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Denise Flint

BIOGRAPHY
Denise Flint is a freelance journalist by day and romance writer by night (under the pen name Barbara Burke). Since her early days working for a rural weekly newspaper she has written hundreds of articles for newspapers and magazines across the country. A true dilettante she refuses to be tied down to one subject and has learned a little bit about a whole lot of things while admitting general ignorance about pretty much everything.

She’s lived in the heart of a big city, the middle of nowhere and, for a brief spell, the suburbs. She gave up her last home, a cedar shack overlooking the North Atlantic, for a 160 year old farm house on the north shore of Nova Scotia. She has lived in three countries and five provinces and will never miss an opportunity to jump on a plane or train. She also loves road trips and cats (although not together).

PUBLICATIONS

Regional, National and International Magazines: History Magazine, Canadian Geographic, Canadian Wildlife Magazine, Horse-Canada, Horse Power, Trot Magazine, Conservation Magazine, Modern Woman, Beyond Fitness, Downhome Magazine (regular columnist, book reviews), Genesis Magazine, Winnipeg Parent, The Seniors Review, AudioInfo, B2B Magazine, GreenPrints: The Weeder’s Digest, The United Church Observer/Broadview, Pets Atlantic, Atlantic Horse and Pony, Rural Delivery, The Workers Voice, Enjoy Magazine, Atlantic Business Magazine, Atlantic Co-operator (regular columnist, history), East Coast Gardener (regular columnist, humour), Atlantic Hotelier, Progress, East Coast Living, Saltscapes, Atlantic Books Today, AH: At Home on the North Shore

 

Newspapers: The Globe and Mail, The National Post, The St. John’s Telegram, The Sunday Independent of Newfoundland and Labrador, The Winnipeg Free Press, The Daily Commercial News, The Steinbach Carillon, The Clipper Weekly

 

Other: CBC.ca, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Chicken Soup for the Canadian Soul, The Cuffer Anthology, vol. vii

 

Romance Novellas and Novels published under the name Barbara Burke:

Recompromising Amanda (Wild Rose Press), Not2Nite (Wild Rose Press), The Key to His Heart (Wild Rose Press), Counterfeit Viscountess (Wild Rose Press)

AWARDS

Best Feature in a Consumer Newspaper – Caribbean Tourism Organisation 2012 Travel Media Awards

Gold Medal – Magazine Profile, 2009 Atlantic Journalism Awards

John W. Dafoe Award for Humour

First place – Crime Writers of Canada Short Fiction Competition (Quebec and Atlantic)


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Simultaneous Submissions

The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) administers some programs (and special projects) that involve print and/or digital publication of ‘selected’ or ‘winning’ entries. In most cases, writing submitted to these programs and projects must not be previously published and must not be simultaneously under consideration for publication by another organization. Why? Because our assessment and selection processes depends on all submitted writing being available for first publication. If writing selected for publication by WFNS has already been published or is published by another organization firstcopyright issues will likely make it impossible for WFNS to (re-)publish that writing.

When simultaneous submissions to a WFNS program are not permitted, it means the following:

  • You may not submit writing that has been accepted for future publication by another organization.
  • You may not submit writing that is currently being considered for publication by another organization—or for another prize that includes publication.
  • The writing submitted to WFNS may not be submitted for publication to another organization until the WFNS program results are communicated. Results will be communicated directly to you by email and often also through the public announcement of a shortlist or list of winners. Once your writing is no longer being considered for the WFNS program, you are free to submit it elsewhere.
    • If you wish to submit your entry elsewhere before WFNS program results have been announced, you must first contact WFNS to withdraw your entry. Any entry fee cannot be refunded.

Prohibitions on simultaneous submission do not apply to multiple WFNS programs. You are always permitted to submit the same unpublished writing to multiple WFNS programs (and special projects) at the same time, such as the Alistair MacLeod Mentorship Program, the Emerging Writers Prizes, the Jampolis Cottage Residency Program, the Message on a Bottle contest, the Nova Writes Competition, and any WFNS projects involving one-time or recurring special publications.

Recommended Experience Levels

The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) recommends that participants in any given workshop have similar levels of creative writing and / or publication experience. This ensures that each participant gets value from the workshop⁠ and is presented with information, strategies, and skills that suit their career stage. The “Recommended experience level” section of each workshop description refers to the following definitions used by WFNS.

  • 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, and writing for children and young adults) 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.

For “intensive” and “masterclass” creative writing 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 you’re uncertain of your experience level with regard to any particular workshop, please feel free to contact us at communications@writers.ns.ca