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The Writers-in-Residence service is available to all writers but CAA members receive priority; please let Lee know that you are a member when you submit your work. | |
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ROSEMARY NIXON |
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Lee Kvern is the award-winning author of short stories and novels. Novels: Afterall and The Matter of Sylvie were shortlisted for the Alberta Book Awards, Sylvie was long-listed for the Ottawa Relit Award. Her short stories are also well celebrated: National winner of the CBC Literary Awards, stories nominated for the Howard 'O'Hagan Award, and finalist in Malahat Open Season. Recent story runner-up in the Lush Triumphant Literary Awards, two-time winner of Alberta Anthology.
Lee's work has been produced for CBC Radio, published in Event, Descant, Air Canada enRoute. SubTerrain. On-line: Joyland.ca (New York), Foundpress.com and LittleFiction.com. Visit her site at www.leekvern.com. Submission GuidelinesLee will be accepting on-line and/or hard copy submissions from Sept. 2012 - May 2013. Writers are invited to email cwir@canauthorsalberta.ca to arrange a meeting or submission via email. No pdf format please. Maximum length for each type of work: Non-fiction 10 pages, and an outline 2 pieces, up to 2,000 words each 10 pages, and a brief plot synopsis 10 pages 10 pages, and a brief plot synopsis 10 pages |
Rosemary Nixon is a pre-eminent short story writer, novelist, and free-lance editor. She has won Grain Magazine’s Postcard Competition and Alberta View’s Short Story Competition. Her collection, Mostly Country, a Nunatak Fiction imprint, was shortlisted for the Howard O’Hagan Award. Her collection The Cock’s Egg won the Howard O’Hagan Award. Her novel, Kalila was shortlisted for the 2012 George Bugnet Award. She has taught adults creative writing for the last twenty years, including stints at Sage Hill Writing Experience in Saskatchewan, and Anema-by-the-Sea in Greece. Rosemary served as Writer-in-Residence for the Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writers Programme, and more recently as Writer-in-Residence for the University of Windsor, 2012-2011.
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LEE KVERN