Premium Auction Item

We have a premium auction item(s) to add to honour the Chinese New Year 2025. The funds will go towards funding the Art & Words Festival, August 22-24, Gibsons Public Market, that features local writers and artists, including secondary students. 

https://www.32auctions.com/SCWESYearoftheSnake

We are accepting premium donations for this auction now. Thank you. Scwes.ca

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:

• Wed, Oct 16th, 1-3 pm

• Wed Nov 20th* this one is TBD as there may be something booked on this day. This will count as a NaNoWriMo day. To learn more about or sign up for NaNoWriMo go to https://nanowrimo.org

• Wed Dec 18th, 1-3 pm

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

Facilitator: Cathalynn (Cindy) Labonte-Smith

Drop in, no registration required.

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. 

New Judges for the SCWES Book Awards

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.

Presentation on Kindle Direct Publishing

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