Posted on November 22, 2019
by Catherine Austen
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Dozens of young writers in Ottawa will attend their book launch next week, as the Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Association (FOPLA) launches the latest volume of Pot-pourri. Pot-pourri 2019 features all the winners and honourable mentions from this year’s Awesome Authors contest…
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Category: authors, books, contests, public libraries, What's New, writing, young writersTags: awesome authors, book launch, book release, books, Canadian writers, children's writing, comics, Contests, creative writing, FOPLA, Ottawa Public Library, poems, poetry, pot pourri, pot-pourri 2019, publishing, short fiction, short stories, teen writers, writers, writing, writing contests, young writers, youth writing contest
I had a great time at this year’s MASC Young Authors and Illustrators Festival in Ottawa. The 3-day event was held at the Canadian Aviation Museum, where over 450 children aged 9-12 came from around the region — some of them getting up at…
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Posted on December 11, 2015
by Catherine Austen
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‘Tis the season for the Ottawa Public Library’s Awesome Author Contest! Local writers aged 9-17 have a couple of months to shine up their best poems and stories for the 2016 competition. If your work is already shiny, you can enter it right now. If you want some…
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Category: author talks, authors, contests, public libraries, What's New, writing, young writersTags: author visits, awesome authors, Caroline Pignat, Contests, J.C. Sulzenko, Michel Lavoie, Ottawa Public Library, poetry workshop, writing contests, writing workshops, young writers
Posted on September 28, 2012
by Catherine Austen
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As promised… To the young Canadians out there who feel like their words are all dressed up with no place to go, here is a list of traditional publishing opportunities – print and online magazines – just for you. Remember, if you’re not ready to submit to…
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