Announcing the 2015 Short Prose Competition winners
May 26, 2015
Pamela van der Woude's "Bird" Wins $2500 Cash Prize – The Writers' Union of Canada's 22nd Annual Short Prose Competition The Writers' Union of Canada is pleased to announce that Pamela van der Woude has won the $2,500 cash prize for its twenty-second annual Short Prose… Read More
Winners Announced for the 2014 Danuta Gleed Literary Award
May 25, 2015
Winners Announced for the 2014 Danuta Gleed Literary Award WINNIPEG – The Writers’ Union of Canada announced this evening that Rivka Galchen is the recipient of the $10,000 first prize in the 18th annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award, recognizing the best first English-language… Read More
Danuta Gleed Short List
May 4, 2015
May 4, 2015 For Immediate Release SHORT LIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2014 DANUTA GLEED LITERARY AWARD The Writers' Union of Canada is pleased to announce the short list of nominees for the eighteenth annual DANUTA GLEED LITERARY AWARD. The Award recognizes the best first… Read More
Toronto Public Library Ends Used-Book Purchase Program
Mar 24, 2015
Toronto Public Library Ends Used-Book Purchase Program – TWUC presents author concerns to the TPL Board – The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is very pleased to report that, after consultation with TWUC and letters of concern from individual authors and publishers, the Toronto… Read More
Author Ron Brown Wins Freedom to Read Award
Feb 9, 2015
Author Ron Brown Wins Freedom to Read Award – Free speech advocate who founded the award becomes its 16th recipient – Toronto – February 9, 2015 – The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is extremely pleased to announce that Ron Brown, Past Chair of TWUC, journalist, and author of… Read More
Writers' Union Affirms Peer Jury Independence for Governor General's Award
Feb 5, 2015
Writers' Union Affirms Peer Jury Independence for Governor General's Award – Prize decision controversy should not affect process – February 5, 2015 – Following reports of an online petition calling for revocation of the 2014 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature,… Read More
The Writers’ Union of Canada Offers Solidarity with Sudanese Partners
Feb 4, 2015
The Writers’ Union of Canada Offers Solidarity with Sudanese Partners – Sudanese government bans domestic writers’ union ahead of election – The Sudanese Writers’ Union (SWU) has been effectively dissolved by the Ministry of Culture in Sudan. Reports from the International… Read More
THE WRITERS' UNION OF CANADA ANNOUNCES 22nd ANNUAL SHORT PROSE COMPETITION FOR DEVELOPING WRITERS
Dec 16, 2014
The Writers' Union of Canada is pleased to launch its 22nd Annual Short Prose Competition for Developing Writers, which invites writers to submit a piece of fiction or non-fiction of up to 2,500 words in the English language that has not previously been published in any format.… Read More
JURY ANNOUNCED and CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ISSUED FOR THE 18TH ANNUAL DANUTA GLEED LITERARY AWARD
Nov 18, 2014
The Writers’ Union of Canada and the Gleed family are pleased to announce the jury for the $10,000 Danuta Gleed Literary Award, Canada’s pre-eminent award for the best first Canadian collection of short fiction in the English language, now celebrating its 18th year. This year’s… Read More
Proposed Copyright Exception a Threat to Cultural Work and Freedom of Expression
Oct 10, 2014
Proposed Copyright Exception a Threat to Cultural Work and Freedom of Expression Canada needs fewer exceptions to its already weak copyright law, not more. Oct.10, 2014 – The Writers' Union of Canada (TWUC) is strongly opposed to the federal government's proposed copyright… Read More
