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DrcEIBER. 1986

lXE FEBATIOI| OF BR.TTISE q)LtlIBIA

!{aiIing Address: Office Mdress:

NRITTRS TGWSI,BFIR

P.O. bx 24624, Stn. C Vancouverl B.C. V5T 4E"2 126-736 Granville Street Vancouverl B.C. V6Z 1G3 Phone Number 583-2057

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Itrs been a fall full of travel. Itve been to all sorts of exotic places - to Fort St. ilohn and Campbell River in October, to Penticton in liftrvember. Although readings \'rere arranged so that the Canada Council and not our poor lir I ole Federation paid for most of the travel exlEnses, at each place I made the ror:nds of the school boards and Iocal newspaper offices, spreading the word about the Directory and getting writers into schools.

During my three days in ttre peace River area I really got to know GaiI Whitter, our representati-ve tiere vftrose enthusiasm for the Federationrs work is unbounded. It helped a lot. There were friendly faces at Campbell River and Comox, but no representative. Tom Unger, who has been doing such god work for r:s there, has left for the \â&#x201A;Źrmer climes of California - permanently. We are trying to get a replacement for h-in as I write this.

At Penticton I got to know Heather Glebe who works for ttre Penticton Herald. I am glad to report that Heather has agreed to serve as the Federation representative in the Okanagan area and she right away put together a piece about us for her paper. I also visited Kelowna, s;nke to people at the school board there and got myself interviewed by the local paper about the Directory.

The swing through ttre province has further convinced me that while the Federation should certainly retain its head office in

downtown Vancouver, it

must continue to concentrate on the outlying areas. For this purpose Irve proposed to the provincial Council ttrat 7rte Landale (our LovJer l,lainland rep and unof f icial coordinator with other reps), should have a small budget for phoning the regions ard collecting feedback about the Federationr s work. with the $15r00O grant received frorn Cultural Services in Victoria ard a ne\,r dynamic Executive Director on board in Betsy Warland, 1987 should be a year of exciting growth for t}re Federation. Herer s hoping it will be one for you as well. Cheers, Jan Drabek ETrcUTIVB DIRECrcR

The nesr D<ecutive Director of the Federation is Betsy Warland, wtro is a vriter with two published voltunes of poetry to her cred

it.

She is a former Vlestern Region ftlitor for and a mernber of the Writerrs Union of Canada, the League of Canadian poets and West Coast Wqnen and Vlords Society. HERIZONS

Last spring she did a reading ard lecture tour of Norway and Australia, then slEnt a couple of months as an editor at the university of Alberta. But now Betsy has chosen to settle down in Vancouver permanently - at least as prmanently as buying a house in Kitsilano makes it. Since October she has been hard at work in the Federationr s office and would love b hear from you if you have any ideas on how to improve the running of ttre Federation.

WINtrER,S ITT TEE

REPORT ON OT'R CENTH|NIAL @NTEST

BEST OF

B.C. NRITIIfG

over, and the have aII the winners and too, celebration gone home rich and happy, it is time to make an overall rePort. Now that the contest is

This contest was intended to serve several important functions. we planned to involve writers across the Province, to afford then an opportunity to acquaint themselves with ttre work of many other writers and to allow them to participa@ in the assessment Process so that no outside, and lnssibly biased, editor or judge coul-d be fautted for failures. With these ains in view we designed the following procedure:

Four calls were sent out across the Province at intervals of two months, two for lnetry and two for short prose' Soon after each deadline all the entries, with the names of the entrants withheld, \{ere sent to each contestant together with a rating sheet. lltre contestants then assessed the work and returned their seleq*tions to us, anonlmously, rated from 1 to 15 in order of preference. With the marks accorded to each piece of work in hand, we tabulated the scores and determined the winners.

B.C. NRITIITG CI)NTRST

Carole Brost

Eileen

Ann

lbight

Fran Darling

Kernaghan

Zoe Landale Robert J. WaIIace wynne L. Williams Winona Baker Jean Rysstad

Carollm Zonailo Paula WiId

Marj orie D. Roessler Susan I'{cCaslin

Alison Hopwood R.A. Kawatilak Claude Planidin Mona Fertig Inger Bruhn Kronseth

t'tildred Trernblay Brenda Ross Marion E. Williams Myrle Machan Ross westergaard

T-arry Iiretka

Rosella M. LesIie Margaret Stortz Louise HYndes Ethel LaYer GaiI Whitter L.A. WolanskYj Metodie Corrigall Douglas G. llhird D.E. Salmon W.P. Kinsella Trevor Carolan Dean HiIl Kerrie Lander

Enily Sion K.C. Janus Stan Rogal

K. Ballinger SPofford Anne lvlarriott l,lae HilI Brown G.G.

MackaY

Brigitte l(naack Dorothy E. Young fic Kowalski Pauline Holdstock

Florence NeIson-Snith Lorena MacCaf ferty-Eatol

LIST OF NEtf IIE}IBERS

The Federation welcomes the following

ne'

members:

The process worked smoothly and in October we had a celebratory reading of all the winning pieces. The readings took place on two nights at ttre Community Arts Council of Vancouver centre and were very successful. ltre Federation acquired many new mernbers as a result of this contest and a great deal of general literary interest was stimulated.

