{"id":9264,"date":"2018-01-04T08:27:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T13:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=9264"},"modified":"2018-01-04T15:04:34","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T20:04:34","slug":"noww-celebrates-20-years-with-one-of-its-biggest-contests-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/04\/noww-celebrates-20-years-with-one-of-its-biggest-contests-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"NOWW celebrates 20 years with one of its biggest contests yet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>Writers across the region who may be the next literary star of Northwestern Ontario, or maybe trying writing for the first time, or simply have a story inside dying to be told, are once again being given the opportunity to shine during the annual Northwestern Ontario Writer\u2019s Workshop writing contest. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The annual writing contest officially opened on Jan. 1, 2018, with five categories to enter, including poetry, short fiction, historical fiction, creative non-fiction, and the Bill MacDonald Prize for Prose. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cEach year NOWW’s annual writing contest does something bigger and better,\u201d said Jodene Wylie, contest coordinator. \u201cIf you’re a reader and a\u00a0writer – we want to impress you and motivate you to pull out that pen, pull up to your computer and get writing.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Once again, NOWW is looking to some of Canada\u2019s most celebrated literary figures to judge this year\u2019s contest. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Governor General Award winner and parliamentary poet, George Elliott Clarke, will judge the poetry category; Governor General\u2019s Award winner, Ross King, author of Leonardo and the Last Supper<\/i>, will judge the historical fiction category; Lullabies for Little Criminals<\/i> author and Governor General\u2019s Award winner, Heather O\u2019Neill, will judge the short fiction category; the creative non-fiction category will be judged by Helen Humphrey, author of Leaving Earth<\/i>and Afterimage<\/i>, which won the Writer\u2019s Trust Fiction Prize; and Michael Christie, born in Thunder Bay and author of\u00a0 The Beggar\u2019s Garden<\/i>, which was short listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, will judge the Bill MacDonald Prize for Prose in Creative Non-fiction. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cOne of\u00a0NOWW’s goals this year was to bring some of the best authors from across Canada to judge our writing contest,\u201d Wylie said. \u201c\u00a0The calibre of their writing is\u00a0outstanding. They’re award-winning, they’re well published, and they’re iconic. Having authors like them judge our contest\u00a0is a real honour and such a great way to kick off our contest this year.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to Wylie, last year\u2019s writing contest was a huge success with more than 160 writers from across the country, and even the world, entering a piece of work. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Despite so much competition, Wylie encourages anyone with a story to tell to enter this year\u2019s contest, saying the NOWW Annual Writing Contest provides writers with an opportunity to express themselves and experiment with new ideas, concepts, and genres. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The contest closes on March 31, 2018, and the winners will be announced at the NOWW Literary Gala on May 5, 2018. Full contest details including bios of the judges can be found on our website: www.nowwwriters.ca<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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