7 Stories
7 Stories is a writing competition inspired by art. Each year, seven artworks are selected from the Gallery’s collection. Writers are invited to spend time with these pieces — to […]

7 Stories is a writing competition inspired by art. Each year, seven artworks are selected from the Gallery’s collection. Writers are invited to spend time with these pieces — to […]
This February, Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) invites writers everywhere to take part in Write Around the World, a month of online, donation-based writing workshops led by AWA-certified facilitators from […]
Join us for an insider’s look at the publishing world. WCYR Chair Tali Shammas sits down with literary agent Lauren Khan of FinePrint Literary Management for a candid fireside conversation […]
Writing to prompts geared toward enlivening your imagination, we will write fictional characters and scenes. You will practice using stories from your life and from your imagination to create engaging […]
Like actors, authors need to get into character. Learn the tricks that deepen your point-of-view narrator so that readers feel like they are right in the action and not watching […]
Hello writers! (If you write, you are a writer) Happy New Year. We are excited to invite you to join us for some writing sessions on Zoom over the winter. […]
We will write a few short pieces from our unique perspectives using prompts that resonate with us. We will reflect on our feelings, memories and experiences. Please note that these […]
This presentation on consignment sales at Indigo will be of interest to anyone who would like to sell their published books through Indigo or host an author table at a […]
The 2026 WIBAs ARE NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! Since 2016, the Whistler Independent Book Awards have proudly recognized excellence in Canadian self-publishing. To mark the beginning of our second decade, the WIBAs have some exciting new features to make the awards even more inclusive. WHAT’S NEW: Now open internationally, to any self-published author writing in […]
Hello writers! (If you write, you are a writer) Happy New Year. We are excited to invite you to join us for some writing sessions on Zoom over the winter. […]