Saskatchewan Writers Guild

Saskatchewan Writers Guild Our Funders: SaskCulture and Saskatchewan Lotteries The first annual general meeting of the SWG was held in 1970. Initially, 75 people joined.

Brief History

In the summer of 1969, a conference of writers led to the creation of the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild. The first two programs were the establishment of local writing groups throughout the province and the creation of a newsletter. Both programs are still active. The SWG was incorporated in 1971. In 1976, the first Executive Director was hired and an office was established in Reg

ina. Grain, the national literary magazine, was founded in 1973. Since then, the SWG has evolved into a professional organization of over 600 members, including writers of all genres and all levels of development.

NEW WORKSHOP: Submission Success: Poetry Editing Masterclass with Cassidy McFadzean! Thursday, Nov 20, 6:30-8:30 pm (SK ...
10/16/2025

NEW WORKSHOP: Submission Success: Poetry Editing Masterclass with Cassidy McFadzean!

Thursday, Nov 20, 6:30-8:30 pm (SK time) via Zoom.

In this interactive workshop, participants will gain editorial expertise from poet, editor, and Arc Magazine’s 2025-2026 Poet-in-Residence, Cassidy McFadzean. Cassidy will begin with an overview of her editing style and favourite editing tips before providing close readings of a selection of participants’ work, with a focus on elements of form, musicality, imagery, narrative, and meaning. By making small but precise line edits and highlighting moments of ambiguity that might impact a reader’s encounter with a poem, Cassidy will demonstrate when to edit for compression, when to let a poem breathe, and how to enliven what is already present. All participants will have the opportunity for a 1-pg poem to be edited in a supportive and respectful environment, and to ask questions about the editing process.

Register here: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/submission-success-poetry-editing-masterclass-with-cassidy-mcfadzean



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@ Emerging Saskatchewan Writers!! Submit your poetry, fiction, or nonfiction to spring volume 15 now!Deadline: October 3...
10/15/2025

@ Emerging Saskatchewan Writers!! Submit your poetry, fiction, or nonfiction to spring volume 15 now!

Deadline: October 31. Submission guidelines can be found here: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/spring-vol-15-call-for-submissions



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DEADLINE TODAY! Apply now to be our next Virtual Writer-in-Residence for our Virtual Facilitated Retreat in February hel...
10/15/2025

DEADLINE TODAY! Apply now to be our next Virtual Writer-in-Residence for our Virtual Facilitated Retreat in February held online from February 5 to 8, 2026.

Saskatchewan residency is preferred, but we are open to applicants Canada-wide. Out-of-province applicants must explain their connections to the Saskatchewan writing community in their application.

Deadline tonight by 11:59 pm.

Application guidelines here: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/call-for-virtual-writer-in-residence-applications-for-february-2026-virtual-facilitated-retreat



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Writing while neurodivergent can be like seeding in a thunderstorm—our words may not grow where they’re initially intend...
10/14/2025

Writing while neurodivergent can be like seeding in a thunderstorm—our words may not grow where they’re initially intended but may gain ground in unexpected and delightful ways. When we incorporate the necessary roots and shoots of writing life—a collaborative ecosystem of support, a little bit of sunshine, and regular reminders to break hyper-focus and drink water—our work flowers and can break molds, crack open expectations, and take readers into wildly imaginative frontiers of expression and creativity. Join us for a panel discussion with writers Delane Just, Alice Kuipers, Tonia Laird and host Julia Peterson as they discuss the joys and jeopardies of crafting and drafting while neurodivergent for audiences of every kind.

Saturday October 25, 4:00-5:15 pm (SK-time), Maple Room. In-person only.

Not registered for our Conference yet? Now's the time to get your pass! Buy a pass here: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/annual-conferenceagm/registration

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PRESENTER REVEAL: Julia Peterson is a q***r Jewish writer grateful to live, work and play on Treaty Six territory in Sas...
10/14/2025

PRESENTER REVEAL: Julia Peterson is a q***r Jewish writer grateful to live, work and play on Treaty Six territory in Saskatchewan. As a journalist and journalism educator, Julia was a finalist for the 2023 CAJ/APTN Truth and Reconciliation award and received a citation of merit from the National Newspaper Association in 2025. Julia's debut play, 'The Child You Deserve,' was the winner of the 2023 Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition. When not writing, Julia can be found out enjoying the local trails, baking all sorts of desserts, or happily buried under a pile of crafting projects.

Julia Peterson will be at our Conference in October! Get your tickets now: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/annual-conferenceagm/registration

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Are YOU our next Virtual Writer-in-Residence? Maybe! Apply now!We're looking for a Virtual Writer-in-Residence for our V...
10/12/2025

Are YOU our next Virtual Writer-in-Residence? Maybe! Apply now!

We're looking for a Virtual Writer-in-Residence for our Virtual Facilitated Retreat held online from February 5 to 8, 2026. Saskatchewan residency is preferred, but we are open to applicants Canada-wide. Out-of-province applicants must explain their connections to the Saskatchewan writing community in their application.

