The Writers' Union of Canada

The Writers' Union of Canada The Writers’ Union of Canada is the national organization of professionally published writers.

TWUC members! Applications are now open for the Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools Program! 📖🍎🏫🌟Get paid for your Fall/Winte...
08/21/2026

TWUC members! Applications are now open for the Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools Program! 📖🍎🏫🌟

Get paid for your Fall/Winter in-person or virtual school visits taking place between September 1, 2026 – March 31, 2027.

Supported by Ontario Arts Council - Conseil des arts de l'Ontario and the Ontario Government, the Union’s Writers-in-the-Schools program provides funding for author presentations in Ontario’s schools. This program allows authors and students to connect while providing an honorarium to the author for their time.

Visit our website for full details: https://writersunion.ca/ontario-writers-schools 🔗
Deadline: September 20, 2026



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08/20/2026

We are thrilled to share the online-exclusive Summer 2026 issue of Write magazine! 🌲🖊️💻 Featuring an animated cover by Marielle Dalpé. Topics include the importance of mentorship, why kids should read romance, and organizing a literary conference for the first time.

As always, members of the Union can access the magazine online by logging in to the TWUC Member Portal 🔗 https://portal.writersunion.ca/write-magazine

Wondering what you might be missing if you're not a member? Visit our website to get a sneak peek 👀 https://writersunion.ca/write-magazine

Included in this issue:
▫️Letter from the Chair, Kim Fahner
▫️Letter from the Editor, Philip Moscovitch
▫️Writer’s Blot by Ian Roy
▫️Features by Charlotte Ashley , Alissa York with Lynda Williams, Farah Heron, Jenna Butler, and Kyeren Regehr
▫️Dispatches by Sal Sawler
▫️Spotlight by Scot Ritchie
▫️Writing Rights & Industry News by John Degen
▫️Crossword by Ada Nicolle
▫️Cover illustration and animation by Marielle Dalpé

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Mentee applications are still open for BIPOC Writers Connect 2026! 📣 is a mentorship program open to Black, Indigenous,...
08/01/2026

Mentee applications are still open for BIPOC Writers Connect 2026! 📣

is a mentorship program open to Black, Indigenous, and racialized writers in Canada who have a minimum of one published piece of writing and who currently have a work-in-progress to submit for manuscript evaluation. Writers who have one or more full-length published book or contract offer are not eligible to apply.

Learn more & apply today! writersunion.ca/bipoc-writers-connect 🔗
Extended deadline: August 3, 2026 🗓️
Virtual Conference: October 22, 2026 💻

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We are thrilled to have Anuja Varghese join BIPOC Writers Connect 2026 as a mentor. ✨✒️Anuja Varghese is an award-winnin...
08/01/2026

We are thrilled to have Anuja Varghese join BIPOC Writers Connect 2026 as a mentor. ✨✒️

Anuja Varghese is an award-winning writer of literary fiction, fantasy, and erotica/romance where women of colour get leading roles! She is the author of the short story collection Chrysalis, which won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, among other recognition. Her debut novel, A Kiss of Crimson Ash, the first in a new medieval India-inspired romantasy trilogy, released in May 2026.

Apply to be a mentee today! is a one-day virtual mentorship program that connects Black, Indigenous, and racialized writers with industry professionals and established authors. Participants receive one-on-one manuscript feedback from a mentor, attend a query letter-writing workshop and an industry panel, and take part in networking opportunities. ⚡️

Learn more & apply today! writersunion.ca/bipoc-writers-connect 🔗
Extended deadline: August 3, 2026 🗓️
Virtual Conference: October 22, 2026 💻



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We are delighted to welcome Kim Spencer to as a mentor. 💻✨📝Kim Spencer is an award-winning, bestselling author. Her de...
07/31/2026

We are delighted to welcome Kim Spencer to as a mentor. 💻✨📝

Kim Spencer is an award-winning, bestselling author. Her debut novel, Weird Rules to Follow, won multiple awards, including a 2024 Pacific Northwest Book Award, a 2023 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, and a 2023 Jean Little First-Novel Award. The book was named to both the USBBY Outstanding International Books list and the IBBY Honour List, received a Kirkus starred review, and was a finalist for the 2023 Governor General’s Literary Award. Kim’s recent books include the award-nominated sequel, I Won’t Feel This Way Forever (2025) and her picture book, Springtime in Kitkatla (2026). Kim is a proud member of the Gitxaala Nation and lives in Northwest BC.

is a virtual conference for Black, Indigenous, and racialized emerging writers in Canada to connect with industry professionals, established authors, and fellow emerging writers — all in one place! BIPOC Writers Connect is a free event, with no application fees, but advance mentee application is required.

