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COTR sponsors Kootenay Literary Competition
College of the Rockies is pleased to be one of the sponsors of the 2012 Kootenay Literary Competition, presented by the Nelson Writers’ Society and the Kootenay Literacy Competition Committee. This popular annual writing event is open to all writers in the Kootenay region with categories for both adults and youth.
Competition co-organizer Kristene Perron says, “This year’s theme for the adult competition is ‘revolution.’ Writers should explore this theme in one of three categories: Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction or Poetry. Submissions should be no longer than 3,000 words or 40 lines for poetry. The entry fee is $25 for each submission.”
The youth competition is broken into two categories. Grades 7 to 9 must use the words ‘riddle,’ ‘domino’ and any form of the verb ‘to skulk’ somewhere in their work. Those in grades 10 to 12 must utilize the phrase ‘there was only one thing to do’ within their submission. The entry fee for youth is $10 per submission.
Submission deadline is 5 p.m. (PST) on November 10. Winners in each category will be announced at the Kootenay Literacy Competition Awards Ceremony and Celebration on January 18.
Prep workshops offered
College of the Rockies will be hosting workshops in Cranbrook and Fernie to help writers prepare their competition submissions. Included will be exercises and discussions about self-editing and peer-editing. The workshops will be held on Thursday, September 27 from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. and will be led by two College of the Rockies English instructors, Bob Wakulich and Angie Abdou. The cost for the workshops is $20 for adults and free for youth 18 and under.
Bob Wakulich has published fiction, non-fiction and poetry over the past 30 years in publications as diverse as Reader’s Digest and The Canadian Journal of Contemporary Literary Stuff. He also writes a column for the Cranbrook Daily Townsman. Bob’s workshop will be at the College of the Rockies Cranbrook Campus in room S114.
Angie Abdou has published three books. Anything Boys Can Do was praised by the Victoria Times Colonist for its original take on female sexuality. The Bone Cage, a novel about Olympic athletes, was the inaugural One Book, One Kootenay as well as a 2011 Canada Reads finalist and 2012 MacEwen Book of the Year. Her newest novel, The Canterbury Trail, was a finalist for the Banff Mountain Book of the Year and winner of an independent publisher’s award (an Ippy). Angie’s workshop will take place at the Fernie Campus .
For information on the competition or the workshops visit the Kootenay Literary Competition website: kootenaylitcomp.com or email: [email protected]
Above photo: Authors and COTR English instructors Angie Abdou and Bob Wakulich will be hosting Introduction to Creative Writing workshops as part of the Kootenay Literacy Competition.
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