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THE FEDERATION OF BRITISH COLTJMBIA WRITERS NEWSLETTER

1989

Mailing Address: Box22.A6, Main Post Office, Vancouver, BC V6B 3W2 Office Address: Ste 706, 402 West Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6B 1T6 Toll Free: 1-800-663-0796 Phone: 683-2057

CONFERENCE'89: BIGGER & BETTER

Federation members recently received registration packages for our second annual, province wide conference, Entering the Arena: The Politics of Writing. This year's lineup promises even more excitement than

last year's.

In addition to established BC writers Andreas Schroeder, Sarah Ellis, David Chuenyan l-ai, Kathy (Garner) Spencer, Moyra Tarling and

writer in Toronto, then returned to Alberta in 1975 to write mv first book. I now live in a housing co-op iri Edmonton and retreat to a shack on a quarter-section in the Ukrainian settlements of northeastern Alberta every summer. I write full time and have survived tir tell the tale." Kostash is a r{elcome addition to Conference 89's stellar cast of authors.

Tom Wayman, this year's out of province guest is Myrna Kostash.

Edmontonian

Ukrainian

descent,

Kostash's credits as a creative documentarist include: All of Baba's Children (Hurtig, 1977); Long Way From Home (Lorimer, 1980); and contributions to Her Own Woman (Macmillan, L915) and Getting l1ere (NeWest, 1977). Her most recent publication is the highly acclaimed No Kdding: Inside the World of Teenage Girk (McClelland & Stewart, 1987).

Of herself and her writing, Kostash

ln response to your own requests. Be sure to sign up early for the popular blue pencil caf6s. Submit your manuscript along with registration fornas ASAP, and indicate to

says, "In

the 1970's I established mvself as a full-time

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Bring pens, pencils, paper --- and plenty of high spirits!

SPRING

THE FEDERATION OF BRITISH COLTJMBIA WRITERS NEWSLET-IER

1989

Mailing Address: Box22A6, Main Post Office, Vancouver, BC V6B 3W2 Office Address: Ste 706, 402 West Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6B 1T6 Phone: 6$-?n57 Toll Free: I-8n-63-0196

CONFERENCE'89: BIGGER & BET.TER

s recentlv received

for our seiond annual, rence, Entering the Arena: The Politics of Writing. This year's

lineup promises even more excitemenf than

last year's.

In addition to established BC writers Andreas

Edmontonian

Ukrainian

writer in Toronto, then returned to Alberta in 1975 to write my first book. I now live in a housing co-op iri Edmonton and retreat to a shack on a quarter-section in the Ukrainian settlements of northeastern Alberta every summer. I write full time and have survived to tell the tale." Kostash is a welcome addition to Conference 891 stellar cast of authors.

As British Columbia is attractinq more and more film business, th'e workshois in screen writlng and film are f d to fill up quickly. And in zed age, the descent,

Kostash's credits as a creative documentarist

Of herself and her writing, Kostash says, "In the 1970's I established mvleH as a full-time

INSIDE: The North, Grammatik II, Our Members Write, Awards Dinner Photos and more.....

hands-on demos o lightning-fast word processing te logy are brought to you ln response to your own requests.

Be sure to sign up early for the popular blue pencil caf6s. - Subrnit your manusiript along with registration forms ASAP, and indicate to which writer it should be directed. Please, f: the authors have , and only 15 minutes

You will be

doing

submittins more than time allolted.

Fli.ng pqnsr pencils, paper --- and plenty of nlgn splnts!

ENTERING THE ARENA: THE POLITICS OF WRITING AGENDA (Subject to Change)

l0:00AM The Industry: Sciptwriting and Film in BC 12:00PM Registration closes 12:30

Friday, April 7. 1989

LUNCH 1:45PM

5:00PM Registration Opens B:00PM Fireside Welcome and Cocktails Readings by: Sarah Ellis, Tom Wayman and Andreas Schroeder

Saturday. April

2:00PM Open Readings 3:00PM

nel Discussionwith David Chuenvan Tom Wavmair

Camp clean up and clear out.

7:3OAM

BREAKFAST 8:00AM Registration opens 9:00AM Workshops: Sarah F,llis, Children's Literature; Myrna Kostash, Creative Documentary; Andreas Schroeder, Fiction 10:45AM Workshops: David Chuenyan I-ai, Historical Documentary; Tom Wayman" Poetry 12:3OPM

LUNCH 1:3OPM

Registration closes 2:00PM Annual General Meeting 6:00PM

DINNER 8:3OPM

Feature Reading by Myrna Kostash Sunday,

Workshop: Kathy (Garner) Spencer and Moyra Tarling: Romance Witing In The Aftemoon

April9

7:3OAM

BREAKFAST B:3OAM

Registration Opens

NOTE: Blue Pencil Caf6s will run s imultaneously with workshops 9:00AM Tom Wayman presents Literary Groceies Witing and Computers: A Demonstration

ffi REPORTS PRESIDENT'S REPORT

It's not definite yet. I'm excited, but trying to play it cool. But it appears likely that within two vears the Federation will be sited in a new Vancouver office. I mean NEW, in a just-built building on Flowe Street. Negotiations are under way between the Fed, City Planning and the developer for the,4,000 sq. ft. rent-free, maintenance free grouhd floor space. We're currently squashed into only 500 sq. ft.; what we could do with so much more space! We'd have our own entrance, wheelchair accessible washrooms and readings/workshops room, a non-lending library and offices upstairs. The large readi-ngs room would be aviitable to all writers groups. We'd be visible, the literary hub of the ciw. And Bob is so thrilled at the idea of his own office, ,he says he'll stay for years to come. Irt's hope so! Thanks to those of vou who wrote Richard Brownsev. Bob and I-met with representatives of Cultuial Services in earlv Januirv. There is no word yet about our apfeal. Th'e next step in our "continuing strategy" is to encourage members in every riding to meet with their MLA's. Several sources say this method is the most effective.

The long-term strategy meeting It was a full Provincial Council Reps from Chilliwack, Victoria

cess.

with Buy,

Williams [-ake, Vernon, Fort and Nelson, as well as our 1st Vice from Penticton and the Vancouver contingent. Council members displayed remarkable unanimity in formulating a 10-year plan for the Fed, as well as 5-year and 3-year plans. The emphasis was on providing service to members, with the new

serve an organrzation without a hint lnterest.

of self-

By giving, you will receive, and in

direct Federation's provincial council executive does not demand any more from you than you are able willinggive... the' advantages correspond proportionately your lnvolvement.

measure. Serving on the

but

in it for you?

800 line being a good example.

So, what's

la tremend feel at gettin other work.

