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  • Renewal time
    Last night the members contributed to the cost of the website – thank you. Today I logged into the website provider and renewed the domain. (hosting is in mid term at this time)
  • Wine Country Writers Festival – Pitching
    Wine Country Writers’ Festival is putting on their fourth annual event – Sept. 27-29, 2024 in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. They have events to showcase the diverse literary community of writers, readers, and wordsmiths, while supporting your development of craft and business know-how. I’m aware of this because one of our members got an email… Read more: Wine Country Writers Festival – Pitching
  • 2025 CBC Short Story Prize
    The 2025 CBC Short Story Prize is now open — submit your new short fiction now! Winning the CBC Short Story Prize comes with some nice perks.You could win: Four finalists will each receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and have their work published on CBC Books. The Prize is open until… Read more: 2025 CBC Short Story Prize
  • Poetry Café Spring 2024
    At the Grand Forks & District Public Library Thursday April 25, from 6PM to 8PM. There will be snacks, tea and coffee, and of course live poetry. Come listen toclassics and originalsand pleaseconsider sharing something you love– whether you wrote itor not. Disclaimer: The image above was originally created using Microsoft’s Co-Pilot and modified with… Read more: Poetry Café Spring 2024
  • Writers using AI – should they disclose and when
    We’ve e had another story of a writer who has used AI in their work. In this case won a prestigious award in Japan and only at the acceptance ceremony revealed that 5% of their work was created by chat. GPT. https://futurism.com/the-byte/novelist-wins-award-then-reveals-she-used-chatgpt Picture above is is from https://nypost.com/2024/01/18/news/rie-kudan-used-ai-to-help-write-the-tokyo-tower-of-sympathy/ The Author, Rie Kudan, waiting until after… Read more: Writers using AI – should they disclose and when