We would like to thank the Vancouver Centennial Commission for making tltis experiment trnssible, the Community Arts Corurcil of vancouver for t].e r:se of their premises, all those who helped in the contest and on ttre two nights of celebrations, and, of course, aII the contestants. [trank You all. Elfreida

Read

Sheena Ashdown

- Vancouver

Bruce Edmundson - Vancouver

Katie E1iot - Vancouver Cynthia Flood - vancouver Cathy Ford - Malme Island Annemarie Haney - Vancouver Maidie Hilmo - TaYIo Jeanette Hughes - Victoria Patrick J. KeIIY - CamPbell River Ruth KnuPPe - Vancouver Enily LandrY - Dawson Creek Brenda Matthews - Clearbrook Patrick l4ichiel - Progress Jim Nichols - ChetwYnd Rose Provinciano - White Rock Diane Salmon - Vancouver Ruby Stewart - Qualicum Beach Richard ThomPson - Prince George Russell Thornton - North Vancouver Janet Ware - Courtenay THE FOLIO!{ING MAP GIVES YOU ATiI IDEA OF REGIONAL BREAKDOWN.

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ilEEffNG: O:r Annual fa on saturday' April 18th, 1987' at the Unitariaa Church of Vancouver, 949 W. 49th Ave., Vancouver, B.C., V5Z 2I1. A full Program wiII be announced in our next newsletter. AII we know for sure at this time is that suppertime refreshments wiII be on the house! !

AITNUAL I

GENERAL

Ali[ESgf INTERNATIOIIAL: Ttris organization and journalists !'ho @ have fallen victirns to repression. If you want to add your voice to the efforts of this movement please write: Eunice Harker, Program Officer, 130 Slater St., Ste 800, Ottawa, ontario, K1P 682 (613) 563-1891.

has issued a new bulletin for Visual Artists and Writers' Il-504' l,larch 1'7, 1985r wtrich covers changes made to ttri s section of the Income Tax Act in 1985, after the battle between the tax department and Toni Onley. Included are guidelines as to when Revenue Canada considers a r,vriter b be carrying on a bonaPhone Revenue Canadafide business. a coPY. for ask and TaxaLion

RE\IENUE CAIIADA

CATTION AGAINST PUBLISEERS

from Free Lance'

Writersr GuiId : Ttanslators A-ssociation,/ lltre Literary Association des Ttaducteurs Litteraires reports that one of its members has had problems with Vesta Publishing. According to the LTA, Vesta will be boycotted by the LTA, the Canada Cor:ncil, and the Secretary of State.

Saskatchewan

The Saskatchewan Guild office has received a complaint about Vantage press, Iocated at 51 6 West 34th in New york. A Saskatchewan writer trying to publish his book was asked to submit g8r 000 to this prb-

lisher. "Vanity presses" of this sort, in addi-tion to demanding money from writers, often do little or nothing in the way of promotion and distribution of the books they publish. Writers are advised against dealing with any publisher vtrich asks ttre writer for any sort of payment in advance. 2oth

CHTTURY

NRITRS FILI,I SERIES

In its 25th year, Cinema j6, a non-profit film society rr:n by U. B. C. students, continues the tradition of offering alternative films to the p:blic at rnconventionally Iow prices. Cinema 1 6 wiLl be showing filrns on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 and 9:30 through-

out the school year, in the Student Union Building Auditorium at the University of British Columbia. Included in the four series is a series consisting of films about twentieth-century writers. The films in tl:is series in the New year are: Portrait of ttre Artist as a young - January 21 Kerouac - February 18 Gertnde Stein - March 18

l,Ian

Single admission to the films is g2.OO. Passes are available for ttre series at $8.00. Iredividr:al tickets and In'SSes may be purchased at the SUB Auditoriun before aII Cinema 16 presentations. passes may be purchased at the A[,tS Box Of f ice and ticke t centre in ttre SUB and at Duthies Book Stores located at: 91 9 Robson Street (Downtown store) 4444 West lOth Ave. (University branch) 4255 Arbutus (Arbutus Village Square)

FROH EBAIUER. GLEEE

OUR OKANAGAN REP:

A group of Okanagan writers has found a unique r,a'y to use their talents to help Rick Hansenrs lvlan in Motion World Tour for spinal ord research. The brainchild of a young penticton poet who is hirnself disabled, the proj ect dubbed Pens in Motion wiII lxoduce an anthology of Okanagan Vatley writers.