1. Whatever your ambitions, it never hurts o be able to sav vou are a

This is my

There isn't thought I'd writing and mber when I've had more fun than in this past couple of years. I suppose I have a plotter's mind. Bob and I have laughed and laughed over various strategems we've devised; all around us, we've seen the results. Good ones. ' the incoming president," I saying, "will be to orgarize drive . " and the whole

the

provincial counciiof the largest ters' organization in Canada. "formerr executive member or regional representative will look good on a ntture resume.

rg's

an no

(or life) f

The Federation is blessed with the

most

wonderful staff, past and present. vou'll ever find. To all the.staff, to th6 membei's who are nd who help out at the office, president, who has turned up meeting and on every hiring

UntilApril ...

ZoE[-andale

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FIRST VICE.PRESIDENT'S REPORT

BIO OF PRESIDENT.ELECT

I am a mid-season

Serue? (Wat's in it for me?)

We may be too well bred to s even think it consciously, but I one donates their coveted time

or no to

Heather Glebe

bloomer when was 60s,

Crea stud

comes to

interest, but never thought of writing one myself. (My favourites were by someone called Bill Kinsella. I still have a few copies. (WP, do you remember me?)

While teaching school in Merritt

and

Penticton, I became hooked on writing after selling my first attempt --- a personal account of a family adventure canoeing the Bowron Lakes. Since that bit of beginner's luck, I've had many articles published. I've also learned about rejection slips.

I became a member of the Okanagan branch,

Canadian Authors' Association and, in 1977 I left teaching "to have more time to write". By the next ye"ar my work as a stringer for thi: local newspaper had become a full-time job. I have been with the Penticton Herald since as a reporter, lifestyles editor and columnist.

creative writing developed

with

membership in the "new" Federation of BC Writers and with a local writers group, which I co-founded in 1983. With other Okanagan Witers' League (OWL) members, I helped produce an anthology a great learning experience --- which raised almost $12,000 for Rick Hansen's Man in Motion. I have helped bring in many authors for workshops and readings, worked wrth National Book Festival, assisted with workshops and taught writing to young people.

I've even won a few honours for my work: first prizes for poetry, a script, and memoirs, and had pieces selected for regional anthologies. My "hobby" for more years than I care to count has been an historical novel which mav be historv itself bv the time it is finished. But I still enjoy it, 'as I do alt writing. Is there anything more soul-satisffing than pouring out feelings and thoughts, playing with words, and communicating one with another?

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT

So, how were your holidays? I had food poisoning all through the Christmas-New Year's Season. No Polar Bear Swim on January 1st. Enough about me. What about the Fed?

It continues to grow: Thanks Lynne. We have

applied for our first grant from a municipality other than the CiW of Vancouver --- Surrev. second largest muhicipality in the provinci:. We are asking for $500.00 to help fund the Annual Conference's opening readings.

to the nominations call for the Provincial Council has not been Response

overwhelming. In this issue you will find your ballot for your Regional Rep. The Executive and the I-ower Mainland Rep will be elected at the Annual General Meeting.

The quotes are Directory, which

in for the Membership will be launched at the

Conference.

The Employment Plus grant ended on March 3. We lost Gail Whitter, Moreah Staven and Paul I-ang. (Paul is back part-time to work on Conference organizing.) They have all done a great job. The loss of staff slows our response time egguiries. Lynne is prolcessing membershi memberships and editing WordWorl<s. Judy has been organizing the Vancouver events for Freedom toRead Week, National Book Festival and a visit by writers from the Soviet Union. Maurice Jbnkinson has been hired as Executive Assistant to keep the office running in its usual manner.

In this issue we are plugging the Annual

Conference being held at the spartan Camp Alexandra. Naramata's accommodations are luxurious compared to this year's site.

Heather Glebe *H##H##HH

Have you contacted your local MI-A to request increased financial support

for

the

Fed?

Salman: "Wars end. The night will end" Iris Murdoch

The death threat against Salman Rushdie for his work The Satanic Verses is an assault on Freedom of Speech and Expression. The

Federation has contacted the Prime Minister's Office and requested a strongresponse against Iran. We have spoken to the media about Coles' pulling the participated in a n Feb. 21st as part We encourage you to c( the death sentence is not reversed and you believe the Federal Government could do more to influence Iran.

I feel with banking and correspondence. pleasant and with the work tofortunate of proud to be and staff, Fed competent service to BC Writers.

Maurice Jenkinson

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According to the Prime Minister's Office, any book thaihas not been previously reviewed by Revenue Canada to determine if it is hate literature could be stopped at the border and reviewed, no matter hbw long it has been for sale in Canada, if there is a colnplaint about it. ban on the importation of. The The temporary ' Satanic Veries was standard operating procedure.

And on that note: See vou at Crescent Beach! Bob Webster

sHsfifiHx*x EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS REPORT This is my first report as executive assistant to the Fedeiation, h-aving assumed that position in early January. I lSok forward to ineeting more of our meinbers at Crescent Beach. cial position is a top been assembling a rive and hope to see am indebted to Maria dge and assistance. She gives very generously of her time. Esta

We've contacted every city, municipaliry and

BC for information

ns.

response to our recent Winter . Tonic woikshops in Vancouver was so great that we did a repeat performance. When not involved with projects,

clerical support ranging from telephones hita

First

These grants will

:adings throughout BC, strongly supports. The

sharpe-nin"g

Soutlt

provide answering

pencils to hetpin[

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MEMBERSHIP REPORT

The 1988 membership drive has been a wonderful encore to the 1987 drive. Registration now exceeds 800 members and renewals are streaming in. For those of you

who have not yet renewed: unless dues are received by the end of May, this will be your

Darlene Berndt

Vernon

Dick Bird

Vancouver

last issue of l4/ordWorl<s.

