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ArtsNS & Canada Council Outreach Tour

Date/Time:
July 6, 2026 - July 16, 2026
Location:
communities across central and southwestern Nova Scotia + virtual
Link:
Register via ArtsNS/CCA
Calendar:
Community event

Arts Nova Scotia (ArtsNS) and the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) are coming to communities across central and southwestern Nova Scotia from July 6 to 16, 2026.

Join program officers from both organizations to learn more about funding opportunities, ask questions about grants, and connect with fellow artists.

Click the link above to RSVP to the date and location that works best for you.

 

Yarmouth, Land’s End Arts and Culture Society, 341 Main Street
Monday, July 6, 11:30am – 1:30pm

Church Point (Bilingual), Galerie Trécarré, Université Sainte-Anne, 23 Lighthouse Road
Monday, July 6, 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Annapolis Royal, ARTsPLACE, 396 George Street
Tuesday, July 7, 10:00am – 11:30am

Canning, Ross Creek Annex, 2182 Sheffield Road
Tuesday, July 7, 2:00pm – 4:00pm

Halifax, Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia, 1113 Marginal Road
Wednesday, July 8, 2:00pm – 4:00pm

Dartmouth, Kiwanis Grahams Grove Community Building, 45 Grahams Grove
Wednesday, July 8, 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Halifax, North End Memorial Public Library, 2482 Maynard Street
Thursday, July 9, 10:00am – Noon

Virtual Session (Bilingual), Microsoft Teams
Wednesday, July 15, Noon – 1:00pm

Lunenburg, Lunenburg Public Library, 97 Kaulbach Street
Thursday, July 16, 1:30pm – 3:30pm

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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