Vancouver Summer Writing Institute application deadline this week

May 12, 2014 Editor Event eventvancouverwriting institute

This Friday is the application deadline for three intensive summer writing workshops offered by The Story We Be. The intensives range in focus from personal memoir to journalistic prose. The three workshops are taught by writer and performer mia susan amir, multimedia journalist David Ball, and artist and writer lee williams boudakian.

Workshops are priced on a sliding scale to encourage applications from all economic segments of society.

The application deadline is this Friday, May 16th. To apply for a workshop, check out the application requirements at this link.

Angela West: a Q&A with the founder of Canadian Freelance Writing Jobs

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by Rachel SandersEvery day, Angela West does a generous thing for young Canadian writers. She gets up, has her coffee, and spends 15 or 20 minutes gathering job listings from around the web and aggregating them on her own website, Canadian Freelance Writing Jobs. She's also a freelance writer, who, over the past six years, has built a successful…

The Born Freelancer on The Creative Journey

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Tips on writing long-form journalism from AAN

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July 12, 2013 Editor Advice advicewriting advice

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Travel writing links roundup

May 29, 2013 Editor Advice advicetravel writing

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Songwriters get an online royalty collection service — where’s ours?

February 24, 2012 Editor Compensation amazonbillboard.bizcopyrightroyaltiessongwritingtrouble spotstunecore

Once your work goes online, keeping tabs on it can be a full-time job. If it pops up on an unfamiliar site, without your permission, what are your chances of getting paid? As we've heard on Story Board previously, it's more likely you'll see the work removed from the site than see any cash.TuneCore, a digital music and video distributor, is…

Why I quit blogging and why you should too (if you’re a writer) [UPDATED]

February 17, 2012 Editor Compensation bloggingfreelancer ratesgetting paidtreehuggerwriting

By Jeff NieldEDITOR’S NOTE: Changes have been made to this post as a result of a request from TreeHugger’s parent company, Discovery Communications, which claims certain disclosures in the original post were in violation of a confidentiality clause contained in an agreement signed by the author.Until last week, I was a part-time blogger at…

CBC Books launches new hub for writers

August 31, 2011 Editor News cbcresourceswriting contests

Canada Writes is "a new home for original writing," according a press release the CBC issued today. It's a place where "all kinds of writers" can "have their work read, published and recognized by the entire country." The site includes writing challenges (the current one is autobiography-related), workshops, and resources (links to writers'…