Ihe book will be out in mid-December, w all net proceeds goirrg to Man in Moti Mike l,hnsfield, legally blind and sever deaf, hopes to present a glOrOO0 cheque Rick liansen vlhen tlre bur comes through Okanagan in the spring. Due to an overwhelming response, select was difficult. As many different r,ritr

as trnssible are being featured in the 1( page book, vfrile still,maintaining a h standard. From Salmon Arm to Osoyoos, tl sent their poetry and stories, aII on up-beat, positive theme. T?re illustrati< are as varied as the literary r,"ork. Much of the labour associated with bookts production has been donated, incl ding ttre cover design and most of printing costs. Thus, nearly all of bookrs selling price will 90 b Man Motion. Printers are Stuart Graphics Penticton, and a first run of 3rO0O copi will be repeated if sales warrant.

lvlembers of the Federation of B.C. Writ< may support this Fnoject by purchasing pe

in Motion, at a prepublication price of or $7 later. Donations toward p:blicati costs or orders for the book may be sent Pens in Motion Anthology project, Room Leir House Cultural Centre, 22O Manor p; Ave., Pentictonr B.C. V2P. 2R2. More infc mation may be obtained by calling Heatt Glebe aL 492-21Q1.

B.C. Federation of Writers Writer vi-sits peace Country

introduce B. writers to children in schools arrl colleg has been rndertaken by the B.C. Fbderati of Writers.

Jan Drabek, chainnan of the federation, w in Da\,Eon Creek E?iday as part of a pea country tour in vfiich le visited local ed cation officials, lJave a reading and @ ducted a writersr workshop in Fort S John.

During his visit to schools and ollege Drabek is acquainting education officia with the recently published "Directory

Members arxl Writing Serrrices includi Tbachersr Guide." Itre guide has been ;rr

Iished by the Federation of B.C. Writer

"we are introducing the writerst directory to school districts so that writers can get into tl.e classroomr" stated Drabek' in a News interview.

"The ultimate idea is to get Victoria to take over a Program for writers in schools. .. there is a program for artists in schools, but it is oriented more to theatrical people and fine artists"' he added.

you Iook at the literacy tests''' thatr s another answer (vrtry we need more writers in the schools) ' ltre written rrord is taking a back seat to the visual

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world.

Drabek expressed his opinion that @Ievision cannot really examine issues in lttrrough ttre program of having depth. writers aPPear occasionally in the classroom, there would be increased focus on the written word.

As a B.c. author, Drabek is described "Jack of aII Trades.''

a self-

Irve written four 'I do everything. novels, I do journalisn and I like poetry... but Invenr t been very successI understand all the genres"' ful- at it. He added that journalism is vtrrat journal-ists make of it themselves' nI wouldnrt say anything less"' journaIism can be "hack" journalism' or it can be highlY literate."

Federation of B.C. Writers was a long time coming.

"we were the last western provinoe without a writers' organization. lltre Alberta Guild has a budget of over $1 00' 000' GI a population basis \,te probabty have more writers than all three prairie prorrinces put together... and pt we didnr t have an

organization until recentlY"'

Some funding for the association is received ttrrough the Orltural Servicess Secretaryr Branch of the Provinicial "We are nicely fr:nded by them"' office. they waited to see if we would be successfuf , Uut since ttrat tirne tlreytve been close to doubling our grant annuallY"' The federation also acts on behalf of freeIance writers. ltrere are two tlpes of memberships available in the organization"' associate memberships for beginning writers' people vho or are not naking a living from writing getting even people vfrro are ttrinking of into writing; and fuII memberships ' for more established writers ' There has been no pnoblem for tJl.e federation in terms of organizing on the lower mainland "but \Te want to tnve more regional organizations... l-ike the one which has started in Fort St. Jotut.'' For furttrer information contact: Jan Drabek, 3330 West King Edward' vancouver' B. C. V6S ',1M3. PAYI.IENT FOR PITBLIC USE

the Public Lending Right ttp Commission \dErs formally established at 24This Council' office of the Canada member Commission, representing Canadat s writers, translators, Iibrarians ardofpuban Iishers, will c,\Tersee tlte spending Deparunent the which annual $3 rnillion fund of Communications has allocated to pay Canadian writers for the library use of tl:eir work. Canada is now the twelfth country to inaugurate such a PLR plan' This

Federation.

are o<tremely receptive in the classroom' writers of idea to the to put it into a was needed vlas that AJ-l form like the directory and bring it to their attentionr" Drabek added' School districts

The process of getting writers into schools doesnr t have to be a costlY thing. . . there are \'ays of combining readings at night, with classroom visits in tJle day. For example sometimes the Canada Council will heIP.''

