by Okanagan Life | Jan 25, 2019 | News
Budding writers are urged to submit their entries for the annual Okanagan Short Story Contest. Now running for 21 years, the short story contest has a long tradition of introducing new and emerging writers to the Okanagan community. The competition is open to fiction...
by Okanagan Life | Jan 3, 2018 | Books, Community, News
More than 30 budding writers from across the valley put their writing skills to the test in Okanagan College’s 8th Annual 3-Hour Short Story contest and second-year arts student Hannah Stanley has been announced as the overall winner for her original story “The Best...
by Okanagan Life | Mar 22, 2016 | News
Creative writing that tugged the heartstrings of award-winning fiction writer Tamas Dobozy won this year’s Okanagan Short Story Contest. Dobozy, UBC Okanagan’s Writer in Residence, was the final judge in the annual fiction writing contest that gathered more than 85...
by Okanagan Life | Mar 30, 2015 | Books, Community, News
More than 90 entries received in annual writers’ competition A Kamloops writer has won first prize in the Okanagan Short Story Contest. Katherin Edwards won the $500 first prize and a week’s residency at the Woodhaven Eco Culture Centre for her story Pellucidity. In...
by Okanagan Life | Jan 15, 2015 | Books, News
A new writing school has started in Kelowna. Curious Beyond Words School of Writing, founded by veteran writer, editor and instructor Dona Sturmanis, kicked off 2015 with 16 Saturday workshops. The workshops series feature guest speakers and instructors along with...
by Okanagan Life | Jan 9, 2015 | Books, News
Aspiring writers from British Columbia and Alberta may want to look to the 2015 Askews Foods Writing Contest to showcase their work. The writing contest is a feature of this year’s Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival, a Shuswap Writers Association programme to...
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