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Creature Connections

Date:
Time:
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Location:
School of Animal Welfare, 7 Scarfe Court, Burnside, Dartmouth, NS
Calendar:
Community event, Member-organized event

Join the Evergreen Writers Group in supporting the Nova Scotia SPCA.

To our knowledge, this is the first time such an event will take place. We are using our words to help the animal shelter raise much-needed funds because the SPCA Shelter receives no government funding. Therefore, we hope to attract as many animal and book lovers to this event as possible.

Our writers have penned an anthology all about animals with a focus on pets, i.e., cats and dogs. Some of the authors will read short excerpts of their stories. We will sell this collection of short stories at the fundraiser and donate a portion of the profits to the shelter.

Further, we will sell tickets on merchandise prizes and books. All of these funds are being donated to the SPCA. The shelter will also hold a lottery. The shelter is aware of our efforts and has approved this event.

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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