Drabek believes

the recentlY organized

faII,

Andreas Schroden, B.C' writer and past chair of ttre Writerst Union of Canadat rttas elected by the Commission as chairman of its r,orking D<ecutive Committee '

The most pressing job for ttre Executive Ccxnmittee wiII be to draw up the terms of eligibility ttrat wif l determine vfiich of the 7r 000 anticipated authors and their roughly 20,000 works might be in line for

of the applicable ppU fee. original author will receive remaining 60t. Editors: For each eligible title (wh must contain "significant Canad content") an editor will receive 20% the applicable ppu fee. If multi editors share copyright, they m divide this 2OZ between or am

PLR pa)ments.

Equally urgent will be an Authors I Registration Drive vtrich must be completed by December 15, 1986. Fortunately the Commission already has ttre names of some 5,000 authors who participated in a Canada Couneil test registration in 1991, and vtro will be sent uldated registration forms directly. Any author viLro has moved since then, or who did not participate in the exercise r rndy be r:nknown to the Commission. Any such author should contact the Conmission immediately to receive a registration form. Authors must register persona11y. Tto qualify for 1986 pyments all author registration forms must be postmarked December 15, 1986. Write to: p.O. Box 1O47, Ottawa, Ontario, K1p 5V8, or telephone Qq hor:r service, ? days a week) (513) 236-9388 or 235-7805. The Commission has decided that its initial system will be based on a sampting of the holdings of a representative nunber of public and wriversity libraries throughout the country. A scale of trnlments per tj-tle will then be worked out, based on the number of Iibraries in which each title is to be found. Because the federal fiscal )Ear ends in March, the PLR Commission has to distribute the fr:nds to authors prior to March. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 1.

Writers must be Canadian citizens or Ianded immigrants of 5 yearsr duration. Once these conditions have been met, no special residency limitations aPply.

OnIy living writers are eligible.

Palments for Public Use monies will be

paid to survivors or estates. 3.

Editors, translators and illustracors wiII be considered "authors,' for the purpose of this PPU schene, but subject to the following restrictions: Translators: Each title applied for must have been written by a Canadian writer. Ttranslators \^rilI receive 40t

themselves.

Illustrators:

Any, illustrator vfrr on the title page or shares copyright with the author vi share the PPU fee to the same ectent his/her contract slecifies. Where specific contractual division exis author and illustrator must cone to informal agreement and forward t information b tlre Commission. name appears

4. The following titles wifl be conside ineligible for ppU: a. l4anuscripts that are vtrolly mainly a musical_ scorei b. lib\,{slElErs, magazines, j ournals periodicals; co Titles written by more than d.

authors;

Titles r,ritten rnder contract service i.e. author wrote the w vftile on salary, etc., and emplo therefore holds copyright; e. Titles intended pimarily as te; books;

f. Rrrely instruction "how-to" boolq with fewer than S. AII titles pages, w-ith the exception of lne titles which would require pages , and ctrildenr s titles vtr: would require 24 pages. Compiled by Betty Carpir

B.C.

BOOK PRIZES

l"lore than 300 members of B.C.rs burgeon book community gattrered here October 25 honour their own at the second-ever Brit: Columbia Book Prizes awards presentat: dinner. Described by one speaker as rr ' literary event and Frty of ttre 1earr" evening saw five prizes of 91,000 ei awarded to the winning authors in f< categories, ard to a book publisher in fifth. Winners and runners-up in all ca. gories received certificates honour: their selection for the shortlist, from rnore than 1OO books submitted by publishr across the country.

To tJ:e enthusiastic approval of the assembled crovrd, made up mostly of writers,

publishers, booksellers, and librarians, the following winners in each category were annor:nced:

The Bill- Duthie Eboksellersr Choice' for the best book published irr the previou.s year in terms of publishing ilitiative' content, presentation and quality, to pub lisher l4ichael Burch for THE FORESTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Whitecap Books, Norttt bY Cameron Young, I(en Vancouver) r Seabrook, and others. The Roderick Haig-Browr Regional Ptrze, for tl:e book judged to contribute most to our enj olment or understanding of British Co1rmbia, to coastal historian Donald Graham for KEEPERS OF THE LIGHT (Harbour Publishing, l,ladeira Park, B.C.), a history of the lights and lightkeepers of the B.C. coast.

lllre Hubert E\rans Non-fiction Pxize, fot the best r'prk of non-fiction by a B. C. writer prblished in the previous Fdr r to writer, historian and journalist Bruce Hutchison for THE TJNFINISHED COUNTRY (Douglas & Mclntyre, vancouver) r his distitled reflections on this country rue caII Canada.

