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Writers' Federation Of Nova Scotia
The Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia was established in 1975 to foster creative writing and the profession of writing in Nova Scotia. They administer the East Coast Literary Awards, which includes Thomas Head Raddall Award, J.M Abraham Poetry Award and the Evelyn Richardson Non-fiction Award. The WFNS also administers the Nova Writes Competition for Unpublished Manuscripts and the Writers' in the Schools Program. They also organize workshops and professional development sessions for writers in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng .... External links Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia{{NovaScotia-stub Canadian writers' organizations Professional associations based in Nova Scotia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native English-speakers, and the province's population is 969,383 according to the 2021 Census. It is the most populous of Canada's Atlantic provinces. It is the country's second-most densely populated province and second-smallest province by area, both after Prince Edward Island. Its area of includes Cape Breton Island and 3,800 other coastal islands. The Nova Scotia peninsula is connected to the rest of North America by the Isthmus of Chignecto, on which the province's land border with New Brunswick is located. The province borders the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east, and is separated from Prince Edward Island and the island of Newfoundland by the Northumberland and Cabot straits, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Head Raddall Award
The Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award is a Canadian literary award administered by the Atlantic Book Awards & Festival for the best work of adult fiction published in the previous year by a writer from the Atlantic provinces."Adams Richards wins $20,000 Thomas Head Raddall prize" '''', October 13, 2012. The prize honours Thomas Head Raddall and is supported by an endowment he willed to it. The Award is currently worth $25,000. Winners *1991 -[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Poetry Prize
The J.M. Abraham Poetry Award, formerly known as the Atlantic Poetry Prize, is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Atlantic Book Awards & Festival, to the best work of poetry published by a writer from the Atlantic provinces. Winners *1998 – Carmelita McGrath, ''To the New World'' *1999 – John Steffler, ''That Night We Were Ravenous'' *2000 – Ken Babstock, ''Mean'' *2001 – Anne Simpson, ''Light Falls Through You'' *2002 – M. Travis Lane, ''Keeping Afloat'' *2003 – Anne Compton, ''Opening the Island'' *2004 – Brian Bartlett, ''Wanting the Day'' *2005 – David Helwig, ''The Year One'' *2006 – Anne Compton, ''Processional'' *2007 – Steve McOrmond, ''Primer on the hereafter'' *2008 – Don Domanski, ''All Our Wonder Unavenged'' *2009 – Brent MacLaine, ''Shades of Green'' *2010 – Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen, ''Lean-To'' *2011 – John Steffler, ''Lookout'' *2012 – Susan Goyette, ''outskirts'' *2013 – Lesley Choyce, ''I'm Alive. I Believe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richardson Award
The Evelyn Richardson Memorial Non-Fiction Award is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Atlantic Book Awards & Festival, to the best work of adult non-fiction published in the previous year by a writer from Atlantic Canada. It is the oldest literary award in the region and is considered the most prestigious for a work of non-fiction. The award was named to honour Evelyn M. Richardson. Winners *1978 - Harry Bruce, ''Lifeline: the Story of the Atlantic Ferries and Coastal Boats'' *1979 - Alden Nowlan, ''Double Exposure'' *1980 - Joan Payzant and L.J. Payzant, ''Like a Weaver's Shuttle: a history of the Halifax-Dartmouth ferries'' *1981 - Kay Hill, ''Joe Howe: the Man who was Nova Scotia'' *1982 - Bruce Armstrong, ''Sable Island'' *1983 - J. Murray Beck, ''Joseph Howe: Volume 1, Conservative Reformer, 1804-1848'' *1984 - Brian C. Cuthbertson, ''The Loyalist Governor: Biography of Sir John Wentworth'' *1985 - Lilias M. Toward, ''Mabel Bell: Alexander's Silent Partn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Writers' Organizations
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
