For more information,
contact the QWF office:
1200 Atwater, Suite 3
Montréal, QC
H3Z 1X4
Téléphone: (514) 933-0878
info@qwf.org
Writers' Programs
Writers in Schools
The Culture in the Schools program gives students and teachers the opportunity to meet a professional writer in the classroom to exchange ideas about writing, language and literature, or various aspects of the writing profession. They may also participate in writing workshops.
The program is intended for students of Quebec public and private educational institutions in the French-language and English-language sectors, at the pre-school, primary and secondary levels. For a complete repertoire of writers eligible to participate in the program, see the program web site.
The next call for applications for the Writers in Schools program is scheduled for 2010. For more information, contact the QWF office.
Writers in CEGEPs
The Quebec Writers' Federation is responsible for revising the list of writers eligible to participate in the Quebec Writers-in-Cegeps program. Modeled after the successful Writers-in-Schools program and financed by the Quebec Ministry of Culture and Communications, this program sends writers on day-long visits to Cegeps throughout the province. English-language Cegeps are the primary audience, but French-language Cegeps are also encouraged to invite English-language writers. (Each Cegep can invite two writers per school year.)
Writers receive an honorarium of $500 per day for a day of readings and lectures, or a day of writing workshops, and $400 per day for a day of meetings and discussions. Of this, the Cegep pays $100, while the rest comes from the Ministry of Culture and Communications.
For more information, please click on the appropriate link below:
- General information about the program
- Rules for Reimbursement for Travel and Lodging Costs
- CEGEP Application Form [PDF]
- List of Eligible Authors for 2007–2008
Writers in the Community
Writers in the Community is a new program that the QWF has undertaken in partnership with a number of community groups to bring the literary arts to those who are left out of the artistic mainstream. Recent QWF partners have included The Centre for Literacy, Leave Out ViolencE, Tyndale St-Georges Community Centre, the Jewish General Hospital, VOYCE (Voices Of Youth in Care) and Batshaw Youth and Family Services.
Mentorship Program
For the sixth year in a row, QWF is proud to offer the only English-language writing mentorship program in the province of Quebec. This four-month program pairs experienced, professional writers with emerging writers who are deemed ready by an independent jury to benefit concretely from one-on-one, intensive mentoring. The call for applications to the 2009 mentorship program will be posted on this website in the fall of 2008.
The QWF is pleased to announce the 2007-2008 Mentorship Program pairs:
Fiction
- Ian McGillis and Saleema Nawaz
- Maya Merrick and Katharine O’Flynn
- David McGimpsey and Joe Villaverde
Non-fiction
- Linda Kay and Shelagh Plunkett
- Elaine Kalman Naves and Niki Paquin
Poetry
- Robyn Sarah and Michael A. Lithgow
Playwrighting
- Alexandra Haber and Julia Ainsworth
