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WordsWorth 2025: OURTIME Registration is Now Open!

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WordsWorth is a week-long sleepover creative writing residency for young artists who believe in the power of words and storytelling.

DEADLINE: July 13, 2025 - 5:59 am

Say It Like You Mean It

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Learn how to dig deep and express yourself.

DEADLINE: April 7, 2025 - 7:00 pm

Edmonton Poetry Festival

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Edmonton Poetry Festival celebrates 20 years with a month-long festival and a local focus.

Deep Winter Writers 2026

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Deep Winter Writers residency is a self-directed program that offers time and space for writers to retreat, reconnect, and reenergize their writing practice.

DEADLINE: August 21, 2025 - 5:59 am

Mountain Writers Intensive 2025

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Mountain Writers Intensive is a three-week residency for writers working in any genre on mountain narratives, environmental journalism, or stories of adventure.

DEADLINE: May 29, 2025 - 5:59 am

Early Career Writers of Young Adult and Children's Books 2025

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New Writers of young adult and children's books will expand upon their practice in the 12-day, self-directed residency.

DEADLINE: June 5, 2025 - 5:59 am

Comics and Graphic Novels 2025

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The Comics and Graphic Novels residency considers how creatives use this unique media as a place for personal narrative, memoir, and exploration.

DEADLINE: May 22, 2025 - 5:59 am

Attend The WGA 2025 Conference: Genre and Form Through Time

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Join the Writers' Guild of Alberta June 7 - 8 in Calgary for the 2025 Conference: Genre and Form Through Time!

DEADLINE: June 7, 2025 - 5:59 am

Work in Progress 2025 Award: Submissions Open!

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The Unleash WIP Award offers writers support in the amount of $500 to supplement costs to support the completion of a book-length work.

DEADLINE: July 16, 2025 - 5:59 am

Science Fiction 2025

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This residency supports science fiction writers exploring potential futures, perspectives and narratives.

DEADLINE: April 17, 2025 - 3:45 am