Frederick Bowers Vivien Bowers

Vancouver

Thanks to former membership chairman Ross Westergaard for his comments on the fee increase. Ross pointed out that $30.00 for Full Membership could be excessive for retired, published seniors. At his suggestion, the Constitution Committee will review the names and criteria for the two membership

Ruth Brooks

Kelowna

Vange Brossard Colin Browne

White Rock

categories.

to deal with the problems. However, my hopes remain high for next year. Those of vou who live in the Lower Mainland and expressed an interest in volunteering can expect to hear from me after the conference. committee

Haven't received an issue of BC Boolovorld recently? As neither Alan Twigg nor I are computer whiz kids, some new members who were promised Spring issues of BC Boolovorld and some members who have moved are not yet on his mailing list. If you have moved, please send a change of address notice directly to: BC Bookworld, 940 Station St, Vancouver, BC V6A 2X4. If you joined recently, please bear with us. You will receive the Summer

Kamloops

Gail Buente Sylvia Burrell

Write Rock

Aaron Bushkowsky Janet Calder Anne Cameron Kenneth Campbell Norma Charles Peter Christensen

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NEW MEMBERS WINTER 1989 Kotoko Abe Richard Abercrombie

Vancouver New

Westminister S Troy Anderson

Katherine Armstrong Linda Bailey

Lorna Bennett

Yancouver Robson Vancouver

North

Lilloett

Radium Hot

Elizabeth Clogg

North

Lorraine G Collins Judith A Connor

Vancouver Mackenzie Vancouver

Marlene Cookshaw Richard W Cooper Claudia Cornwall Barbara Cruikshank Margery Davey

Victoria Penticton

North Vancouver Vancouver

North . Vancouver

Anna Marie D'Angelo

North Vancouver

Uzonka Kathleen peminger

Garibaldi Highlands

Mile

Susan De Sandoli

100

Shelley Dilworth-Mills

House Dawson

Stâ&#x201A;Źwart Dobbie Kim E Dornan

Creek Vancouver West Vancouver

Ric B Edberg

Quesnel

Marline Emmal Michael Farquhar Peter Fonteece

Vancouver Ladysmith Vancouver

H Shirley Fowke

Victoria

Pam Galloway Sue

Burnaby Vancouver Penticton

Nowick Gray Eleanor Hancock Sarah Hassan-Goodrick

Argenta Kamloops Prince

KP Hately

George Sooke

Garf Garry Gottfriedson Elizabeth Gourlay

Vancouver Ann M Berman

Summerland Richmond Vernon Port Mellon Powell River Prince Rupert Vancouver Springs

issue.

Lynne Melcombe

Vancouver

Tammy Bryant

Dennis Butler

With regards to day care at the Conference, I encountered a number of problems: too few responses from those unable to attend without it; too few volunteers to minimize the cost of a professional caregiver; space limitations at the conference site; cost of renting space off site; and lack of time to assemble a volunteer

Victoria

Vancouver

Ilona Hayter

Kaleden

Frank Moher

Judith Heather

Port Coquitlam Bridge Lake

Gabriola Island

Colin Moorhouse Moira Morningstar

Vdncouver Heriot Bay

FA Muir Katherine J Munro

Yancouver

Helen Helvoigt Martin C Hendricks Edith Higgins Beth Hill Peggr Hodgins

GAE Holt Dennis Humphrey Bruce Hutchison Edith Iglauer Helen Inglis

Lori Inkster Sally Ireland William Jajic

Vancouver

Cumberland Vancouver White Rock Vancouver

Victoria

Marjorie D Narroway

Victoria

Garden Bay Vernon Coquitlam Richmond

Ronald Nelson

Queen

Vancouver

Fred E Johnson

Courtenay

James Johnstone

Vancouver

Deanna Kawatski

Steuart

Linda Walton Kember Norma Kerby Cari Kern Luella Seymour Kerr Dorothy Kidd Crawford Kilian

White Rock Terrace Penticton

Victoria

City

Doug Nicol Sandy O'Reilly

Chilliwack

John Pass Shirley Pattison Helen Penner G Plimley

Peter B Raabe

Vancouver

Donna Kosteriva Brian LeMoel Janet Ludvigson Patricia Ludwick

Victoria

Garrett MacAskill

Trail

Kelowna Sechelt Rosedale Dease Lake

North Vancouver

Darylynn Starr Rank Paul D Rath Judy Reimche Clemens Rettich Gregory Robb t,

White Rock . Kelowna Burnaby Vancouver

Coquitlam Lantzville

Nerr

l.cnore Rovrntrce

Vancouver

Westminister

Nancy Schoenfeld laurence H Seenath

Nelson

Yancouver

Terry Jean MacGregor Richard Mackie Rosalind MacPhee

Victoria

Jillian Mclennan Ruby E McCreight

Westminister Vancouver Terrace

Karen Shave Ian A Shepherd Devon Sierra Joan Skogan AR (Bryan) Smith Barbara Smith Bob Smith L Hugh Smith Kate Spanks Dorothy Spiller Sharon Stearns Shirley Anne Stone

Sheryl McFarlane

Victoria

Ted Stone

Hugh Mclntyre Michael W Mclachlan Sheila Clarke McMaster

Nanoose

Dorothy Stott

Vancouver

Jessica

Suzan Milburn

Vernon

Will McCann Maureen McCarthy

Grand Forks Madeira Park Campbell River

K Roberts

Surrcy Belcarra

Jill Macdonald

Dianne Maguire Brenda Mallory Thomas Maurer Mary Love May

Gibsons

Vancouver Vancouver

Vancouver

Nancy Knickerbocker

Vancouver

Sue Nevill Norman Nervton

Arlalbert F Ptak Stephen Quigley

Abbotsford Fraser Lalre

Victoria

Charlotte

North

Vancouver

Ian Kluge

Eleanore Klassen

Vancouver Sechelt

Paul Murphy Peter Murray Isabel M Nanton Maureen Naseth

Victoria

Pender Island

Lions Bay Vancouver Tellnrra

Surrey Vancouver Richmond Nerv

Srail

Burnaby Vancouver Port Moody Vancouver Vancouver Ganges

Charlie Lake Burnaby Delta

Maple Ridge Masset Chase

Cranbrook Ganges

Richmond West

Vancouver

Ganges

Mehdl Talwerdi

North Vancouver

[,eonard W Taylor Dr. June M Temple Audrey Thomas Jacqueline Thomas

White Rock Abbotstord Galiano

Kathleen Trice Leslie Timmins

Port Moody

Fulford Harbour

Bruce Todd Peggr Trendell-Wh ittaker

Lions Bay

Donna M Trice

Nanaimo Dâ&#x201A;Źlta

Elizabeth Turin Michele Valiquette Joe Van Der Kraan

Vancouver New

Freda Vasilopoulos Thuong Vuong-Riddick Kathleen Cook Waldron

Westminister Clearbrook

Victoria 100

Mile

House Vancouver Vancouver

Ray Wereczuk

Shannon E Whieldon Iona Whishaw Jean Wilson

Lynda J Wilson J Michael Yates Laurel Ann Yates Cameron Young

heir time rcussions

unity.

Native Education Centre, 285 East 5th, March 22nd at 8 PM. Written translations and oral summaries will be provided before the readings. This is a rare opportunity to meet and hear award-winning Russian writers who are highly respected throughout the world.

