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Call for Submissions (Alberta): 2013 Alberta Literary Awards – The Writers Guild of Alberta

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Call for Submissions (Alberta): 2013 Alberta Literary Awards – The Writers Guild of Alberta

 

The Writers Guild of Alberta (WGA) is preparing to celebrate another successful year with the 2013 Alberta Literary Awards.  Writers from across Alberta and their publishers are invited to submit to this year’s award categories, including the Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama.  The deadline for submissions to the Alberta Literary Awards is December 31, 2012.
 
Submissions are evaluated on originality, creativity, and quality of writing, as well as appropriate fit within a category.  The winners will be announced at the 2013 Alberta Book Awards Gala in Edmonton in the spring.  The Alberta Literary Awards will be presented in conjunction with the Book Publishers Association of Alberta’s (BPAA) Alberta Book Publishing Awards and The Get Publishing Society’s Words in Three Dimensions Conference.
 
The Alberta Literary Awards were created by the Writers Guild of Alberta in 1982 to recognize excellence in writing by Alberta authors. Prizes of $1500 are awarded to published entries in the following categories:
R. Ross Annett Award for Children’s Literature (picture books)
Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction
Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction
Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry
Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama (published or produced)
 
In addition, four prizes of $700 are awarded to unpublished and published entries in the following categories:
Amber Bowerman Memorial Travel Writing Award (unpublished)
James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction (published)
Howard O’Hagan Award for Short Story (published)
Jon Whyte Memorial Essay Prize (unpublished)
 
The Writers Guild of Alberta is a non-profit organization that represents both professional and emerging writers in Alberta.  Their mission is to inspire, connect, support, encourage and promote writers and writing, to safeguard the freedom to write and to read, and to advocate for the well-being of writers.
 
For more information and submission guidelines, please visit www.writersguild.ab.ca
 

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