poems, short stories, and comics. You could win publication, glory, cold hard cash! The contest opened on January 10th and it closes… Continue Reading “Awesome Authors 2023 is on!”

Category: author talks, contests, What's New, writing, writing workshops, young writersTags: amelinda berube, Apollo the Child, awesome authors, Eric Peladeau, FOPLA, OPL, ottawa, ottawa events, Ottawa Public Library, ottawa writers, Pierre-Luc Belanger, pot pourri, short stories, writers' markets, writing, writing contests, writing workshops, young writers, youth poetry, youth writing, youth writing contest

MYAIF: More Fun for Young Writers in Ottawa/Gatineau

Posted on February 18, 2022 by Catherine Austen

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[Updated March 18th 2022] Hey kids, I know you’re hustling to get your poems, stories, and graphic narratives finished in time to enter the Ottawa Public Library’s Awesome Authors Youth Writing contest. Some of you might even be prepping for tomorrow’s Awesome Author teen… Continue Reading “MYAIF: More Fun for Young Writers in Ottawa/Gatineau”