North Vancouver

Winnifred A Weir

fo with cre

writers ssue of our

I have been workins with Gordon Turner from Selkirk College in eastlegar; he is confirming details for a iisit to Weslern Canada bv foui Soviet writers in March. The writers will be Vasilii Belov, Olga Fokina, Egor Isaev, and Victor Petelin. Accompanying them will be Alexander Vaschenko, a translator who has published articles in English on North American native writing. The Federation has arranged billeting, dinier and entertainment bv the Doukabor choir when the writers arrive iri Vancouver on March 21st. Members are invited to attend this pot-luck social at the Serbian Hall, 6 PM, at 505 East 53rd Avenue, Vancouver. The highlight of their visit for us will be a reading, sponsored by the Fed, at the

Vancouver White Rock Vancouver Vancouver

llamilton B Timothy Maria Tippett

Judy Walters Irene N Watts Teresa Webb

Th to for

Invermere Surrey Surrcy

Please

Vancouver Vancouver

join

us.

I-ast but not least. in association with the BC Library Association and with assistance from the Canada Council, the Fed will be presenting an levening of commentary and readings entitled The Creattve Process and Intellecrual Freedom. See the Events section of this issue for details. '

Penticton Burnaby Burnaby

Victoria

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Judv Villeneuve

VANCOTIVER CO ORDINATOR'S REPORT

1988, Freedom to Read Week was held

in the

REGIONAL REPORTS

Marion Quednau read from their works which would be affected by censorship laws. Clnthia Flood, Sarah Ellis,-Keith Maillard, anl Zoe Landale were featured at UBC's reading.

to scare her off by insisting she submit regional report on 'short noii... - We looka torward to hearing from her in the Summer

lssue.

VANCOWER time you read this, Winter Tonic will be P,{jh. rr)rury. history. The r ne response was so good that we had to repeat it the iollowing iollowinsD{t we, *".1. ft"r.re will be he in July. Wf,at u"iA-p"opfe you flLl":-Y"ybe

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(we) are.

SOUTH ISI.ANDS

Still ho.ping to get Keath Fraser on a Canada uouncll grant to do a writer_in_residence in

Jeptember.

think that's too muc there will be two r maybe we should h Sechelt and Whistler. 284 members in this r can reach all of them. this at the AGM.

I regret that I will

I've enjoyed doing anyone who has isolation from the want to know more ab me.

t:.

I'll

leave you with two pieces of wisdom me rour years to learn:

it took

Yor don't get acceptances unless you send ^-1; your work. out

more you have out, the less each

rejection hurts.

, s*HH#*fiH* FRASER VALLEY

Unda Rogers

Our alwavs a list of eve have been

this issue. Thanks for

keep up the great work!

Jane Covernton

OKANAGAN

Events section.

Virginia Dansereau

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the time, I'd feel awed!

Ann Walsh

KOOTENAYS We now have a grand

--- Fed membeis in

count 'em

We're

Our main diverse group of all ages as the ce, orobleni is irot numbet Rocky the to irea stretches from Grand Forks Mountains. The Fed's 1989 Writer-inResidence program in the Kootenays should help overcorne-this difficulty, as we're working to#ards a residency in the Creston-CranbrookFernie area and po networking. I've had a advice lately --- how how to deal with a p I'm always happy to'share what I know. Sandra Hartline

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short report this time, as winter seems to minus thirty-two have seized our region - tendand to drain the creative pointed comments ihguished herself in mother, who also iter's news has filtered I feel sure there are down to me, although -and all sorts of exciting workshops, readings activities^ going on-somewhere in this region. Is anyone really out there? was a wonderful experience to attend the Provincial Council retreat and planning

Paticia Young, Honourable Mention in Established Poe7ry, reads at Awards Dinner.

SPECIAL RE,PORT NORTHERN REGION

spring sunday

Dear Members,

poetry on tlrc Patio on a spnnS sunaay the words sear

hot Iike the sun througlt bare skin

contribute d to WordWorlcs.

Karen Ballinger

Editor's

note: Due to the abundance of

blue sheets flaP on lines stretchingfrom vinvl-sided suburbia

ituide, the stereo broa-dcasts Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee to emancipated window screens 'White Boy Lost inThe Blues" white girl listens baking her skin frecHed c ano t - kid s IiP s -throush maze of fresh"pud"dles - beaconing gum boots to draw near

body image

impe

sheddingdognods

at the breeze as its winter coat defects over the fence

Culling ,Diane Watson

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agairut with hips the eating is

payrn7

Being

off

and now she has breasts and now she has hips

and she starts to hate the woman-talk and she starts to hate the magazines but most of all she hates herself

Diane Watson Culling *# fisHtrH*

She

fragments

She is a palimpsest laYer ces, exPectations,

Ilong-lost She is a slate,

Draw your plastic pencil Across her surface Lift the cellophane

MEMORIAL

Like magic, She is new. She is a computer Conv ers ant in multi- languages

The inner harbour of this northern fishing town is jammed with boats. The

Wth infinite memory.

government docks: Fairview and Rushbrooke; the Company docks: BC Packers, Royal Fish,

She is all this -

capacity, bulging.

Ocean Fish, MacMillan.

Lover, wift, mother, Daughter, fiend, Keeper of records. She is an

illusiort Judith Wigmore

All are iilled ro

Trollers, gillnetters, seiners. Boats are tied ten deep.

Rushbrooke, there is the hydraulic start. Alternating voices: bass, tenor

motor symphony. Whir, stop, "'Whoa"

Psychology 101

"Hold it"

I search my neurons trying to remember what the instructor sai.d about the organ of Corti something about little hairs b e nding w it h v ib rat ioru

"Okay, go"

There

wish I hadn't spent all day reading a thiller

is a

mountain of black net. on deck of the BIue ked on to the drum. almost as fast as the

black mass moves.

There's a man on the controls. The

more time cramming about NREM and REM sleep pattems maybe I had beenin REM while this was being dictated by the caterpillar at the front of the room

Freud wes very interested in stimulants an"d hallucinogerc

fishermen lost. They all want to clean up a bit before they head up to the church on Summit. Jean Rysstad

I am in an altered state of consciousness swimmingin a sea of incomplete lonwledge is this anightmare?

w{#{ffi,^ffi

want to wite all over the paper I KNOW MORE BUT YOU NEVER ASKED AI.IY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FACTS I STUDIED!

