Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop
 

Links and Resources

July 27th, 2009

Tips for Reading Your Work Aloud: Reading your work is, to many writers, like water is to cats — sometimes necessary but not always pleasant. Here are a few tips, compiled by NOWW’s own Mike Bryan, to help give you the confidence and skill you need to read effectively. (Hint: #1 can also get you to Carnegie Hall.)

Literary Thunder Bay blog: http://literarythunderbay.blogspot.com/

Sleeping Giant Writers Festival: http://www.sleepinggiantwriters.com/

Thunder Bay Public Library: http://www.tbpl.ca/

Places for Writers: A resource for Canadian writers that lists calls for submissions, contests, job opportunities, and more. http://www.placesforwriters.com/

Markham Village Writers: A list of resources compiled and moderated by the members of Markham Village Writers, a writing group in Markham, Ontario. Both the Guest Writers and Resources sections welcome submissions from any writers.
http://markhamvillagewriters.com/resources-contests-markets

Canadian Authors Association Niagara Branch: http://www.canauthorsniagara.org/Resources/index.html

Ontario Arts Council (Home Page): http://www.arts.on.ca/page11.aspx 
Northern Arts Program: http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1528.aspx
Writers’ Reserve Program: http://www.arts.on.ca/Page119.aspx
Writers’ Works in Progress Program: http://www.arts.on.ca/Page118.aspx
Alphabetical List of Granting Programs: http://www.arts.on.ca/Page27.aspx

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Contests (check the NOWW Forums for more opportunities)

Canadian Authors Association – Niagara Branch
Poetry Anthology Contest: Deadline May 31
www.canadianauthorsniagara.org

Room Magazine’s 2010 Writing Contest
Room 2010 contest ad
http://www.roommagazine.com/index.html

Event magazine’s Annual Non-Fiction Contest – deadline April 15 http://event.douglas.bc.ca

subTerrain’s Annual Lush Triumphant Literary Awards Competition – deadline May 15
http://subterrain.ca/literature/46

The Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University: First Book Competition – deadline May 31
http://www.thewritersstudio.ca/