Learn more & apply today! writersunion.ca/bipoc-writers-connect 🔗
Extended deadline: August 3, 2026 🗓️
Virtual Conference: October 22, 2026 💻



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We are so thrilled to welcome Chyana Marie Sage as a mentor for !✨💻📣Chyana Marie Sage is a Cree and Métis memoirist, j...
07/31/2026

We are so thrilled to welcome Chyana Marie Sage as a mentor for !✨💻📣

Chyana Marie Sage is a Cree and Métis memoirist, journalist, essayist, poet, model, screenwriter, and public speaker from amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton). Her debut essay, “Soar,” won first place in the Edna Staebler Essay Contest and earned a Silver Medal at the National Magazine Awards. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia University, where she was the first Indigenous graduate, and later taught as an adjunct professor. Her work has appeared in HuffPost, The Toronto Star, Electric Lit, and Matriarch Movement. Her debut memoir, Soft as Bones (House of Anansi, 2025), became an instant national bestseller.

is a virtual conference for Black, Indigenous, and racialized emerging writers in Canada to connect with industry professionals, established authors, and fellow emerging writers — all in one place! BIPOC Writers Connect is a free event, with no application fees, but advance mentee application is required.

Learn more & apply today! link in bio🔗
Extended deadline: August 3, 2026 🗓️
Virtual Conference: October 22, 2026 💻



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We are so thrilled to have Patria Rivera join as a mentor. 📣🌟Patria Rivera’s first poetry collection, Puti/White, (Fro...
07/30/2026

We are so thrilled to have Patria Rivera join as a mentor. 📣🌟

Patria Rivera’s first poetry collection, Puti/White, (Frontenac House, 2005), was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry. She has also published The Bride Anthology (Frontenac House, 2008), BE (Signature Editions, 2011), The Time Between (Signature Editions, 2017), and co-edited Magdaragat: An Anthology of Filipino-Canadian Writing (Cormorant Books, 2024). Rivera has received fellowships from the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Hawthornden Castle Writers’ Residency in Scotland, and the Nieman Center for Journalism at Harvard University. She was also a recipient of the Global Filipino Literary Award for Poetry. Rivera’s debut novel, The Disappearance of the Rose, selected for the Philippine Writers Series 2025, by the LIKHAAN Institute of Creative Writing, University of the Philippines-Diliman, will be published by the University of the Philippines Press.

is a virtual conference for Black, Indigenous, and racialized emerging writers in Canada to connect with industry professionals, established authors, and fellow emerging writers — all in one place! BIPOC Writers Connect is a free event, with no application fees, but advance mentee application is required.

Learn more & apply today! writersunion.ca/bipoc-writers-connect 🔗
Extended deadline: August 3, 2026 🗓️
Virtual Conference: October 22, 2026 💻



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We are so thrilled to have Danny Ramadan join as a mentor. ✨💻📣Danny Ramadan is a Syrian-Canadian author and a Canada ...
07/30/2026

We are so thrilled to have Danny Ramadan join as a mentor. ✨💻📣

Danny Ramadan is a Syrian-Canadian author and a Canada Scholar. His memoir Crooked Teeth is critically acclaimed, and was nominated for the Governor General’s Award, the BC and Yukon Book Prize, and the City of Vancouver Book Award. He is also the author of the novels The Foghorn Echoes and The Clothesline Swing, along with the award-winning Salma children’s series. His books have won the Lambda Literary Award, the Publishing Triangle Award, and the Independent Publisher Book Award, and they’ve been translated into multiple languages. Since arriving in Canada, Danny has raised over $300,000 to support q***r and trans refugees. When not writing, he can be found playing video games. Photo: Amanda Palmer.

is a virtual conference for Black, Indigenous, and racialized emerging writers in Canada to connect with industry professionals, established authors, and fellow emerging writers — all in one place! BIPOC Writers Connect is a free event, with no application fees, but advance mentee application is required. ⚡️

Learn more & apply today! writersunion.ca/bipoc-writers-connect 🔗
Extended deadline: August 3, 2026 🗓️
Virtual Conference: October 22, 2026 💻



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We are delighted to welcome Jinwoo Park to as a mentor. 💻✨📝Jinwoo Park is a Korean-Canadian writer and literary transl...
07/29/2026

We are delighted to welcome Jinwoo Park to as a mentor. 💻✨📝

Jinwoo Park is a Korean-Canadian writer and literary translator based in Montreal. Born in Seoul, he has lived across North America and the U.K. since age eleven. He earned his master’s in Creative Writing from the University of Oxford in 2015. He won the Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers’ Award in 2021 and the Emerging Translator Award from LTI Korea in 2023. His debut novel, Oxford Soju Club, was longlisted for Canada Reads 2026.

is a virtual conference for Black, Indigenous, and racialized emerging writers in Canada to connect with industry professionals, established authors, and fellow emerging writers — all in one place! BIPOC Writers Connect is a free event, with no application fees, but advance application is required. ⚡️

Learn more & apply today! writersunion.ca/bipoc-writers-connect 🔗
Extended deadline: August 3, 2026 🗓️
Virtual Conference: October 22, 2026 💻



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