Karen Ballinger

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Salman: 'A witer has to have freedom. I cannot sufficiently express my honor"at the threat and the consequences of that threat I can understand that some people's sensibilities might be offended by tlrc boolg and even that Muslim counties might ban it, but thqt cannot tell the whole world to do." Nadine Gordimer

I3 FEATURES

Waiting for the Safe Return of Frances Eger by Gerry Tubin

It was shortly after Christmas day when the picture of a smiling Frances Eger was shown on the 6 o'clock news. With the sound off (while on a long distance call) and the procession of photos that followed, I pieced together the story that Frances had won the lottery and purchased an island blessed with political for those y endings

appetite for the^feast of life and imagine rhe circumstances of her missing status as z zanv aclventure they're anxious to"hear her tell.

The good wishes sent to her and the other boaters are mixed with favourite stories of Frances: The unflappable Frances driving her

orange Toyota with a purpose (the one equipped with a curling iron plugged into the dashboard for hair emergencies), honking to get my.attention while heading straight forthe oncoming car in the opposite lane; Frances clad in a bathing suit on her way to greet an out-of-town autf,or who was piomisEd mita winter weather during his stay-in Vancouver; Frances cheering the |irst femile winner in the Pulp Press Three Day Novel Contest.

We met for lunch just after she left the book industry and went into teaching. She was dressed in a striking red, yelloil and green summer dress that suited her attentioncommanding personality. We toasted our meeting after not seeing one another for more than a year. Frances took great care in selecting'a wine that was as coilsistent as the *hich it was enjoyed. and good company " she said, raising her People who know Frances are certain she's still with us. Thev talk about her insatiable

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Fed staff, past & present. Left to ight: Patty Gibsory feannie Lochie, Bob Webster, Heather Wells, &Iudy Wlleneuve.

I'm

looking, forward

to uncorking the same

DeauJolars wnen we meet agaln.

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The menu-driven Grammatik II is flexible

because it affords you three potential errors with an octothorp. No, that's not a

by Montgomery Burt

"Spiderman" villain--the octothorp is the # character on your keyboard. The # symbol is inserted into your text plus a letter code, which corresponds to a problem type. For example, a trademark misuse like "coke" would be marked l#t). Ityou choose the second option, Grammatik II inserts # at a problem and automatically makes a rewriting suggestion. An example looks like this:

by K-Tel but it does include an impressive list of features helpful to any writer.

Mr. Smith says we are #implementing

[#Overstated or Pompous: Developing, Carrying Out] a new advertising campaign. I'

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tool. Itop

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processortos Word Perfect Grammatik

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has given me no headaches at

all.

disk as my original docurnent.

really quickly to display if you really overuse any words. Really.

Once Grammatik

has scrutinized your

simply scroll through the suggestions and jump the cursor from the error file to my document as I make corrections. The advantage is my original doesn't become cluttered with codes or get "manhandled".

There are other writing analysts on

the

market, such as RightWriter, which do many of the same functions as Grammatik II, but I found this program is the only one which allows customization. You see, what happens

mastered, you can do as I did and create your own customized checking files.

your writing requires work.

l5 built-in phrase editor, I les specific to my own months, I took a few half-hour there to compile a minutes here and examine my entries to 500 error-seeking documents. I found this enabled the program to "evolve with my writing needs." I'm not saying that you have to follow this route but I highlt recommend you do.

330 Townsend Street, Suite 135, San Francisco, California, 94107, phone: (415)5410222. In the past few months, some

For me, the customized files mean more time-

company publishes other software tools, that may' h6lp improve your writing The Reference Set Thesaurus. The Random

Using deveio needs.

Vancouver software retailers have begun carrying Grammatik II's update, Grammatik III. for-about $120.00 Canad^ian.

If you write to Reference Software I'm sure thev will send vou information on Grammatik

II ind Gramriratik III.

As well, the

same

House Concise Dictionary, and Stedman's Medical Dictionarv or Black's t-aw Dictionary

for the spelling of medical or

legal

terminology. self-created "MISUSED.GMK" file, it flags the word 'Just' and suggests I replace it. The customized files haiJ proved to be invaluable in ensuring I don't repeat the same goofs over and over.

Oops. I'm beginning to sound like the fasttalking huckster I poked fun at in the besinning. But I'm not a salesman. I'm a *rlter wFo feels others should find out about

I found Grammatik II's user manual simple to

program. "Get yours today! Operators

this well-written, informative and easy-to-use

are

standing by!"

#HtrHXXfi* Clearing up the Confusion figured out in 3 or 4 hours.

Some technical considerations I should mention are Grammatik II requires an IBM or compatible personal computer with at least

memory on MS-DOS 2.0 or later, and a double-sided disk drive. It works with Wordstar, Word, Multimate, WordPerfect, 1281i

PFS:Write, XYWrite, Wordstar

2000,

Volkswriter, and many others. The program comes with free technical support, a 30 day

There seems to be some confusion on the part of teachers using the Writers in the Classroom Directory about the Ppovincial Governments' Artist in Schools Progriim.

The following is excerpted from the Cultural Services Branch Programs Booklet:

is available for school districts sponsoring arts enrichment progrnms for grades K-12, outside regular curriculum programming. Application may be made for the Artists in Performance program, or the,Residence program, or a combination of the two programs.

Assistance

The applicant organization must be a school district in British Columbia. Individual schools may be considered eligible for assistance if there is

of support and concurrence for program from the school district. the proposed College and university programs are not eligible for assistance from this program.

strong evidence

program.) I ordered my copy of Grammatik II ior Tgg.oo U.S. from Refeience Software at

The artist(s)-in-residence must conform to

the

following definition: an individual who is a visual

I6 artist, dancer, choreographer, musician, composer, actor, plapwight, or writer by profession, or a company of professional actors, dancers or musicians, registered as a non-profit society in the

province

of British Columbia and

receiving

operating assistance from the British Columbia Cultural Fund in the current fiscal year. The individual(s) must have resided in British Columbia for a minimum of one year. The program for which assistance is being

requested must have reasonable educational content.

The maximum assistance in any one year is $3,000 per school district.

Application deadlines are: May 15 for preChristmas term or full school year. October 1.5 for post-Christmas term.

The following factors will be taken into consideration in the adjudication the Artist in Performance: - the past and current levels of art programs in the school districts and the degree of initiative indicated in the development of arts progamming - quality and balance of programming - geographical location - transportation costs of students to an event - extent of the local public and school district support for the

of requests for

those districts sponsoring artists from another geographic location in the province.

Residency programs, as

a condition of eligibility

for funding must provide additional arts awareness, knowledge and enrichment for all participants - including the sponsors (if applicable).

The proposed programs must have full community and school district support. The application must be for a special program, clearly identified as something that would not or could not take place without a grant. All application must be made on the appropriate CSB application forms and must be completed in full, with requisite supporting documentation as listed on the application form. The maximum assistance is no more than 50 per cent of expenses per project: up to $1,500 for an individual artist; up to $3,000 for an eligible artistic organization per district in any one school year, if Artists in Performance subsidy is not requested.

