Association of Writers and Writing Programs Creative Organizations
Organizations for Writers
Affiliate Writers' Organizations (marked with the ⌘ symbol): The Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) considers provincial & regional member-based creative writing organizations to be affiliated with WFNS in mandate and scope. In an effort to promote exchange of writing expertise among provinces, WFNS offers discounted annual WFNS membership dues to members in good standing of these affiliate organizations.
ATLANTIC CANADA
Member-based Organizations:
Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association (APMA)
APMA is an "industry-support organization representing book publishers located in Atlantic Canada" with the aim of "growing and maintaining a strong Canadian-owned book publishing industry in Atlantic Canada." Voting membership is open to publishers based in the Atlantic region and at least 80% owned by Canadian citizens or residents.
Editors Nova Scotia
Created in 2011, Editors Nova Scotia is a provincial "twig" of Editors Canada, a non-profit organization that fosters editors' professional development, networking, and collaboration and "promotes and maintains high standards of editing through certification and reference publications." Membership is open to editors at all career stages, whether salaried/in-house or freelance.
Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre (PARC) ⌘
Founded in 1991, PARC offers support for pre-production script development and "programs in play development, playwright development, and play and playwright promotion." Membership is open playwrights and dramaturges at all career stages, producing theatre companies in the Atlantic region (and those "interested in Atlantic Canadian plays"), and "theatre lovers and supporters."
Prince Edward Island Writers' Guild (PEIWG) ⌘
Founded in 1989, PEIWG is a non-profit that seeks "to unify literary programs such as writing workshops and readings, to create a formal intersection for discussion and action, and to speak periodically as one voice for the Island's literary community." Membership is open to writers at all career stages and "'non-writers' in the community."
Romance Writers of Atlantic Canada (RWAC) ⌘
Created in 2000, RWAC is an independent non-profit professional organization that "offers a supportive environment and opportunity to learn about the romance publishing industry and the craft of writing." Please contact RWAC regarding membership.
Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador (WANL) ⌘
Founded in 1987, WANL is a non-profit that supports the province's writers, fosters their public recognition, advocates for their well-being, and "promotes the enhancement of the literary arts in the province and beyond." Membership is open to writers at all career stages.
Writers' Federation of New Brunswick (WFNB) ⌘
WFNB's mandate is to "help New Brunswick writers to write" and "acquire the professional skills to achieve financial self-sufficiency as writers" as well as to "raise public awareness of literary culture by showcasing works of New Brunswick and other writers." Membership is open to writers at all career stages.
Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS)
Founded in 1976, WFNS is a non-profit that fosters creative writing and the profession of writing in the Province of Nova Scotia; provides advice and assistance to writers at all stages of their careers; encourages greater public recognition of writers and their achievements; and enhances the literary arts in our regional and national culture. Membership is open writers at all career stages, with special membership in the WFNS Writers' Council available to professional writers.
Funding & Awards Organizations:
Atlantic Book Awards Society (ABAS)
ABAS is a registered non-profit organization with the mandate "to promote and acknowledge excellence in Atlantic Canadian writing and book publishing through an annual awards ceremony and related events."
Arts Nova Scotia (ArtsNS)
ArtsNS is a provincial funding agency that provides support to professional artists and arts organizations, arts education programs, and a number of arts awards and prizes.
New Brunswick Arts Board (ArtsNB)
Established in 1991, ArtsNB is an independent, bilingual, arm's-length organization that supports professional artists, rewards excellence, raises awareness of the arts, and embraces diversity through the administration of funding programs (for individuals and arts organizations), development of awards programs, and promotion of the arts.
Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council (ArtsNL)
Established in 1980, ArtsNL is a non-profit Crown agency that supports dance, film, multidiscipline, music, theatre, visual art, and writing in the province.
OTHER PROVINCES
British Columbia:
Manitoba:
Quebec:
Saskatchewan:
CANADA (NATIONAL)
Member-based Organizations:
Funding, Awards, & Copyright Organizations:
Genre-specific Member-based Organizations:
The Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia is based in Kjipuktuk, in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq People. This territory is covered by the "Treaties of Peace and Friendship," which Mi'kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) Peoples first signed with the British Crown in 1725.
The treaties do not deal with surrender of lands and resources but in fact recognize Mi'kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) title and establish the rules for an ongoing relationship between nations.
© Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, 2021. All rights reserved.
Association of Writers and Writing Programs Creative Organizations
Source: https://writers.ns.ca/resources/organizations-for-writers/
0 Response to "Association of Writers and Writing Programs Creative Organizations"
Post a Comment