I’m ready for the MASC Young Authors and Illustrators Festival taking place in Ottawa April 9-11. I’ll be leading workshops with keen young writers coming to town from elementary schools across eastern Ontario and western Quebec. This annual event draws hosting authors and illustrators from…
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Posted on March 15, 2019
by Catherine Austen
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Every year, the Ottawa Public Library holds a youth writing contest for which hundreds of local kids write stories, poems, and comics. The winners and honourable mentions are published in the annual anthology, Pot-pourri. But the contest’s title — Awesome Authors — applies to…
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Posted on February 8, 2019
by Catherine Austen
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I’ll be giving a writing workshop tomorrow at the Carlingwood Library to help kids aged 9-12 prepare their stories for the Ottawa Public Library’s Awesome Authors Contest. We’ll do two story-building exercises: one on Character, and one on Setting.
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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…
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Category: author talks, authors, contests, public libraries, short stories, writing, 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, writing contests, writing workshops, youth fiction, youth poetry, youth writing, youth writing contest
Posted on November 30, 2018
by Catherine Austen
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If you are a young writer of fiction or poetry, here are some excellent places to submit your work The updated lists are divided into teen markets and children’s markets (with a bit of overlap). Online and Print Magazines for Teen Writers: The Blue…
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Posted on November 26, 2018
by Catherine Austen
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I posted a motivational blurb on the SCBWI Canada East website today, about slogging it through the last days of November’s novel-writing challenge. I have never actually made the NaNoWriMo journey, meaning I’ve never done a start-to-finish draft in the month of November. I’ve…
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Posted on October 1, 2018
by Catherine Austen
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It’s the first day of Inktober. Illustrators know this. The rest of us might not — but we should, all of us. Because Inktober is awesome. And it’s for everyone. Inktober began in 2009, by artist Jake Parker, as a challenge to improve drawing skills…
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Category: art, illustration, writingTags: creative process, daily practice, discipline, drawing, fear, illustrators, ink, inktober, learn to draw, october, picture books, procrastination, writing