Awards will be paid in full, following conlumation of program. A final report of the previous year's program subsidized by CSB must accompany all applications. Any surplus accumulated through CSB grants will be deducted from future grants. No funding will be approved after a project has commemced

I hope this will help the writers clear up some of the teachers', confusion.

program.

Maximum assistance is 50 per cent of artistic fees of artist, up to $3,000 per district in any one school

year, if Artist in Residence subsidy is not

requested.

Awards will be paid in full, following application

A final

report of the previous year's programs subsidized by CSB must accompany all applications. Any surplus accumulated through CSB grants will be deducted from future grants. No funding will be approved after a project has

approval.

commenced.

The length of an Artist in Residencâ&#x201A;Ź progran should be no less than three days and no more than four months. school district is eligible for a maximum of two residences per fiscal year. Funding for a residency cannot be extended beyond the 4 month period, except in unusual circumstances.

This program is intended to heigbten artistic experience. Therefore priority

*ill

be given to

H*#HH*** I

Exclusivelv Yours: Questions-From Beginning Writers by gail d whitter

l. How do I find markets for my work? Buy (or borrow from your local library), Witer's Marl<et and as many other current market directories as vou can., Research possible markets in the'library periodical section and to writer's magazines bookstores. Subscribe (Cross-Canada 'lViters Magazine, Witer's Digest, etc. Subscribe to writer's newsletters (WORDWORKS, Literary Markets, etc.) Purchase sample copies of magazines and request writer's guidelines.

2. Do I

need an agent? Not until you are an established writer.

3. How do I copyight my work? Canadian Copyright Law is being revised. Currently, you don't have to copyright your own work; your publisher will take care of the formalities. Although not essential, you may wish to mark your submissions with the internationally recognized UCC symbol ( c Jane Doe 1989). American copyright laws differ substantiallv from Canadian. When writing for Ameritan publications have your work copyrighted in the US copyright office.

4. May I photocopy and submit my manuscipt simultaneouslv to several markets? While it is quite acceptible to query several markets at the same time, few editors will consider

simultaneous submissions; even fewer will accept photocopied material. Photocopies may be fine for contests, but editors prefer clean, orginal copy. (Don't forget to keep a copy for your files.)

5. Are there special rules for submitting poetry? No. The rules are the same as in marketing any other kind of writing: study the magazine, send a neat, typed su rmission and include a SASE. One poem only to a pzge and send a batch.

6. Wat ights do I sell with my manuscipt? First serial rights for articles, poetry and short stones.

How should

prepare my mant$cipt? Typed, double-space, 1y4 - ly2 inch margin; start half-way down the first page with title and author's name typed just above beginning. Word length and number of pages included in top right hand corner, name, address and phone number in upper left hand corner. After first page, type last name in upper left hand corner, centre page number, and title in r (or some variation of ng is that the pages be d).

ffi Salman: "Keep to your convictioru. Try to protect yourself. A death sentence is a rather harsh review."

Ralph Ellison

OTHER STUFF

Markets General

Studies: Triannual. Interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of ethnicity, immigration, inter-group relations Canadian Ethnic

and the history and cultural life of ethnic

groups in Canada. Book and film reviews, opinions, memoirs, bibliography and Creative Writing. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4. The Canadian Fiction Magazine: Fiction from and amazing depth wanted. Submit with SASE by, or near, June 15th to: Gary Whitehead, Kootenay School of Writing, 306 -152 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V6B 1H4.

BC. Short fiction of reasonable length

Canadian Stage and Arts Publications Ltd: Children's books and books on the arts. Diana England is Acquisitions Editor for the

children's division, with Patricia Michael receiving educational subrnissions and Dara Rowland, the arts. A query letter with an outline and 3 or 4 sample chapters should be

sent to the arpropriate editor. Although advances are hot normally paid to authors,

they use the Writer's Upion of Canada sample contract. 263 Adelaide'St W, 5th Flr, Toronto, ON M4H 1Y2.

Chanticleer 11: Quarterly publication of The Vernon Writers. Poetrv. short stories. Editor: Eliza Moorhouse, 350i'18th St, Vernon, BC V1T 4A9. Fireweed Special Inrlovative Writing Issue: The weird writing collective wants fiction, theory, graphics, rap, dub, poetry, prose, photo, text, cross, multi, sub, counter, cultural, views, reviews, translations. Submit by June 30 with SASE to Fireweed, Box 279, Stn B, Toronto, oN M5T 2W2.

Garm Lu: Biannual Celtic Arts Journal. 81 St Mary St, Toronto, ON M5J 1J4.

rtl

Kola: "A periodical of stories, poems, and critical writing" welcomes all manuscripts, but particularly those that focus on the black

historical contributions. Box 1256, Station Q. Toronto, ON M4T 2P4.

EIIipse; Writers in translation. The work of

one or more writers in oarallel French\English format. Articlei and commentary. CP 10 Facult6 des

Arts,

Universit6 de Sherbrooke, PQ J1K 2R1.

anywhere in the world. Reports in eight weeks. Copyright remains with the author. Payment is on publication in two contributor's copies. Editor: Dr. Horace Goddard, CP 1.569, Place Bonaventure, Montreal, PQ H5A 1H6.

Proem Canada is a new national publication devoted to the best in young Canadian poetry and short fiction. Work from anvone between the ages of L6 and 26 wrll be conlidered. Fifty dollars will be awarded to all authors published. -submissions,Please send typed, double-spaced including a biief biographyind a SASE. Proem will be published twice each

year, February and September. Box 416, Peterborough, ON K8J 623.

Fuse: Criticisms of Canadian culture.

183

Bathurst St, Lst Flr, Toronto ON M5T 2R7.

INC Press: Canadian-owned publisher looking

for

health-related books

for its

new

Healthbooks series. Submit manuscripts or proposals on a variety of topics. Special interests include innovations in health care delivery, women's health, aging, cost and accessibility of health care, new technologies and ethics. Managing Editor: Janet Walker, NC Press Ltd,260 Richmond St W, Suite 401, Toronto, ON M5V 1W5.

Breed: Human interest, political and educational articles, current news items particularly related to native Canadians. Payment on publication. 2505 11th Ave, Ste

New

210, Regina, SK S4P 0K6.

Juvenile

Ahoy: Biannual. Fiction, poetry, puzzles, cartoons. Also accepts contributions from

The New Federation,

new bimonthlv carrying general articles on the social scienced, and

kids. Box 5l74,Armda1e, NS B3L 4M7.

