https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/announcement-of-2025-city-of-regina-writing-award   The Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2025 City of Regina Writing Award is Courtney Bates-Hardy for her poetry collection “We Want to Live Like Trees”.   This year’s runners-up are Suzy Krause for her novel “You Won’t Believe Your Eyes” and Gordon Portman for his play “Table in the... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/2024-guild-prize-winners-michael-mirolla-and-raquel-fletcher   Hearty congratulations to Michael Mirolla for winning the Guild Prize in Flash Fiction for his piece, “Recognition,” and to Raquel Fletcher for winning the Guild Prize in Poetry for her poem, “Tiny Gold Frames (or The Gallery Wall)."   On winning the contest, Michael Mirolla tells us, “It's always wonderful and a bit of a surprise to be recognized... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/home-fires-burn Publication of Home Fires Burn by Anthony Bidulka, June 1, 2025   In the conclusion of the award-winning trilogy, a celebrated Saskatchewan philanthropist is found slumped against his car, frozen to death. PI Merry Bell is hired by his son, country music star Evan Whatley, to find out the truth behind what really happened on that desolate stretch of road. As Merry’s investigation... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/submissions-open-for-the-2025-rbc-pen-canada-new-voices-award PEN Canada is pleased to announce that submissions are now open for the 2025 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award.  About the New Voices Award  The annual award aims to encourage new writing and provide a space where unpublished writers can submit short stories, creative nonfiction, journalism, and poetry. A jury of distinguished Canadian writers will judge the shortlisted submissions.... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/my-first-childrens-book My first two children's books, One More Story for Ava and A Home for Bonnie, are available now; contact me for details at bngalalmbos@sasktel.net.   https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/family+-group-exhibition-artist-announcement Family+ is a partnership between the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild and Government House.   You may view the exhibit between March 29 and June 22, 2025 in the Queen Elizabeth II Gallery at Government House, 4607 Dewdney Ave, Regina, SK. Please note, Government House is closed on Mondays until Victoria Day, May 19, 2025.   Viewers are invited to share their reflections of the... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/oral-storytelling-with-danica-lorer To register, please visit https://www.livearts.ca/oral-storytelling-with-danica-lorer/   Broadcast length: 45 minutes, with a pre and post workshop activity included in the teacher guide   Sessions March 19, 9:30AM – Grade 1/2 March 19, 1:00PM – Grade 3/4 March 20, 9:30AM – Grade 5/6 March 20, 1:00PM – Grade 7/8   Teacher... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/mcnally-robinson-book-launch Join author Melvin Deforest for the launch of his book McCurdy Investigations. This event will be held live in the Travel Alcove and also available as a simultaneous YouTube stream.   McCurdy Investigations: Sh*ts and Giggles Incorporated is a rollicking blend of humor, action, and mystery that delivers wit and wild antics at every turn. Meet Melvin McCurdy, a... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/announcing-winter-2025-retreat-judy-mccrosky-bursary-recipient   The Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild is pleased to announce the recipient of the Judy McCrosky Bursary, which provides an emerging Saskatchewan writer with program fees for one week’s retreat and is awarded at both the Winter and Summer Retreats.    Cat C. Haines is an autistic and transsexual dyke, an academic/artist/activist weirdo, and the author of “Trans... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/introducing-winter-2025-virtual-writer-in-residence-gordon-portman The SWG is pleased to announce Gordon Portman as our Winter 2025 Virtual Writer-in-Residence for February 3 to April 30, 2025.     Gordon Portman has been a professional writer and teacher for more than thirty-five years. For much of that time, his work has primarily been associated with theatre; however, for the past fifteen+ years he has been a creative writing instructor /...