https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/ven-begamudre-1956--2026 Friends and family of Ven Begamudré are sad to announce his death on July 5th, 2026 at Santa Maria Senior Citizens Home in Regina, Saskatchewan.   Full of wit, determination, kindness, and devilry, Ven was an accomplished writer, a faithful friend, a lively storyteller, and a conscientious mentor of younger writers, particularly those of the South Asian diaspora. He was... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/announcing-the-new-youth-poet-laureate-and-poet-laureate-of-saskatchewan The Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild is delighted to announce Aya Skouta as the 7th Youth Poet Laureate of Saskatchewan from August 1, 2026 to July 31, 2027 and Lynda Monahan as the 12th Poet Laureate of Saskatchewan with a term of August 1, 2026 to July 31, 2028.   The Saskatchewan Poet Laureate and Youth Poet Laureate celebrates Saskatchewan—its people, spirit, land—through... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/the-write-things-podcast---episode-seven-choices Enjoy discovering original stories from writers like you? Episode 7 of the Write Things Podcast might be exactly what you're looking for! This episode is about the choices that quietly shape a life: to stay or leave, speak or stay silent, forgive or keep walking forward anyway. The writers in this episode explore that through memoir, fiction, and personal essay. Grief. Love. Identity. The... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/the-write-things-newsletter-on-discovering-your-story-1 Last week, during one of our coaching calls in the Write Things Community, we did something a little different. Many writers are working on the first draft of their manuscripts, so we spent the session exploring their endings through a series of reflective prompts. Rather than trying to think our way to the perfect conclusion, we simply followed our curiosity, allowing each prompt to uncover a... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/write-things-newsletter-on-coming-back I want to tell you about a writer I've known for some time. She's talented. Thoughtful. The kind of writer whose work stays with you. And for a stretch, life pulled her away from the page. Not dramatically — just the way life does sometimes. Other things needed her attention. The writing became sporadic. Then less than that. I stayed in touch. Checked in. And what I watched her do... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/the-write-things-newsletter-on-growth-and-resistance When writers first join The Write Things Community, they arrive with all the things you'd expect. Uncertainty about their writing. Nervousness about sharing it. A quiet fear that what they've created isn't good enough — or that they aren't good enough. They come in carefully, testing the water. Within three months, something shifts. They're not just comfortable sharing... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/gail-bowen-1952---2026 The SWG mourns the passing of friend and long-time member, Gail Bowen.   A novelist, playwright, educator and mentor, Bowen created one of the country’s most enduring fictional detectives in Joanne Kilbourn Shreve—a widowed mother, political analyst and university professor whose encounters with crime unfolded against the political, cultural and domestic life of... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/announcing-the-summer-2026-retreat-scholarship-and-bursary-recipients The Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild is pleased to announce the recipients of our 2026 Summer Writers Retreat scholarship and bursary.   The Judy McCrosky Bursary provides an emerging Saskatchewan writer with program fees for one week’s retreat and is awarded at both the Winter and Summer Retreats.      Andreas Lohstraeter is an emerging writer currently based in... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/2026-dave-williamson-national-short-story-contest-winner Darla Tenold's short story "The Wound" won first place in "The Dave", the Manitoba Writers' Guild short story contest. All seven shortlisted stories are published in Beyond Boundaries 2026 which is available to buy (proceeds help support the contest) from the MWG website: https://mbwriters.ca/support/shop/. https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/write-things-newsletter-on-the-importance-of-permission There's something worth marking this month. The founding members of the Write Things Community are closing out their first year — a full year of showing up, of putting words on the page, of doing the quiet, unglamorous work that writing actually requires. The change I've witnessed has been genuinely surprising. Not just more pages, but a different kind of writing. A deeper...