https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/announcement-of-paulo-da-costa-as-virtual-writer-in-residence-for-the-virtual-facilitated-retreat The SWG is pleased to announce paulo da costa as our Virtual Writer-in-Residence for our Virtual Facilitated Retreat, happening on February 6-9, 2025.   Born in Angola, and raised in Portugal, paulo da costa is a writer, editor and translator living in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies (Moh’kins’tsis / Calgary, Alberta). He is thrice the recipient of the James H. Gray Award... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/2024-cheryl-and-henry-kloppenburg-award-for-literary-excellence   The Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild congratulates Tim Lilburn on receiving the 2024 Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence   The Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild is proud to announce that the winner of the 2024 Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence is Tim Lilburn.  The award honours a Saskatchewan writer who has written a substantial... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/winners-of-the-2024-john-v-hicks-long-manuscript-awards-in-poetry The SWG is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 John V. Hicks Long Manuscript Awards in Poetry:      First place: Michael Trussler for Whoosh!   Michael Trussler writes primarily poetry and creative non-fiction. His work has been anthologized both domestically and internationally. He has received Saskatchewan Book Awards for poetry, non-fiction and short... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/introducing-fall-2024-virtual-writer-in-residence-meredith-hambrock The SWG is pleased to announce Meredith Hambrock as our Fall 2024 Virtual Writer-in-Residence for September 3 to November 30, 2024.   Meredith Hambrock has worked in writing rooms on over 100 episodes of TV Comedy. She most recently served as Executive Story Editor on the sitcom “Corner Gas Animated.” In 2022, her episode “A Lot to Be Desired” was nominated for a Leo... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/three-things-you-can-do-this-summer-to-help-fix-copyright-this-fall Canadian creators and publishers have been waiting now for over a decade to be fairly compensated when their published works are copied in educational institutions outside of Quebec.   The government has acknowledged that the marketplace for published works for the education sector in Canada is broken and that our copyright regime no longer encourages the continued creation of Canadian... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/announcement-of-the-2024-26-poet-laureate-of-saskatchewan-and-2024-25-youth-poet-laureate-of-saskatchewan The Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild is delighted to announce that Peace Akintade-Oluwagbeye will be the 11th Poet Laureate of Saskatchewan from August 1, 2024, to July 31, 2026.   Dash Reimer is the 5th Youth Poet Laureate of Saskatchewan with a term of August 1, 2024, to July 31, 2025.   The Saskatchewan Poet Laureate and Youth Poet Laureate celebrates Saskatchewan—its... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/new-release---storm-stayed-musgrave-landing-mysteries August 1, 2024 the 4th book in the series will be released from BWL Publishing LLC.   This is Yvonne Rediger's 12th novel.    "Murder and mystery are a foot in stormswept Musgrave Landing. The power is out and a king tide is in. An unexpected visitor and an eclectic group of guests at Highmere House Conference Centre add to the chaos and confusion enveloping this small... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/new-story-in-grain-magazine Kurt Kirchmeier's short story "Silk & Fire" is available in Grain Magazine, Volume 50.1, Fall 2022.  Buy here: https://grainmagazine.ca/shop-and-support/buy-back-issues https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/kurt-kirchmeier-signs-two-book-deal-with-bloomsbury-childrens Saskatoon-based author Kurt Kirchmeier (writing as K. D. Kirchmeier) is delighted to share that his young adult post-apocalyptic fantasy novel The Bone Shepherds (along with an untitled sequel) has sold to Mary-Kate Castellani at Bloomsbury Children's. Publication is set for fall 2024, with the sequel to follow in late 2025. Ali Herring at Spencerhill Associates did the two-book deal for... https://skwriter.com/about-swg/news/coffee-and-conversation-podcast Author Steve Wolfson Shares The Art of Life Lessons Through Stories & Documentaries.     https://youtu.be/Gl14Tb9SOBI?si=Q1CrPhoyE6_6RiNH