Mirabelle Chiderah Harris-Eze’s dark Wins $2,500 Prize – Short Prose Competition
Dec 2, 2022
The Writers' Union of Canada is pleased to announce that Mirabelle Chiderah Harris-Eze has won the $2,500 prize for its 28th annual Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers, for the best story under 2,500 words, with her piece dark. In addition,… Read More
Applications Open for Edna Staebler Laurier Writer-in-Residence Winter 2022 (Virtual)
Dec 2, 2022
Applications for a 10-week winter 2022 virtual residency, commencing Jan. 17, 2022, will be accepted as of June 14, 2021. The deadline for applications is July 30, 2021. WHO SHOULD APPLY? All Canadian writers of established literary reputation in fiction, poetry,… Read More
UBC Creative Writing: Adjunct Professor(s) in Writing for Television and Writing for the Stage
Dec 2, 2022
The UBC School of Creative Writing invites applications for Adjunct Professor(s) to teach Writing for Television and/or Intermediate Writing for the Stage and Radio, beginning September 1, 2021. The qualified applicant(s) will teach CRWR 307 (3 credits) and/or CRWR 316 (3… Read More
TWUC Welcomes Federal Budget Measures for Canadian Books
Sep 10, 2021
The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) welcomes the 2021 Federal Budget, and notes with appreciation both targeted measures for the books sector in Canada and the extension of recovery programs that have helped Canada’s cultural workers stay afloat during the pandemic.… Read More
UBC Creative Writing: Lecturer in Writing for Children and Young Adults
Sep 10, 2021
The UBC School of Creative Writing seeks an exceptional teacher of Writing for Children and Young Adults to fill a Lecturer position commencing as early as July 1, 2021. The teaching load for this position is 24 credits (eight 3-credit courses) per year, ranging from large… Read More
Announcing the Fourth Annual Pottersfield Prize for Creative Nonfiction
Sep 10, 2021
Pottersfield Press is once again looking for submissions from writers who can provide a manuscript of 30,000 to 150,000 words in any of the following categories: history, memoir, autobiography, biography, literary journalism, political or social commentary, travel writing or… Read More
Author David A. Robertson Wins Freedom to Read Award
Sep 10, 2021
The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is pleased to announce that Manitoba author David A. Robertson is the recipient of the 2021 Freedom to Read Award. The award is presented annually by TWUC in recognition of work that is passionately supportive of the freedom to read.… Read More
Writers Welcome Federal Clarification on CERB Payments
Sep 10, 2021
The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is pleased to receive clarification from the Prime Minister today on the issue of Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) eligibility. The threat of potential retroactive ineligibility and repayment of CERB benefits has caused a… Read More
Parliament Must End Canada's Copyright Crisis
Dec 2, 2022
Supreme Court Declines to Meaningfully Decide Key Educational Copying Case After a decade of market failure for Canadian writers, and a Federal Court decision featuring overwhelming evidence of illicit copying, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has declined to uphold creator… Read More
Sorrow and Support to Indigenous Communities Victimized by Canada’s Residential School System
Jun 1, 2023
The horrific legacy of abuse and death in Canada’s Residential School (IRS) system has been thoroughly documented, and was the focus of 2015’s Truth & Reconciliation Commission Report. That report details cemeteries and graveyards attached to residential schools, and… Read More
