News & Events
Announcing the winners of the 2018 Manitoba Book Awards! Nous sommes heureux de vous presenter les gagnants pour les Prix du livre du Manitoba 2018!
Lansdowne Prize for Poetry/Prix Lansdowne de poésie
Comma by Jennifer Still, published by Book*hug
The Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Awards/Prix Manuela-Dias de conception graphique et d’illustration en édition
Book Design
Children Shouldn’t Use Knives and Other Tales by Shirley Camia, cover and interior design by Matthew Stevens and Shirley Camia, illustrations by Cindy Mochizuki, published by At Bay Press
Children’s Illustration
Where Do Sticky Buns Come From? by Jon McPhail, design and illustration by Jonathan Dyck, published by Jonnies Sticky Buns Inc.
General Illustration
Portraits of the North by Gerald Kuehl, cover design by Dave Maddocks of Shine Branding, illustrations by Gerald Kuehl, published by Les Éditions des Plaines/Vidacom
Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher/Prix Mary-Scorer pour le meilleur livre par un éditeur du Manitoba
From the Tundra to the Trenches by Eddy Weetaltuk, interior design by Jess Koroscil, cover design by Mike Carroll, published by University of Manitoba Press
Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction/Prix Alexander-Kennedy-Isbister pour les études et essais
Runaway Wives and Rogue Feminists by Margo Goodhand, published by Fernwood Publishing
The Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction
The Water Beetles by Michael Kaan, published by Goose Lane Editions
Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award/Prix littéraire Carol-Shields de la ville de Winnipeg
Once More with Feeling by Méira Cook, published by House of Anansi Press
The Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction
Strangers – Book 1 of The Reckoner Series by David A. Robertson, published by
HighWater Press, an imprint of Portage & Main Press
John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer/Prix John-Hirsch pour l’écrivain manitobain le plus prometteur
Karen Clavelle
Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book
Runaway Wives and Rogue Feminists by Margo Goodhand, published by Fernwood Publishing
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Awards
Older Category
Blood Brothers by Colleen Nelson, published by Dundurn Press
Younger Category
The Sockeye Mother by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw (Brett David Huson) and illustrated by Natasha Donovan, published by HighWater Press, an imprint of Portage & Main Press
McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
The Water Beetles by Michael Kaan, published by Goose Lane Editions
Congratulations!
Toutes nos félicitations!
AGM Minutes
The following link will open the updated AGM minutes. MWG AGM Minutes 2017.
Manitoba Writer’s Guild Governance Manual
For all members: This link will open a copy of the 2017 Governance Manual. You will be able to print or save when it opens in your browser.
Upcoming Workshops
The Art and Craft of Writing Family Stories with Lorri Neilsen Glenn. Family stories appear in a wealth of forms – as poems, essays, memoir, postcard stories, plays and more. (And we know short stories and novels often include family stories re-imagined). This workshop will explore the many ways we can craft our family and ancestral stories into compelling poetry and prose. Wed, 15 November 2017, 6PM – 8 PM Get tickets.
The Story Tellers Almanac, Fiction Writing Basics with Rick Donovan, Saturday November 25 from 10-4.
More on the horizon. Keep checking.
Upcoming Events
A Blue Pencil Session with Gretchen Derige has been arranged for Sunday, November 26 from 2-4 pm. We can take 6 participants so please contact the Guild office to reserve your spot (204-944-8013). Participants should email (manitobawritersguild3@gmail.com) up to 10 pages of fiction you would like critiqued at least a week before the session, so Gretchen can review your work and give advice on Nov. 26th. No poetry for this session, please. We will have a facilitator for a Poetry Blue Pencil Session in the new year.
Pajama Party! We’ve been throwing around the idea of a 24 hour writing marathon during NaNoWriMo. We’ve booked the classroom for November 18/19 from noon on Saturday until noon on Sunday. For a $5-$10 fee, we will provide beverages (non-alcoholic), chili (a pot with meat and one without) and buns, baking and munchies, as well as toast and muffins for breakfast. Please let the Guild office know if you are interested in participating in this fun writing event. We can probably accommodate 10 participants.
Holiday Get Together. We’re planning a seasonal get-together in early December where members can mingle with people from some of the other arts organizations in the building as well as members from the national organization, The Writers Union of Canada (TWUC). It will be a free event, but we are not adverse to party-goers bringing a plate of dainties or other snack-type donation! Beverages, hot and cold, will be provided. Look to our Facebook page for details a bit later in the months.
Public Reading Grants: The Manitoba Arts Council will be taking over the administration of the program. A link will be provided soon, or you can contact Martine Friesen (mfriesen@artscouncil.mb.ca ) or the MAC office at 204-945-8630)
Current Board Members
We have a list of the current board members here.
The MWG is seeking a volunteer to take over the Financial Chair’s position. This person does not necessarily need to be a member, but they must have the skills this positions requires. Please contact any board member, call or email the office if you are interested in this position.
Public Reading Grant Program
The Manitoba Arts Council will be taking over the Public Reading Grant Program. See details here.