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RCLAS recognizes excellence when we see it! In order to showcase local and national talent, we have created the Write On! Contest and the Fred Cogswell Award for Excellence in Poetry. Please click on the links below for more information.

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Wordplay at Work

OCT 2019
RCLAS Wordplay at Work,
Issue 67  ISSN 2291- 4269,
78 pages. 

Issue 67 includes our 2019 Cogswell Award Shortlist Announcement, Write On! Contest Non-Fiction Winners Special Feature (including stories by Bryant Ross, Alex Hamilton-Brown, W. Ruth Kozak, Don Smith, Susan Flanagan), a Halloween Feature with stories by Jerena Tobiasen and Ruth Kozak, and the poetry of RCLAS members Alan Hill, Kathy Figueroa, Deborah L. Kelly, Angel Edwards, Jenny Ihaksi, Candice James and Janet Kvammen.

Info about upcoming November events including Nov 23 workshop with Carol Johnson, Tellers of Short Tales with Bill Arnott, In Their Words with Stephen Karr, Isabella Mori & Janene White, and MORE!

Editor/Designer: Janet Kvammen.

Link: https://issuu.com/rclas/docs/october_2019_ezine_issue_67

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“Cat Musings Reading Series” Variety Open Mic Host: Janene White. Featuring Cynthia Sharp Date: Wednesday Oct 16, 2019 Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm, Doors open at 6:30 Free admission Donations kindly accepted. Location: New West Artists Gallery (beside Renaissance Books) 712C - 12th Street, New Westminster Cynthia Sharp is the City of Richmond's Writer in Residence. She is a full member of The League of Canadian Poets and on the executive of the Federation of BC Writers. She’s featured at The Vancouver Writer's Festival, Word Vancouver, The SFU Reading Series, Words on Fire in Port Alberni and other literary events through North America. Her poetry has been recognized globally and used in classrooms in Canada, the U.S. and Scotland. You can find her works in journals such as CV2, Lantern Magazine and untethered, among others. In Partnership with Renaissance Books, New West Artists and Royal City Literary Arts Society. #artsnw #newwestartists #nwagalleryon12th #catmusings #cynthiasharp #poetry #openmic #varietyopenmic @newwestartists #royalcityliteraryartssociety @allianceforarts @artsbc @federationbcwriters @inthelightwt @newwestminster.city @new_westminster
CONGRATULATIONS! We are very pleased to announce the 2019 Shortlist for the 6th Annual Fred Cogswell Award For Excellence In Poetry. In alphabetical order by author: “Glitter & fall: Laozi’s, Dao De Jing transinhalations” by Di Brandt (Turnstone Press) “Trauma Head” by Elee Kraljii Gardiner (Anvil Press) “Body Work by Emilia Nielsen (Signature Editions) “For the Changing Moon” by Anna Marie Sewell (Thistledown Press) “Food Truck Elements of Shadowed Lights” by d.n. simmers (Silver Bow Publishing) “9x11 and other poems like Bird, Nine, x, and Eleven” by Michael Turner (New Star Books) The Top 3 winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd ) will be announced on Nov 1st, 2019 - Good Luck! https://rclas.com/awards-contests/fred-cogswell-award/ #artsnw #madeinnewwest #cogswellaward #fredcogswell #fredwah @canadianpoets @newwestrecord @artscouncilnw #rclas #royalcityliteraryartssociety
CONGRATULATIONS! We are very pleased to announce the 2019 Shortlist for the 6th Annual Fred Cogswell Award For Excellence In Poetry. In alphabetical order by author: “Glitter & fall: Laozi’s, Dao De Jing transinhalations” by Di Brandt (Turnstone Press) “Trauma Head” by Elee Kraljii Gardiner (Anvil Press) “Body Work by Emilia Nielsen (Signature Editions) “For the Changing Moon” by Anna Marie Sewell (Thistledown Press) “Food Truck Elements of Shadowed Lights” by d.n. simmers (Silver Bow Publishing) “9x11 and other poems like Bird, Nine, x, and Eleven” by Michael Turner (New Star Books) The Top 3 winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd ) will be announced on Nov 1st, 2019 - Good Luck! https://rclas.com/awards-contests/fred-cogswell-award/ sincerely, Janet Kvammen @artscouncilnw @turnstone_press @anvilpress_publishers @thistledownpress @newwestrecord @canadianpoets @alan_hillpoet @wahrus

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