Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society

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Congratulations

Siobhan Smith (right) of the District of Sechelt was the winner of the Art & Words quilt raffle with patches contributed by members of the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society, and sewn by Cecile Labonte-Smith of Cecile's Quilts, Powell River.

Thank You

A huge thank you to the Sunshine Coast Credit Union for being a major sponsor of the SCWES's 4th Annual Art & Words Festival! 

SCWES December Calendar 2024.pdf
Robertscreekis90.pdf
ReecePiece.pdf

Not An Island Fall 2024

Not An Island Fall 2024 is available on Amazon. Print copies will be coming soon to an SCWES event. 

SCWES November 2024.pdf
marioncrookbooklaunch6.pdf
_taletrail1.pdf
Red and White Minimal Ugly Christmas Sweater Party Instagram Post.pdf
SCWES books backup.xlsx

Write On: Quiet Writing Time

You’re invited to come Write On for some quiet writing time at the Gibsons Public Library on the third Wednesday of the month. No instruction or critique, just quiet time and space to write. Work on any writing you wish, in the company of your fellow writers.

Prompts given on a slip of paper that you can take or leave.

For those of you who are interested and don’t have projects already in progress, and looming deadlines, perhaps there’s interest in creating a Sunshine Coast Community Voices Anthology (title to be decided as a group) during the time we spend at the library. We can talk about production options if there are enough of us interested in the project. (For those of you in the memoir group, this will be a different as we won’t be focused on memoir, as it can include fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction and other genres.) Open to all.

The dates for the rest of 2024 are:

Fingers-crossed we will be able to continue at the library in 2025

Facilitator: Cathalynn (Cindy) Labonte-Smith

Drop in, no registration required.

Book Contest ResultsPRESS RELEASE.pdf
About BC Award for website.pdf
judgesthankyou.pdf

Not An Island Summer 2024

Available at all the usual places including: Talewind Books, the Gibsons Public Art Gallery, and Amazon.ca.

Words Anthology Available

The 3rd Annual Art & Words Anthology is available!!! Contributors and customers can pick it up today around the Gibsons Public Market 10 to Noon from Cindy, or at the Night Market from 4-10 pm at the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society table inside :-) $9.00 or free for contributors. 

The League of Canadian Poets - Brochure.pdf

Friends in Nicaragua

Congratulations to Mike and Jennie Starr on the release of their new nonfiction book, Friends in Nicaragua. Available on Amazon.


New Judge Diana Hayes

Meet our latest judge to join our esteemed panel, award-winning author, Diana Hayes of Salt Spring Island.  She studied at the Universities of Victoria and British Columbia, receiving a B.A. and M.F.A. in Creative Writing.  Her published books include Two of Swords (co-editor), Moving Inland, The Classical Torso in 1980, The Choreography of Desire, Coming Home (anthology), This Is The Moon’s Work, Labyrinth of Green, Gold in the Shadow, Language of Light, and Sapphire and the Hollow Bone.   Her play, Islomania: Sage of the Settlers, was produced by Salt of the Earth Productions and for the Salt Spring Festival of the Arts.  She established Raven Chapbooks in 2019, a small family press that produces beautifully designed books and specializes in poetry chapbooks. 

New Judges for the SCWES Book Awards

Introducing one of our fiction judges, Bob Macdonald, Author and host of CBC's Quirks and Quarks. 

Meet our judge, Christine Cowan, Author and Secretary of the North Shore Writers Association.



Meet Judge Doug MacLeod of the North Shore Writers Association and long-time coordinator of the North Shore Writers Association's annual writing contest. 

We have more fantastic literary judges to add to our contest! More entries = more judges. Meet nonfiction judges, Elizabeth Rains, Editing Instructor at SFU, 


Barbara Black, Author, and last year's Fiction winner.

Not An Island Spring 2024

Not An Island Spring 2024 is available from SCWES Secretary, Mike Starr in Sechelt for your contributor's copy. Also, you can request it from Talewind Books or from the Gibsons Public Art Gallery, or order it from Amazon.ca. The next deadline is July 6th and the suggested theme is Q&A. Submissions go to robin@writerschoice.ca 

michaelhealeythankyou.pdf
taletrailfinalapril29.pdf
judges2024.pdf
Gates&Fences.pptx
Sunshine Coast Festival of Written Arts Authors over 42 years.pdf
100 Years of Writers on the Sunshine Coast.pdf
Sunshine Coast Festival of Written Arts Authors over 41 years (1).pdf

BC Booklook Article on the SCWES Book Awards

https://bcbooklook.com/scwes-book-award-winners/

BENEFITS OF AN SCWES MEMBERSHIP


SCWES has many benefits for your $30/year. We are a supportive and inclusive group, here to help all of our members develop at all levels. We have a diverse group from beginners to a Governor-General award winner.


We have a monthly group meeting, usually held the last Sunday of the month at Mission Point House starting with a quick business meeting, then a program, such as book launches, workshops and speakers. We break for the summer months of July & August.


We hold our Sunshine Coast Art & Words Festival at the Gibsons Public Market with many events, all free except workshops for writers, artists and photographers at a nominal cost. The call out to participate happens at the beginning of the calendar year.

We have an online Membership Directory for authors who want to promote themselves at: https://www.scwes.ca/membership-directory


We have a quarterly magazine, "Not An Island" both online and paper-based that gives members an opportunity to be published. We also publish an annual in time for our festival.


With both our website and FB page we keep members up-to-date with news, contests, and their achievements.

https://www.facebook.com/sunshinecoastwes/


You will receive a monthly calendar of our many events as well as those in the community. We give opportunities to our members to promote and sell their books and other goods to the public at no or minimal charge during the year.


But of all that we have to offer, building a sense of community is the best thing we have to offer. We collaborate and take part in several community events throughout the year.

100 Writers in 100 Years on the Sunshine Coast Kickoff Event.pdf

Presentation on Kindle Direct Publishing

scweskde.pptx

Purpose

There’s an influx of new authors to serve on the Coast as well as our solid base. There’s a new generation of young authors and publishers to pass on the blue pencil to and retirees, who are ready to lay their astonishing memoirs at our feet if they can just get going on it.

We are a magnet for creative souls on the Coast. We may not know exactly why, but it’s almost mandatory that you’re a potter, painter or writer to live here. We have our ensemble of diverse voices, and within it there are cozy groups organically and beautifully forming. 

 Need more information? Send an email to sunshinecoastwritersandeditors@gmail.com