Buzz: Newsmagazine for kids. Poetry, fiction, artwork. Editor: Joan Irvine, Box 184, Owen Sound, ON.

Cana.dian Children's Annual: Published bv Grolier. Editor: Sheila Dalton, 16 Overlei Blvd, Toronto, ON M4H 1A6.

Kid's Stuff: Poetry, short stories. Also accepts contributions from kids. Editor: Heidi Priesnitz, 195 Markville Road, Unionville, ON I3R 4V8.

f,3J

welcome.

Pavmen commissioned aiticles non-solicited manuscr Editor: Jean Chenier, 703, Ottawa ON Y\2P 2G2.

Tigerlily: Magazine for Women of Colour. Accent on educatiorl, health, sexuality and the Arts. 2 Silver Ave, Toronto, ON M6R 3A2. A new quarterly,

pays small

r's tips and articles. Sample Maureen Valentine. 12218 42nd Ave S, Seattle, WA USA 98168.

Non-fiction

Asianadian:

Quarterly.

English-language

magazine devoted to issues affecting Asian Canadians. Articles on life and struggles of Asian Canadians, their social, political and

*fiHS#trHfi*S Salman: "I tremble for your safety." Rumer Godden

Poetry

Bite: inno Edit V6B

. short, high-impact,

with teeth". Slmpte $t.

Box 3655, Vancouier, BC

syllables long. Editor: lnywhere_.from 3-21gox 1ZOSO, Seittle, WA 9:-qfgg-Stacsanzky,

98107 USA.

Modem Haiku: Send max. 6 haiku. Reports in 2 months. I-ooking for intuition and insisht. Editor: Robert Spiess, Box I75Z Madison,-WI 57301 USA.

Pine Needles: Haiku_Quargerly. 312 Trappers Run Dr, Cury, NC 27513 USA. The Red Pagoda: asked to send 2 Int

utors are

Jackson, Tennessee

"yt"i

Editor: Irwis S

Coupons. Si;

Minus Tides: Editor: H. Wright, Site 50, Box 19- Denman (the little apple)1sland, BC VOR 1T0.

Updates

The latest Cactus Tree press antholosv has been cancelled "due to financial constrai"dt". O_pgry Letter: Triannual Journal of poetics. Critical and theoretical; -post-modern Doetrv. Editor: Frank _puu"y, II4 I-auder' au6, Toronto, ON M6H 3E4.''

The .Iourn?l.. of revelws and lltera

from9AshburnD

Carries ubtshed 6N4.

Alchemist: Published sporadically. Haiku and re_lated poetry, also b'& w graphics. Editor: Marco Fraticelli, Box 723, [a Slile, pe HgR

3n.

t\West Haiku

Quarterly. , Box 11236, Salt Iake City,

Collier MacMillan's CHIME IN program

been cancelled.

has

Distant Horboris has gone into hiatus.

Houghton Mifflin 'no longer

wants

Other Voices: New address: c\o g723 St, Edmonton, AB T5R 2p9.

1,64th

contributions for its grade 1-6 reaiines series. nor.any other unsolicited material until furthei notlce.

loetry Toronto, cu't off from

government tunding, will cease publication shorily.

Uptt, Porcepic: New address: 4253 Commerce -

Edit_or: Elizabeth Searle, 970 lrogpond,Acequia Madre, Sante Fe, WA 87501 USA.

Circle, Viitoria" BCVSZqMZ.---

Quany is booked solid for the next g months.

of One's Owry The Mattawa Chronicle and The Silver Apple Branch have ceased publication.

$1bico.n"- Room

Universitv of Toronto Press has moved from on-campus editorial, production ancl marketing office to the seventh floor of 10 St. Mary St.

its

Women

Words Societv. 210 640 W

Broadway, Vancouver, BC VsS 1G4. South Islands

Courses\Workshops

the Written Arts presents two ebrating Poetry: a workshop

Vancouver

poets, March 25-26,

The following talks at the Justice Institute are tentative and subject to change:

March

2l -

Management Concerns of Technical Writing --- guest speaker is Valda Johnston of Control Data Institute. April L7 Elections and Professional Development (bring your business card). May 15 - Role of the Corporate Writer ---

guest speaker is Jack Whyte, director of Corporate Communications at Johnston

and

Romance, for romance writers, April 28r29,30. Write Festival of the Written Arts, Box 2299, Sechelt, BC, VON 3A0.

PWAC Victoria chapter is offering a half day seminar on "Getting Started in the Freelance Market" for beginning writers, April 8th Rm 100, Fisher Bldg, 5.00 per person. Contact -8342.

Terminals.

Events Horizoru, e Editors Saturday members $45, non-members $60. Register by Call524-8506.

April

Yancouver

I Art SocieW by Canadl

14.

The Writers' Circle has ongoing weekly groups and weekend workshops with Peri Enkin, a Vancouver writer, counsellor, and creative developmant consultant. Call 736-0639 or write Awakening Creative Potentials, Box 46682, Stn G, Vancouver, BC V6R 4K8.

March

24 and,31, respectively. TT#"#ttti

dates.._Open sets

253-9474.

will follow. Call gail whitter

Witerc Out Loud.

Simon Fraser Downtown announces its spring

@shing

program,'witfi offerings ranging from desktop publishing to writing for children. Courses include: The Business of Plalwriting; News Releases That

Work;

Travel Writing; Funny Business: Writing Humour for Fun and Profit; Voice Verses: The Reading, Wri Ethics of Narrative Poetry; in an Overcrowded Market. 291-5017, or write SFU Harbour Centre, 5L5

FICTION: The Postwar Generation, with Marion Quednau. Thursdays,

PM, the CAC

Gallery, $2. Call 683-4358.

Third Thursday Op?n Readings: Cafe Cafe, 2297 E Hastings St, Vancouver, April 20, May 18, June 1.5. Cafe Cafe is a small licensed

W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3.

Bring a manuscript just in case. Meet other (I'll read if you do!)

writers.

2L Free lecture by Susan Crean, Wed March 29, 12:30 PM, Buchanan Bldg, Rm ,4.100 on the writing of Canadian culture.