The Ethet Wilson Prize for Fiction, fot the best book of fiction by a B.C. writer published the previous year, to Keath Fraser for F0RETGN AFFATRS (Stoddart' Toronto) , a collection of short stories.

Ttâ&#x201A;Ź B. C. Book Pti-ze for Poetry ( awarded for tJre first time tJlis year) for the colIection by a B.C. writer juclged to be the best published in tJ:e previous Year' to poet Joe Rosenblatt for POETRY HOTEL (t',tcclelland & Stewart' Ibronto) . Two other imtrnrtant announcements were made at ttre gala, hosted by plalrwright, raconteur and all-round wit John Gray at Vancouverrs Hotel- Meridien. Ibw novelist Pam Tranfield won an Atari computer for her three-day novel crcntest winner, ARCHM (eutp Press, Vancouver) about the struggle for workers' rights in early Vancouver. The three-day novel writing contest was sponsored by the Kootenay School of writing and was Part of vancouverr s celebration of its centennial. And Vancouver Public Library Language and Literature Head Betty Kinnear announced a

00,00O bequest by ttre late Vancouver writer Ralmond HuII for the "purchase of Canadian bool<s and the encouragement of Canadian writing." $1

CAI.L FOR GEOST AilD @I,LABORATION M.ITERS

periodically receive requests for thost and cpllaboration writers and would like to establish a roster of writers who are interested in writing in these forms. Please send in your name, address, phone number and p.rbtication vita if lDu r'rpuld Iike to be contacted when such requests occur. Itte Federation will act only as a referral service. It will be up to the individrnl writer b determine tlre feasibility of any request referred on to them. We suggest all r.riters use tJle Writersl The Union guidelines for ghost writers. 874-1611i Writersf Union thone number is address is 31 02 t'tain Street' Vancouver' B.C.r V5T 3G7.

IEEK

A nr:mber of orrJanizations throughout B.C. (including tfle Fbderation) have requested to have writers read frcrn their work during tâ&#x201A;Źtional Book Fbstivat Week APriI 25t}:, May 2nd, 1987. If you've been published by a recognized lublisher and enjoy reading from your work - serd ust your publishing vita, phone number, address and times you would be available to read throughout this week. Dre to Canada Cowrcil funding reguIations, your book(s) must be fiction or poetry. Let r:s hear fom you no later tltan January 15th, so that we can refer your Writers name on vhen requests come in. will be paid $200 Per reading. I,IARK YOT'R CALENDAR FOR OUR IIEW TITLES RE,ADIITG SERIES !

better way to get together than at the Federationr s annr:al reading eries in the new year! We have four nights of lively readings dr:ring wtrich )nou wiII tear tle

What

mystery, non-fiction' fiction, latest poetry and yor:ng-adult fiction r'riting in B.C. The reading schedule is: Joe Rosenblatt & BettY KeIIer January 1 5th

L.R. (gunny) wright & Sarah Ellis February 1 9th

Dal_e Zieror March 1 9th

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Announcement

of Awards:

Victoria novelist and short-story writer Jack llodgins has been awarded this lpar's Canada-Australia Literary prize ($3, O0O and a trip to Australia), which is designed to increase Australian and Canadian Awareness of each otherrs writers. J

David Kerfoot of Vancouver's Duthie Books vtas named Bookseller of ttre year by the Canadian BookselLerrs Association at its June 21 -24 onvention in Vancouver.

The Canadian Authorr s A.ssociation has awarded two of th,is yearr s literary awards to Victoria r,r'iters: Feter C. Itbman r,pn in the non-fiction category for Company of Adventures, and P.K. Page in the pcetry category for The Glass Air. TEANKS AIID @}IUETTS FROI'I IIETODIE @RRIGAI.L:

belatedly I would like to thank you and al-t those involved in producing the Directory of I'{embers and Writing Service for your god work! I was too sLow/Iazy/etcect to get into it so I will have to vlait for some }'ears for that good fortune but I was pleased to see it produced and hop that it results in more recognition and opportr:nities for the writers included. Somewhat

AIso the newsletter "Word Works', Iooks better and is more informative every issue. l"luch appreciated. I holn all of you who are involved working for the Federation are not grtting so much time into the work that your own writing is suffering. Good luck and many thanks. ST'GGESTIOI{ FROTi ANN INLSE CENTRAL COASTAL:

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Wordworks needs a short section called, "You Know Yourre Really a Writer When...", ccntributed by ttre members. For me itrs when the mailman drops his smile and says,

as he hands me another SASE, "Gee, sorry..." Lots of good bits in that idea. How about it folks? Ed.

