@WritersNL

A not-for-profit providing a supportive environment for writing in NL, celebrating & promoting our authors, and building our provincial literary industry

 Newfoundland & Labrador
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Every year, we put together a Valentine's Day E-Zine filled with your beautiful stories to help spread love, and 2025 is no different! Do you have an original love story you've written? Here's your chance to share your love story! For more info, visit: writersnl.ca/literary-awards…
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Shop Publishing (Part 1) There's nothing like curling up with a hot drink & a good book over the holidays. Check out our 2024 Local Holiday Gift Guide for lots of great options! Featuring: @BreakwaterBooks @engenbooks @FlankerPress @RiddleFence @WritersNL & more! #NLarts
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🎉 Submit to WritersNL's Winter E-Zine! 🎉 Theme: Winter, holidays, traditions, family & more Formats: Fiction, poetry, prose, non-fiction Prizes: $250, $200, $150 + 2 runner-up prizes! Submit: [email protected] (Subject: "Winter E-Zine") Deadline: Dec 13, 2024 Release: Dec 23
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2023 Percy Janes Award winner Malcolm Kempt's A GIFT BEFORE DYING, sold to Amy Einhorn at Crown (Penguin Random House), with Shannon Criss editing, in a two-book deal. Publication in Winter 2026, by Gideon Pine and Richard Pine at Inkwell Manangement in New York. @malcolmkempt
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WritersNL is pleased to announce our WritersNL Year of the Arts 2024 Writers! 2 Writers-in-Schools – Sheilah Roberts Lukins and Sabrina Pinksen – will present activities in school classrooms aimed at enhancing student enrichment & fostering an appreciation of the literary arts.
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Our Writers-In-Residence are: • Sharon Bala: AC Hunter Public Library, St. John’s • Trudy Morgan-Cole: CBS Public Library, CBS • Sara Tilley: Melville Public Library, Happy Valley-Goose Bay • Douglas Walbourne-Gough: Corner Brook Public Library, Corner Brook
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For general information about the WritersNL Year of the Arts initiative, email [email protected]. For full information on all of our writers-in-schools and writers-in-residence, including biographies and dates, please visit us online: writersnl.ca/programs-servic…

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Mark your calendars for HOLD FAST Festival's workshop, "Getting Under It" with August Carrigan! • @ Lawnya Vawnya Office, 4 Clift’s – Baird’s Cove • Mon., Aug. 19, 6-8pm For all HOLD FAST workshops + registration for "Getting Under It," please visit: easternedge.ca/hold-fast-202…
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Join Moving2Conservation for "Ocean People Inspire," a public, family-friendly event on September 12th, 6:00 to 9:00pm at the Lantern, St. John’s! 🔗: moving2conservation.net/ocea… This event will also celebrate the winners of NL Writes' "The Ocean Is A Magnet" writing contest!✍️🌊🏆
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"Come enjoy the evening of arts, words & music about Ocean and People, and try some light bites of seafood & local favorites. The event is free of charge. No reservation is required. Donation to Food Bank is accepted at door." For more details, visit: moving2conservation.net/
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Our friends at @spokenwordSJ have an incredible event coming up this weekend, featuring talented local poet Andreae Callanan! 🤩 This monthly poetry party is held at the LSPU Hall (@RCAatLSPUHall) – doors open at 7 p.m. and readings begin at 7:30 p.m.
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Due to this event's popularity, open mic slots are capped at 15 participants, so if you want to share your work, plz show up early to register. 🗣 Shout out to SWSJ for all their hard work in putting this event on every month – your commitment & dedication is so appreciated! 🫂
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Our social media presence has been semi-dormant this past week as we enjoyed some time off after the annual Regatta Day in St. John's. 🚣‍♀️🚣🚣‍♂️ The Monday vibes are STRONG today... So plz enjoy these inspirational memes collected by @TaraWineQueen to get us inspired this week! 💪
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Doing some spring... er... summer cleaning? 🪣🧹🧽 If you're making more room on your bookshelves, consider donating your already-read books to Friends of the St. John's Public Library for their annual fall sale! 🍂🍁🍂
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Are you attending @Winterset_Fest this coming weekend? Look at this incredible line-up... Winterset, Words of Warmth Literary Festival HV-GB, @OchreFest, @WritersAtWP... How lucky are we to have so many celebrations of writing in our wee province?! 😍 We wish we could teleport!
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We love to see it!!! 👏👏👏 Huge thanks to authors Samantha Baker and @dawnbakerart, the @townofgander Festival of Flight and of course, our wonderful Outreach Committee for putting together this wonderful event in central NL! 📸 Photos by Dawn Baker
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Reminder – our new Youth writing contest, “Space and Time," is accepting submissions! For this contest, we’re asking Youth Members ages 30 and under to create a piece of writing inspired by the concept of outer space and/or time. 🌠⏳🌌
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This writing contest is open to all WritersNL Youth members ages 30 and under, with TWO IDENTICAL PRIZE POOLS – One for Members ages 18 and under, and another for Members ages 19-30! 🥇 1st place: $100 🥈 2nd place: $65 🥉 3rd place: $35
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Deadline for submissions: Received by Monday, September 23, 2024 at 5 p.m. NST For more details, please visit us online: writersnl.ca/literary-awards… Happy writing!
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