Small Press Festival for National Booloveek The Normal Art Society presents a small press festival Sunday April 16, 1-10 PM, Robson

Fraser Valley

An evening of story readings April 21, 8 PM, Studio The

College, Chilliwack Schroeder

will also read

reserve cal\792-0025. Okanagan

Chistie Harris, April 19 at Vernon Elementary April 20, Penticton Elementary Schools and Potluck Supper/Reading at lrir

Schools, National Book Festival Reading, Sunday April 16, 8PM, Vancouver Art Gallery: A book launch for "A labour of L.ove", an anthology of poetry on pregnancy and childbirth produced by Polestar Press. Free admission, no-host bar. The Creative Process & Intellectual Freedom, an and readings by June evening of commentary-Pinder, Jane-Rule and Callwo"od, l.eslie Hall Bill Richardson, April 21, 7230 PM, Robson Square Theatre. Tickets are $3.00 and are available at the door or in advance at The Fed, Duthies Bookstores, Granville Books, Octopus Books, UBC Bookstore.

Book Bazaar, April 23, ll-S PM in Studio 2, James Cowan Complex, 6450 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby, hosted by Burnaby Writer's Society. Call298-7322.

17,

Vancouver's Annual Sci-Fi convention, 'ilrill be held at UBC lilf'ay 26-28, with a theme of "Humour and Satire in Science Fiction:" Guests of Honour include

V-Con

Spider Robinson, Robert Scheckley and Bob Shaw. A weekend membership is $18. til

March 31, more thereafter. One

day memberships also available. Write V-Con 17, Box 48478, Bentall Centre, Vancouver, BC

House Cultural Centre,

6 PM, April

2L,

at the South Vernon info

542-4166; for tle,492-0024.

Eic Wkon, April 20, Highland Park

Elementary 10:30 AM, I-enwood Elementary 1:30 PM, contact Karen Wilkinson,546-8723; April 21, Vernon Elernentary Schools, contact Margaret Montgomery, 545-0549.

Local authors and their b6ol<s, April 23, 2-4 PM, Laurel Bldg, Ellis St, Kelowna. Call Beth Greenwoo d, 7 61-4968 to participate.

David Watmough, workshops

and

consultations, Pentictonl July 10-14. Contact Heather Glebe, 492-4002. Sandy Duncan, workshops and consultations, Vernon, September (dates to be scheduled). Contact Virginia Dansereau, 542-4166.

Out of Province Saskatchewan Witer's Retreat offers three

VlZ IM.

& Retreats, Box 3986, Regina, SA S4P 3R9, or call (306)757Writers/Artists Colonies 6310.

V9R 5N2.

Competitions Fraser Valley Competilion invites poets from White Rock to Hope to submit. 100 line limit; no returns. Include cover sheet with name, address, phone, and title & first line of each poem. Don't put writer's name on poem. Entry fee is $2. per poem. Deadline April 3. Winners will be announced April 21 at Fraser Valley College, Chilliwack Campus. First prize $50, second S25. I4tashington Poets Associatio,n is having its 18th Annual Poetry Contest. Deadline April 10. $250. in cash prizes will be awarded for poems no longer than 50 lines. Write WPA Contest, William Stafford Award, 115 NW 771 St,

Seattle, W1-98177, USA.

Theatre BC invites professional & amateur playwrights to submit original, unproduced stage plays in either English or French for fulllength or one act categories, or both. Submissions must be made under a pseudonym. Each of 10 finalists will receive a critique. Cash prizes of $1,500 (full-length), $1,000 (one act) and $750 (special merit) will be awarded, as well as staged readings under professional direction. Deadline April 21. Submission fee $25. Call381-2443.

announces

of Vernon

it national New

Writers Competition. This biennial competition is an opportunity for a new writer to launch her/his work in a professional publication. The contest is open to any Canadian poet who has not published a manuscript in book form. The successful applicant will be published in

April

30.

of Book Publishers of a prize to recognize

September 1990. Deadline

Kalamalka New Writers Society, 7000 College Way, Vernon, BC VlB 2N5.

Association announces

The Tahana-Whitecrow Foundarion announces its second annual Spring/Summer Poetry Competition. Native theme,30 line limit, entry fee $2.75 US per poem or $10 for 4 poems. Name, address in upper left hand corner of each entry. Enclose SASE for winners' list. Deadline May 31. Winners will be announced 6-8 weeks after deadline and will be published in an anthology, Clcle of Reflections. Poetry Contest, TWF, Box 18181, Salem, OR, 97305 USA.

Announcements

Burnaby Witer's Society holds province-wide non-fiction contest. Prizes of $100, $50, and $25. Deadline April 15. For details of entry fees and submission requirements send SASE to Contest Committee, cf o ll4l0 North View Cr, Delta, BC, V4E 2P5.

Kalamalka New Writers Society

public awareness of books published in BC. A prize of $1,000 and a plaque will be awarded annually at the BC Book Prizes May 13. A shortlist will be announced in April. Contact Margaret Reynolds, Ex Dir, 134-1611..

the

contribution made by a media person to the

*This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Steinbeck's Grapes of Wath.To celebrate the event, Viking plans to publish a

special edition of the book with an introduction by Studs Terkel, along with Working Days: The Joumak of the Grapes of Wrath, kept by Steinbeck during the writing of the novel. It is published thiS year for the first tlme.

*Penguin Canadd has announced the planned publication of an environmental handbook, to be written by Penguin assistant editor I-orraine Johnson. The book is a "what you can do to

help" handbook and is scheduled for

publication March, 1990.

*David Watmough has recently signed six agreements with Knights Press of New York for the publication of six books over this year and next. The Sandra Watt Agenry of td representing Watmough, believes this agreement is a first in the USA.

*Four BC authors were recently given financing for their scripts by the Toronto-

based Foundation to Underwrite New Drama. Raymond Spence, beginning Vancouver screenwriter, will receive $7,700 from FUND

for a family coming-of-age comedy

entitled

iMy Brother's Elastic Winkle. Stephen Reid's novel Jackrabbit Parole is being turned into a screenplay by Toronto writer David Young.

Also receiving funding are Parajayo Robert Reece, of Vancouver, for My Secret Son; and Ralph Burdman, of West Vancouver, for Daytona Beach Roomba.

*BC Radi and

ets at or

o-op

for the allocation of the anticipated increase in base funding: 1) to ensure that Canadians across the country have access to the work of their artists; 2) to ensure that Canadian artists are provided with the means to create original work; and 3) to increase support to arts organizations.

call

ffi Lnanar1fian SannarlLYi|n/ra

684-8494.

*The Periodical Writers Association of

Canada announces that their 1988 Fees Survey is out. Copies are available for $15 for PWAC, 24 Ryerson Ave, Toronto, ON M5T 2P3.

A letter from the editor ... Here I am again! It seems the longer I work at the Fed, the more often I hwe to change my hat!

As of this issue, decisions about WordWorl<s are

Writer's Society, 6450 Deer I-ake

Ave,

Burnaby, BC V5G 2J3.

*The lon You: The

Writer For 'Membership