ONE OPINIOI| FROU TDRAG

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In 1943, when the Americans invaded Europe, they carried with them a pocketful of shibboleths. One such was the uirshakable conviction that everlrthing tiey

had was better than everlthing anyone else had. Out of ttris idea came another, that WaIt Whitnan was the greatest poet who ever lived, and tJlat ttrerefore "free verse,' was the only way to write poetry.

Itris did not go down too well with the Europeans or with the Anzacs. One Australian poet was so enraged tfiat he decided b make rmves of his own. Ile bok a pragraph from a eed catalogue, chop;nd it up, typed it out at random, anl sent it off to an Anerican magazine. It was published. Then he confessed what he had done, and had himsetf a grand time ridiculing the "versifiers" as he called tfrem: thus pecipitating a literary row among the Erglish-speaking peoples.Ttre Canadians, bombarded on two fronts, sided with the Americans, vltrich is vtry \are have been deluged with free verse masquerading under the guise of poetry. It is I{OT poetrcy. It has itrs place irr literature, but it is NOT poetry. Shakespearer s sonnets are poetry. Robbie Burns r.nrote Snetry, and so did our own Robert, Senrice. So did Keats, Byron, SheIIey, not to mention Mrsset, @ethe, Dante, et al.

In poetry contests there should be two categories, - one for poetry and one for free verse, because anyone can write free verse, and almost everyone does. It is only necessary to select a prose sentence with a poetic theme, chop it up and dd some eccentric punctuation, and "voila". And as everyone can do this, the entries in a poetry contest are largely free verse, and the real poets never get a tearing. Tro retrnat my contention, I am onvinced that ttre only fair tâ&#x201A;Źy to run a pcetry contest i-s to have two categories, - one category for poetry, - traditional , rhlm+andrhythm-style expression of a poetic thought; and one category for free verse. Only this way will real poets get their chance. writing lnetry with rhlme and rhythm guidelines is a difficult and tirne consuming process. Those vtro affect b despise it are merely exposing themselves as lazy and ilcompetent.

Rise to the challenge ye writers of free verse. Iâ&#x201A;Źtrs liven things up with a good old fashioned fight for the rights of new ideas! Ed.

COIIIIENTARY FROII EI,IfLY SION

Itr s having the opportunity to estab-

It hras a great pleasure earlier this year to participate in the BEST OF B.C. WRITING CONTEST. This original form of competi_ tion, vikrere ttre judges are ttre entrants, has a great deal to recommend it. There were fifty winners instead of ttre usual tvro or three, thereby accorunodating a range of tastes and opinions and giving encouragement to more writers than the usual nrn of contestants. It was a break-through, a\.ray from the tight rules of the majority of contests where too many lose and few win. Oontests generally give rise to many rnore feelings of failure and disenchantment tlran to those of success and enthusiasm. The readings given by the winners, too, \dere much more interesting: the variety of the material and tfie ambience of involvement rather than detachment provided a high sense of literary excitement _ a true celebration. I feel that this contest should serve as a model for the kind of friendly com;nLi_ tion writers need - conrpetition aj.med at helping writers instead of providing eqo trips for a limited few. I would like to thank the originator of this crontest, and to commend and @ngratulate all those who worked on it so sucs cessfully. -

agement.

Itr s ttre emotion ftIt vtren being acclai by friends arrl peers arri the pri,ile of a well-done.

Ftom our Coastal Regions up to tJle yu border, writers need representation. better b represent tlpm than one of th peers; their ',neighbours"? Who better lsrow the needs and oncerns of a particu region? Their input is imperative. To be a Regional Representative you have

have an attitude - a willingness to dr variety of things - news articles, orlla zing workshops, crontacting resource p sons, being on hand to provide perso contact and answer numerous questions WHAT? You say. I COULD NEVER DO ALL Tft WelI, thatr s r*rat I said vf,ren I fi: agreed to act as Regional Rep. But her< am, three ]lears later, quite prepared stay on until the appropriate retiremr age if need be, vrtrich could lrove for me be a long-ho!

If you have a head full of ideas, a hei full of ambition and r,ould like a cht Ienge, drop the Federation a note... tr them "GaiI sent me.', S. And at t]le next AGIrl, come on over be looking for yOU.

