Date Posted:17:58:07 08/14/07 Tue GMT-5 Author:Roger Author Host/IP: NoHost / 209.159.179.126 Subject: Re: Next year's CAA conference in Edmonton In reply to:
Lori
's message, "Re: Next year's CAA conference in Edmonton" on 10:06:05 08/13/07 Mon GMT-5
I intend to join again this year, and if I do, to go to Edmonton next summer. That's not the same as saying I definitely will do it, but it's my intention. My son is living in Ft. McMurray at the moment, and may still be in Alberta next year. It would be a good chance to visit.
Roger
>I entered it once and I didn't win, but I think it's a
>pretty good chance I'll be going to Edmonton next
>year, so I might as well enter. You never know, right?
>
>I've let my membership lapse at the moment and am
>thinking about renewing it...What about the rest of
>you? Think you'll make it to Edmonton?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Lori>
>
>I ofteb think this CanWrite contest may be worthwhile.
>>I would like to get a paid admission to the
>>conference, anyway, and I've never been to Edmonton.
>>(Was in Calgary for three hours in March, though.)
>>
>>I'm not sure if you are in touch with the CAA at
>>present, so I am dropping this here. It is from a CAA
>>newsdrop.
>>
>>************************
>>
>>""Put your Talents to the Test!"
>>
>>
>>
>>August 6, 2007 - The Canadian Authors Association is
>>pleased to announce its Sixth Annual CanWrite!
>>Conference Story Contest. The top ten selections will
>>be published in an anthology that will be launched at
>>our 87th Annual CAA Conference in Edmonton on July
>>3-6, 2008. The top three winners will also receive
>>$500, $200 and $100 respectively plus a free
>>conference registration with no cash value. (Winners
>>must attend the conference to receive this free
>>registration.)
>>
>>
>>
>>This short story contest is open to all ages and all
>>Canadian and U.S. residents. Short stories must be
>>fiction, unpublished, and no longer than 1,500 words
>>in length. Entries should be typed and double spaced
>>with the story�s title appearing on each
>>numbered page. Please include a separate sheet with
>>your name, address, phone number, email address, word
>>count and title - as well as a self-addressed stamped
>>envelope for the contest results. The entrant�s
>>name must not appear on the manuscript. Judging will
>>be completed through a blind process with final
>>selections made by our contest judge. The
>>entrant�s fee is $15 Canadian per story. Please
>>make all cheques or money orders out to
>>�Canadian Authors Association� and mail
>>your entry to �CanWrite! Conference Story
>>Contest� c/o Evan Kenney, 32 Green Meadow
>>Crescent, Welland, ON L3C 6X3. Manuscripts will not be
>>returned. Results and story evaluations will both be
>>released in July. The final deadline for entries is
>>February 28, 2008.
>>
>>
>>
>>If entrants submit their story by November 30, 2007,
>>they will also receive a one-page evaluation with
>>comments from a professional member of the Canadian
>>Authors Association. (Please include a self-addressed
>>stamped envelope - evaluations will not be returned
>>otherwise.)
>>
>>
>>This year�s guest contest judge is Leo Brent
>>Robillard. Robillard is the acclaimed author of two
>>critically acclaimed novels, Leaving Wyoming and
>>Houdini's Shadow. Both were long-listed for the ReLit
>>Award, and Leaving Wyoming was chosen as part of
>>Bartley's Top Five in The Globe and Mail for best
>>first fiction of 2005. The Spanish language rights to
>>Houdini's Shadow were recently purchased by El Anden
>>Editions of Barcelona. His work has also appeared in
>>more than fifty publications including CV2, The
>>Fiddlehead, Grain and Queen's Quarterly. "
