Writing Contest Open
We are now accepting entries for the 33rd Annual National Capital Writing Contest.
- Writing Contest Open
- Women Killing It: Report from the Crime Writers Festival
- The Writer’s Question: Why Am I Doing This?
- Canadian Authors Association Praises Standing Committee Report for Protecting Authors’ Rights
- Join a writing circle
- NCWC Winners announced
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- Read back-issues of Byline
Tuesday, November 12
7:15 p.m.
McNabb Rec. Centre,
Meeting Room B
Polishing Your Manuscript, with Nerys Parry
You’ve completed your manuscript and now you want to send it out to the world. Before you do, you need to make sure it is as professional as possible. Nerys Parry shares her expertise in preparing a polished manuscript.
BIO: Nerys Parry’s writing has aired on CBC radio and appeared in diverse publications. Her work has been shortlisted for the Kenneth R. Wilson Canadian Business Press Award, FreeFall’s Fall Fiction Contest, and the Event Non-Fiction Award. Her first novel, Man & Other Natural Disasters, was a finalist for the Colophon Prize, a Winnipeg Free Press’ favourite overlooked book of 2011 , a Typographical Era‘s top 30 Best Reads of 2012, and CBC Daybreak Alberta top five pick for CBC’s Prairies and North Contender Canada Reads 2013.