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In looking back to when Ross !{bstergaard first asked me to stand as Regional Representative, my first memory is of the surge of insecurities - what is a Regional Rep, what duties will be expected of me and how will I fitl those res;nnsibilities? But along with the insecurities, I had a head full of ideas and a heart full of ambition which prornpted me to accept the challenge. Being a Regional Rep is

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SEASIDE IOIIIAN is a new magazine vtrich air "to foster an interest h the creati. develolment, endeavours drrrl cultural suits of women in Vancouver Island, ;r,r:t

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GuIf Islands and ttre Sechett peninsula. Themes for future issues include "Creativity of Women,' (September) and "Spirituality of Women" (October). Sub missions are r,r,elcome, including short fic_ tion, articles, artwork. (Uo poetry in the first issue, but ask ttrem. ) Address: #309-835 Hrnnboldt St., Vancouver, B. C. VgV 4,f,8. Subscription is $12 f or 1 O issues. Editor is Blanche Black. Starting with Nov./Dec. issue, LITERARY will accept a limited nun6E-E outside contributions for page 5. Editor BiII Marles would like to see trDems or editorials on the writing/artistic life and tl.e writerrs relation to society. BilI says ', I prefer something on the in_ herent conflict between the demands of a materialistic r,rorld and creative endeav_ our. Anything else on the writing tife would be considered too." pays one_year subscription and/or subscriptj_on renewal. Max. lengttr for editorials/essays 25O words i poems no longer than 30 lines. SASE a must; will try to re;nrt in a monttr Send materials to (Canada) 4340 Coldfall Rd., Richmond, B.C. V7C 1pg or (U.S.) Drawer 1310, pt. Roberts, WA gg2g1. MARKETS

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Equinox pays

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editor, patrick L. magazine wilr be buying ffi more heroic fantasy this year. With a story in each issue, the emptrasis is movj-ng frcrn sf to fantasy. Readership is mostly high-school and younger; DRA@N is designed for gaming readers, stories with a gaming application \llilf have an edge__ but a gaming tie-in isnr t essential. Price wants entertaining stories in r^trich the protagonist learns about his or her environment from the story. No gtriloso_ phical, metaphysical or religior:s prem_ ises, please. Stories shoul_d run 2OO0_ 8000 wordsr pays -7{ a word on acceptance for first rights. Send oompted ns. Writers'guidelines in return for a SASE. Box 110, Ia.ke Geneva, Wisconsin 53147. DRAGON MAGAZINE'

criticism and tray $2OO-g300 an article for that material. They also invite suhnis_ sions, both from writers of fiction and serious scholarly articles of interest to educated, sophisticated readers. Fiction can be any length, shorter poetry is pre_ ferred and articles can run between 4OOO & 7000 words. The editors select 2_3 stories for and 1 Ofor rom 950indfreei for 91 O-g1 5. months. Send b lhrci_a Stayer, Editor, Queenr s euarterly, eueenr s University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6.

James I{. Iawrence, EIlitor, 7 erueen Victoria Rd., Camden East, Ontario, KOI( 1J0. Send a query with an outline for non-fiction artieles to Saturday Night. Recent issues contained profifes of prcrninent per_

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in articles giving professional tips on how to break into a given area in r,vriting. journal of the Canadian The official Authors' Association contains articles about the craft of writing, profiles of authors, poems, one short story per issue. c/o Anne Osborne, Eclitor; 34 Ryerson Avenue, Tbronto M5T

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One of Canadars oldest established cultural magazines, Canadian Forum, pays $100

for feature articles on cultural, social, economic, and political issues involving Canada and the r,rcrld. c/o John Mutcheson, Editor; 70 The Esplanade, lbronto M5E 1R2.

CAXADIAN CT'LTT'RE

This magaziner s name hints at its fir intent to scrutinize and criticize Canad: culture. Fuse is interested in independr cultural lrroauction reviews , analysi s government cultural policy., and genel nerds about fi Im, Iiterature, video , culture, music, theatre, visual arts. I for first p:blished Fger 915 each additj or partial page. c/o Editors, 5tr flo< 489 College Street, Tbronto, M6c 1A5.

Outdoor Canada is looking for articles camping, canoeing, cross-country skiir fishing, hiking, hunting, photograpt wildlife conserrration, wild edibles. Tl (1 00-1 ,000 wordr $75-$1 50 for fillers $100-$450 for feature articles 1r000-5,( words. Gridelines available c/o Editc 953A Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto M4G 4E TECENOIffY

Quill and Quire pays between 974-9400 for revier,rls , features, columns, and news . for assignments and commissions frorn Query this tabloid for tfie Canadian book trade. Ann Vanderhouf, Eilitor, or Diane Turbide, Book Review ftlitor, 56 The Esplanade,

PRISI4 international invites suhnissic which explore tl.e Jmlnct of technology all societies and the resulting influer on every personr s 1ife, thoughts e dreams. Poetry, fiction, short plal translations and @ver art in any style genre are welcorne. Write for furtl details to PRISM international , Dept. Creative Writing, LLriversity of Briti Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1W5. Deadli Jan. 31 /87; publication July, 1987.

Toronto M5E 1A7.

