The Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild is pleased to announce the participants of the 2025 Mentorship Program and Indigenous Mentorship Programs. These programs nurture emerging Saskatchewan writers by pairing them with established writing mentors for a 4-month program (Jan 1 – April 30).
Mentorship Program
Jan Coffey-Olson (Rosetown) mentored by J. Jill Robinson (Galiano Island) – fiction
Brent Moore (Moose Jaw) mentored by Shane Arbuthnott – speculative fiction
Rowan Neufeld (Saskatoon) mentored by Bruce Rice (Regina) – poetry
Carrie Stene (Prince Albert) mentored by Clarissa Harwood (Val-des-Monts) – historical fiction
Indigenous Mentorship Program
Jasmine Cook (Saskatoon) mentored by Carol Rose GoldenEagle (Regina Beach) – poetry
The apprentices will have the opportunity to share their work publicly at the Apprentice Reading on Friday May 2, 2025 in Saskatoon.
Thank you to our funders Sask Lotteries, Canada Council for the Arts and City of Regina.