Advocacy Club Creative Writers Workshop
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Attention legal creative writers and wannabes! The Advocacy Club's Creative Writers Workshop is up and running. The next sessions start in September. If you have tried your hand at short stories or a novel and want to learn and practice effective techniques to improve, give us a chance. Small groups (max. 5) on Zoom, evenings once a week. Learn about the 5 steps of the Story Arc. Learn by doing, Advocacy Club-style!
Contact john.hollander2@gmail.com to get rolling.
Contact john.hollander2@gmail.com to get rolling.
Announcing the Advocacy Club Prize for Creative Writing
Ludmilla Jarda, Nelligan O'Brien Payne LLP
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The Advocacy Club announces its inaugural Creative Writing Competition, the Advocacy Club Creative Writing Prize. Initially it is open to Club members (those who completed the Boot Camp). The rules are:
1. The submission must be a short story, max. 3,000 words, in English. 2. It must be creative, not a lecture reduced to writing. 3. It must have an EDI element, although not necessarily with that message or theme. See Sandra's story, The Presumption of Race, below for an example. 4. Format must be double-spaced, Times New Roman, with submitter's name, email address and word count at the start, submitted by PDF to John Hollander here. Let John know if you plan to participate! 5. Deadline for submission is September 15, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. The time may be extended at the discretion of the organizers. 6. The submission will be assessed in accordance with a rubric that will be posted to the AC website. 7. Prize will be a donation of $1,000 to a registered charity chosen by the winner. 8. The winning and other submissions considered deserving by the organizers will be published on the AC website. Submissions will be assessed by Ludmilla Jarda. Milla is an associate at Nelligan O'Brien Payne LLP, and is an active Club member (Club 11). She is currently the chair of the Ontario Bar Association Young Lawyers Division East and secretary of the Equality Committee for this association. So spread the word and get writing! |
Announcing the Jane Hollander Memorial Prize for Creative Writing
Della Stanley at Work examining the initial design of the Canadian flag
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The Advocacy Club will shortly announce a second Creative Writing Competition. Initially it will only be open to members of the County of Carleton Law Association. The rules will be:
1. The submission must be a short story, max. 3,000 words, in English. 2. It must be creative, not a lecture reduced to writing. 3. Format must be double-spaced, Times New Roman, with submitter's name, email address and word count at the start, submitted by PDF to John Hollander here. Let John know if you plan to participate! 4. Deadline will be set, likely 90 days after the announcement. It may be extended if there is no entry considered to be deserving of the prize or there are insufficient entries. 5. The submission will be assessed in accordance with a rubric that will be posted to the AC website. 6. Prize will be a donation of $1,000 to a registered charity chosen by the winner. 7. The winning and other submissions considered deserving by us will be published on the AC website. Submissions will be assessed by Della Stanley. Della is an author and historian who served as Coordinator of Canadian Studies at Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax. So spread the word and get writing! |
The Presumption of Race, by Sandra Jones-Keller (1,130 words)
Sandra Jones-Keller
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Sandra is a gifted short story writer, living in Naples, Florida. Her story can be found here and is an example of a story with an EDI hook.
SandraJonesKeller.com Intuitive Pregnancy Coach & Spiritual Energy Healer Writer, Producer, Creator! |
Critiquing Fiction - A Rubric to Assess Creative Writing,
by Jon C Bronsted and Kristine Gill
Naples Writers' Workshop Guide to Critiquing Fiction
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Jon C Bronsted and Kristine Gill are the founders and leaders of the Naples Writers' Workshop, which supports creative writers in and around Naples, Florida. They are spreading their wings in the new Facebook Users Group, with creative writers invited to apply to join (no charge). Their concise guide to critiquing fiction can be found here.
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