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Past Programs, Projects, & Events

Below is a selection of Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia programming that was limited in term or has been retired.

For questions for this past programming, contact Executive Director Oriana Duinker at director@writers.ns.ca

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POETRY IN MOTION

2019 – 2023

SECRET ADMIRERS’ SOCIETY

2022 – 2023

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UNBOUND AUDIOBOOK SERIES

2021 – 2022

POSTCARD CONTEST

2020 – 2022

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SECOND- & THIRD-WAVE
RELIEF FUNDS

2021

UNMUTE YOUR MIC

2021

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1000 WORDS: AN EXHIBITION OF ILLUSTRATION

2019

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EAST COAST LITERARY AWARDS

2012 – 2017

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40th ANNIVERSARY SHORT PROGRAM

2016

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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 and 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.

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 information, strategies, and skills that suit their career stage. 

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 you’re uncertain of your experience level with regard to any particular workshop, please feel free to contact us at communications@writers.ns.ca