I'm resurrecting my old list of Young Writers' Markets because there are so many young writers who are not eligible to submit to the Ottawa Public Library's Awesome Authors Youth Writing Contest. What are they to do with their awesome stories, poems, and comics? Well... If you are a young writer in Canada with no… Continue reading Young Writers’ Markets
It's back! In person! And I want to see you there. Young writers and artists in eastern Ontario and western Quebec can sign up now for the MASC Young Authors and Illustrators Festival (MYAIF) to be held in Ottawa on April 4th. This year's Festival will offer one day of workshops at the fab venue… Continue reading MASC Young Authors and Illustrators Festival 2023
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 on February 24th. Learn all the details from the Awesome Authors… Continue reading Awesome Authors 2023 is on!
Updated February 2023 (with links to a new children's story, "Balloon Party," a fresh take on "Stone Soup" published on the Blue Met website). Back to the 2022 post....I'm resurrecting my old list of Canadian litmags because it's just so handy for short story writers to know the word limits at a glance. Since I'm… Continue reading Stories and Litmags
It's here, awesome authors! The latest volume of Pot-Pourri, containing all the winning stories, poems, and graphic narratives from Ottawa's Awesome Authors aged 9-18. Buy your copy today. Check out the gorgeous cover design by Gaurinanda Abhilash: Once again, the anthology is generously produced by the Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Association (FOPLA), with… Continue reading Pot-Pourri 2022
Catherine Austen 