Posted on January 15, 2021
by Catherine Austen
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MARCH 2021 update: The deadline for the Ottawa Public Library’s Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest has passed and the judges are busy reading all the fabulous submissions. I have 171 short stories to consider from writers aged 9-12 — and I can only choose… Continue Reading “Awesome Authors is on!”
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Category: author talks, contests, featured, What's New, writing workshops, young writersTags: amelinda berube, Apollo the Child, awesome authors, Eric Peladeau, featured, FOPLA, karine Perron, OPL, ottawa, ottawa events, Ottawa Public Library, ottawa writers, pot pourri, short stories, writers markets, writing contests, writing workshops, young writers, youth poetry, youth writing, youth writing contest
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
I always look forward to my regional SCBWI conference. This year it’s especially exciting because I’ll be giving a workshop myself. My topic: revision. I used to dread revisions. I loved drafting; I loved polishing; but I loathed the grunt work in between the… Continue Reading “The Art of Story: SCBWI Canada East Conference”
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Category: author talks, authors, children's books, What's New, writing, writing conferenceTags: art of story, author visits, books, Canadian writers, children's books, children's literature, creative process, critiques, kidlit, novel revision, ottawa, publishing, revising, revision, scbwi, scbwi canada east, writers, writers conference, writing, writing conference, writing workshops
