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Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia / Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia

Address: 1113 Marginal Rd

City: Halifax

State: Nova Scotia

Country: Canada

Postal Code: B3H 4P7

Website: https://writers.ns.ca/about/contact/#location

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JD Grant launches Flowers for Gaia

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Join author John Grant for the launch of his debut novel, Flowers for Gaia, a post-apocalyptic YA fantasy with magical elements and a dash of science fiction. Date: May 9, 2026 Time: 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Venue: Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia. Years from now, wars, extreme weather and unchecked pollution have made most of […]

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