I just updated my list of Short Fiction Markets, so it's only fitting to add a post on where you can submit your stories this summer. There's a lot of opportunity out there! The following Canadian litmags are open for submissions in July and August. This first batch is time-sensitive, with just a few days… Continue reading Litmag Love: Summer Markets
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
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
[UPDATE May 22: A huge thank-you to the Regina Public Library for inviting me into their branches, virtually, to lead local writers in this prompt-based workshop via Zoom. It was a new workshop for me and I LOVED it! Thanks to everyone who participated and helped out. 😀] Next Saturday, I'll be leading a writing… Continue reading Virtual Writing Workshop
