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Thu
14

50 for 50 Contest #2

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Entry deadline for Contest #2 in the 50 for 50 Contest Series.
Thu
14

Call for Board candidates

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Deadline to declare your candidacy for election to WFNS’s 2026/27 Board of Directors. Click for details.
Fri
15

Blue Nose Giv’er Charity Challenge

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Corinne Hoebers book signing

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Join Corinne Hoebers for a signed copy of Tethered Spirits, and meet Matthew Connolly with his display of Indigenous paintings, member of Qalipu First Nation, Corner Brook, NL, and creator of the cover art for Tethered Spirits.

Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail book signing

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Please come visit award-winning Nova Scotia author Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail as she signs copies of her books for adults and kids, including her newest release from Nimbus, Children of the SS Atlantic, all about one of the worst maritime disasters in the province’s history. She will have free activities and giveaways for kids, and is happy […]

Fresh Ink: A Flash Publishing Event

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This event invites you to write, share, and publish on the spot. Hosted by Alaina Veronique & From the Fig Tree Press, this drop-in experience turns fleeting ideas into immediate release. Uploaded live to our Instagram and Substack, we welcome all forms of art, from visual to fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Raw, unfiltered, and happening […]

Stephens Gerard Malone launches The Unnameable

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Stephens Gerard Malone launches his latest novel, The Unnameable, in conversation with Managing Editor (Nimbus Publishing & Vagrant Press) Whitney Moran. All welcome.
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Blue Lobster Detective Agency (Micro-Anthology Series)

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Extended submission deadline for WFNS’s inaugural micro-anthology of crime & mystery fiction.

Bruce W. Bishop launches Stephanie Makes a Scene

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Join Bruce W. Bishop and friends for the launch of his fifth book, Stephanie Makes a Scene, a novella follow-up to 2024’s Grow up, Rory Rafferty. — Sixty-seven year old Stephanie Whittaker has spent 40 years waiting for her theatrical breakthrough. She travels home to Nova Scotia to mount her magnum opus – a reimagining […]
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Experience Levels

The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) uses the following terms to describe writers’ experience levels:

  • New writers: those with less than two years’ creative writing experience and/or no short-form publications (e.g., short stories, personal essays, or poems in literary magazines, journals, anthologies, or chapbooks).
  • Emerging writers: those with more than two years’ creative writing experience and/or numerous short-form publications.
  • Early-career authors: those with 1 or 2 book-length publications or the equivalent in book-length and short-form publications.
  • Established authors: those with 3 or 4 book-length publications.
  • Professional authors: those with 5 or more book-length publications.

Please keep in mind that each form of creative writing (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for children, writing for young adults, and others) provides you with a unique set of experiences and skills, so you might consider yourself an ‘established author’ in one form but a ‘new writer’ in another.

Occasionally, WFNS uses the phrase “emerging and established writers/authors” to mean ‘writers and authors of all experience levels.’

The “Recommended experience level” section of each workshop description refers to the above definitions. A workshop’s participants should usually have similar levels of creative writing and / or publication experience. This ensures that each participant gets value from the workshop⁠ and is presented with info, strategies, and skills that suit their experience. 

For “intensive” and “masterclass” workshops, which provide more opportunities for peer-to-peer feedback, the recommended experience level should be followed closely.

For all other workshops, the recommended experience level is just that—a recommendation—and we encourage potential participants to follow their own judgment when registering.

If uncertain about your experience level with respect to any particular workshop, please feel free to contact us at communications@writers.ns.ca