More information can be found here: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/call-for-virtual-writer-in-residence-applications-for-february-2026-virtual-facilitated-retreat



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You’ll find as many different kinds of writers in a literary community as you’ll find plants in a garden. How do we buil...
10/11/2025

You’ll find as many different kinds of writers in a literary community as you’ll find plants in a garden. How do we build community amongst different kinds of writers? How are mentors and teachers important? What opportunities are available to emerging writers to seek growth? Join our panel discussion with Maria Campbell, Dave Carpenter, Lawrence Hill and host Bev Brenna as we discuss mentorship, the role of teachers and guides, and how we can support each other in our writing journeys.

Saturday October 25, 4:00-5:15 PM in the Oak Room.

Not registered for our Conference yet? Now's the time to get your pass! Buy a pass here: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/annual-conferenceagm/registration



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Conference Workshop: “The Best Kind of Tetris: Assembling Your Poetry Collection” Workshop with Leah HorlickJoin award-w...
10/10/2025

Conference Workshop: “The Best Kind of Tetris: Assembling Your Poetry Collection” Workshop with Leah Horlick

Join award-winning poet Leah Horlick for this interactive workshop on how to put together a collection of poetry— from chapbooks to full-length manuscripts. Whether you’re published many times or totally new to poetry, whether your collection is nearly complete or just beginning to take shape— this workshop has something for you! We’ll explore how poems talk to each other across a text, which poems might like to be neighbours (or not), how to choose a title for your collection, and more. No experience necessary! If you have them, bring a big sheaf of poems to play with.

October 25 from 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM, Maple Room.

Not registered for our Conference yet? Now's the time to get your pass! Buy a pass here: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/annual-conferenceagm/registration



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SHAKE IT OFF: How to fail better, tame the inevitable distractions and increase your writing output with Patricia Dawn R...
10/10/2025

SHAKE IT OFF: How to fail better, tame the inevitable distractions and increase your writing output with Patricia Dawn Robertson and hosted by Deana Driver.

This Shake it Off webinar will give your writing practice a kick-start. It covers the typical challenges and obstacles you’ll encounter as you wrestle with your writing practice.

Writing is a mental game. It challenges its adherents on every level: daily distractions, constant rejection, a demanding ego, wavering commitment, holding fast to truth under outside pressure, navigating difficult subject matter, preventing burnout, tackling comparison, ignoring criticism and downplaying praise and meeting a lack of self-discipline head-on.

Join us for this great lunch time talk on November 4 from 12:00-1:00 PM online via Zoom. To register for this online event, please visit https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-naShdOhQoyMwWjLxq62sQ

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Planting your seed ideas when you start writing is one of the most important things to nurture as a writer. Some seeds p...
10/09/2025

Planting your seed ideas when you start writing is one of the most important things to nurture as a writer. Some seeds planted will grow and some won’t, in time this process of planting, ripping out weeds will help grow new thoughts, new stories. Join Rita Bouvier, Tenille K. Campbell, Verna St. Denis and host Mika Lafond in a panel discussion on how challenges are part of gardening/writing and saving knowledge (seeds) helps foster deeper engagement with learning and encouraging the garden bed of writers to flourish.

Saturday October 25, 2:30-3:45pm in the Oak Room.

Not registered for our Conference yet? Now's the time to get your pass! Buy a pass here: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/annual-conferenceagm/registration



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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Our Author Readings Program is now closed to new applications as it is completely FULL! The program wi...
10/09/2025

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Our Author Readings Program is now closed to new applications as it is completely FULL!

The program will open again in August 2026.

Putting your debut book into the world involves its own ecosystem: ideas, drafts, manuscript, editor, designer, publishe...
10/09/2025

Putting your debut book into the world involves its own ecosystem: ideas, drafts, manuscript, editor, designer, publisher, friends, the local writers’ guild, the snacks that keep you going—oh, the seed list goes on. Becoming a debut author requires water from various watering cans, but sometimes we don’t realize what we need in order to flourish. Join us for a panel discussion with debut authors Victoria Koops, Theressa Slind, Betty Ternier Daniels and with host Jeanette Lynes, on the essential seed packets of growing into a debut author. This panel will discuss the soil that nourishes a debut book into being (the who and what helped you become a debut author), as well as the root systems of ideas that become the manuscript itself.

Saturday October 25, 2:30-3:45pm in the Maple Room.

Not registered for our Conference yet? Now's the time to get your pass! Buy a pass here: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/annual-conferenceagm/registration

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Suite 100 1150 8th Avenue
Regina, SK
S4P3R9

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Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

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Brief History In the summer of 1969, a conference of writers led to the creation of the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild. Founding Members were Jean Freeman, Vera Simenson, Ron Ware, Joan Conway, and Ken Mitchell. The first annual general meeting of the SWG was held in 1970. Initially, 75 people joined. The first two programs were the establishment of local writing groups throughout the province and the creation of a newsletter. Both programs are still active. The SWG was incorporated in 1971. In 1976, the first Executive Director was hired and an office was established in Regina. Grain, the national literary magazine, was founded in 1973. Since then, the SWG has evolved into a professional organization of over 600 members, including writers of all genres and all levels of development.