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Register for Mennonite/s Writing VII in Fresno, CA by Feb. 15 and receive a discount
October 21, 2014Don't forget to register for Mennonite/s Writing VII taking place at Fresno Pacific University March 12-15. Register before February 15 for a lower rate. Register online at www.fresno.edu/mennos-writing.
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Are you looking for a roommate at Mennonite/s Writing VII in Fresno?
October 21, 2014Are you looking for a roommate at Mennonite/s Writing VII in Fresno? Post a query on the Mennonite/s Writing Facebook page. For registration or travel and lodging information visit: http://www.fresno.edu/mennos-writing
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Miriam Toews's 'All My Puny Sorrows' receives high recognition
October 10, 2014Miriam Toews's newest novel, All My Puny Sorrows, is a finalist for the 2014 Rogers Writers' Trust Award as well as the 2014 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
All My Puny Sorrows, released by Knopf Canada in April 2014, tells the story of two sisters, both accomplished, one suicidal and the other struggling to keep her sister alive.
Toews's novel was selected as one of five finalists for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, which honors the best novel or short story collection of the year. Each finalist received $2,500, and the winner will receive $25,000. Toews's book was …
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Carrie Snyder finalist for Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
October 10, 2014Carrie Snyder newest novel, Girl Runner, is a finalist for the 2014 Rogers Writers' Trust Award.
Girl Runner, released by House of Anansi in August 2014, is the story of a fictional female runner who competes in the 800-meter race at the Olympic Games.
Snyder's novel was selected as one of five finalists for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, which honors the best novel or short story collection of the year. Each finalist received $2,500, and the winner will receive $25,000. Girl Runner was selected from 127 submissions.
Snyder, from Waterloo, Ontario, is the author of …
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Di Brandt chosen as Writer-in-Residence
September 28, 2014Di Brandt, an admired Canadian poet, essayist, and literary critic, was selected as the Winnipeg Public Library's Writer-in-Residence for 2014-2015.
Beginning this October and continuing until April 2015, she will work with the public through workshops and individual consultations. In addition, she will continue to concentrate on her own writing. The Writer-in-Residence program is designed to provide new, emerging, and established writers with a chance to recieve feedback on their manuscripts.
“My mentoring philosophy is very simple," Di Brandt said. "I try to really ‘hear’ what the writer is trying to communicate and create in the work-in-progress, and to help …
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October 1 Deadline! Mennonite/s Writing Submissions
September 21, 2014There is still time to submit a proposal for Mennonite/s Writing VII: Movement, Transformation, and Place. The deadline is October 1. If you haven’t already submitted one, either creative or critical, now is the time. Please encourage the writers in your life to consider it, too. The full call for proposals and links for submissions can be found on our web site http://www.fresno.edu/mennos-writing. Also, watch the website for registration, which should be open shortly after October 1. See you at the conference next March 12-15, 2015!
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An invitation to Mennonite Writers from Carol Ann Weaver
September 19, 2014Call for writings about the earth . . . for a special composition
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Samatar wins award for best new writer
June 18, 2014Sofia Samatar, from California, received the John W. Campbell award for Best New Science Fiction or Fantasy Writer at the World Science Fiction Convention.
Samatar was awarded this honor for her debut novel--A Stranger in Olondria, published by Small Beer Press in 2013--and her short stories that have been published in a variety of magazines and books.
A Stranger in Olondria follows Jevick, a pepper merchant's son, on his ghost-riddled adventure to the distant land of Olondria. The critically acclaimed novel was thirteen years in the making.
Samatar, an American of Somali and Swiss German Mennonite background, wrote …
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Ruminate Magazine Short Story Contest
June 18, 2014Deadline: October 27, 2014
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Miriam Toews wins the Rogers Writer's Trust Prize
June 18, 2014Miriam Toews won $25,000 and the Rogers Writers Trust prize for a novel she says "she wished she didn't have to write."