NON-FICTIOX

Wardair Canada will be producing a quarterly in-flight magazine called Wardair, that will almost entirely eonsist of book excerpts. Ttre first issue should be out Nov. 1. The magazine will include excerpts from a wide range of non-fiction genres. Generally, fiction wiII not be excerpted, although some short stories may be used. Contact Winston CoIlins, Managing Etlitor, c/o Saturday Night Publishing Services, 100-511 King Street West, Ibronto, r45V 24. (416) 591-8822.

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offering info and urderstnding to actil inf ormed wornen in their late 20s ard r Itopics covered are those affecting womâ&#x201A;Ź relationships, families, lifestyle careers, healttr, money, business and eiluc tion. For so1id, well-focused articl ( 1 00-1 000 words) IE yment ranges ft 25f-$1.00 per word. Pays on acceptanc Send articles to 231 4 Rae Street, Regin

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Articles on such topics as the daily life of a farm wife, sideline businesses, hobbies, sewing and needlecraft, reminiscences, decorating and entertaining wiLl appeal to readers of Farm Wife News (Canadian Edition). Payrment ranges from $40-$275. Qaery first. Erclose international reply coupons ( available at post office) with s.A.s.E. c/o Associate Editor, Box 643, Ir,lilwaukee, Wisconsin,

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Perceptiqr is a Caaadian magazine of soci omment pblished by the Canadian Cor:nc on Social Develo;ment. A recent issr:e j cluded articles on the University Delcoi "burn-outr " social services, the Quet CEGEPS, and sveral critiques. c/o Robe Bisson, Editor; 55 Avenue Parkdale, Otta

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greed is a journal published through the Association of l,btis and Non_status Indians of Saskatchewan. It contains articles and trDems of interest to Metis, Native and non-Native peoples of Saskatchewan and ttre rest of Canada. Articles pay 92.50 per printed column inch. Send 91.50 for a sample copy from publisher with writers' guidelines. c/o Jean-Paul Claude, Elitor; 21O-25O5 11th Avenue, Regina, S4p OK6. N_ew

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has announced a Fiction riist nover written for the 8-1 2 year old. The contest is open to North Arnerican writers vf,ro have PUTNAI,ITS SONS

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never published a novel for this age level .Ttrey are offering a cash prize plr:s book eontract. For details write G.p. Putnam! s Sons, putnam young Readers Group Fiction Prize, 51 l,Iadison Avenue, New York, Ny 1001 0. BITTERROOT MAGAZINE

sponsors two annual poetry contests: The William Kushner Con_ test and ttre Heershe Dovid Badonna Award.

A total of 9325 in cash prizes, plus p.rbli_ cation, will be awarded for the winning poems. You may enter up to 3 poerns (any

form, 50 lines or less) in each contest. Mail entries in #10 envelotres to Contest, l"lenke Katz, Rlitor, Bitterroot, pO Box 489, Spring Glen tfy 12493. Dea,illine: December 31, 1985. No entries will be returned. Deadline is January 1, jggT for

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prize is prize is AlI ollege students ( any age) are eligi_ b1e. Submit original fiction of 25 pages or less, vrith a 3x5 card listing namer dger ollege affiliation, and lErmanent home address and ;*rone, to playboy College Fiction Contest, 91 9 tvtichigan Ave., Chicago, IL 6061 1 . INTERNATIONAI. CHILDREN''S FICTION CONTEST: Award 95, O00r Deadline for entry Dec. 31. Canadian citizens or landed immigrants are invited to subnit juvenile novels based on a real-Iife situation, for children g_12.

Limit 12O-22O manuscript pages. For infor_ mation call t.le Delta Commrnity Arts Council at 946-0525.

The 1 98 opens j_n February. For details send a self-addressed, stamped, return envelo;n to the Writersr euarterly, p.O. Box 277, Stn.F, Toronto, Ont. M4y 2L7.

COMPETITION:

OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG WRITERS:

The G\B.D's

annual essay contest-EGtdary schoor students will be held again this school year, with four new topics. Ttre contest is oIEn b alt students in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 in schools throughout Gteater Vancouver, and for the first time, it is being extended to include schools in Langley City, Iangley Ibwnship, I,tatsqui, Iulaple Ridge and pitt Meadows. Topics this year deal with housing, farmland lreserva_ tion, emergency preparation ard transportation. First prize is g350, second prize g250, third pnze 9150, as well as 1 O l,lerit Awards. Submissions nay be made *rroughout the school year but no later than ApRIL 1 O, phone or write tfie 1 987. Greater Vancouver Regional District office, 4330 Kingsway, Burnaby, tEL. 432-620g.

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cruz, Glifornia r?i; _Sixr.tnot;i#r: will be notified before rci.-)arc1. Alt loens will be lublished irr ttr. American Poetry Anthology.

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