Call for Submissions: The 2026 QWF Awards
The 2026 QWF Literary Awards in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, first book, translation, playwriting, spoken word, and children's and young adult literature are now open to submissions. Continue reading
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A vibrant and inclusive community organization that develops, supports, and promotes those writing in English in Quebec.
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QWF: Writing in the Margins
Get an inside look at the vibrant world of QWF through the voices of Executive Director Lori Schubert and three engaging members.
Watch the videoCall for Submissions: 2026 College Writers Award
Open to students enrolled at Champlain Regional, Dawson, Heritage, John Abbott, Marianopolis, and Vanier Colleges. The winner will receive $1,000 at the 2025 QWF Awards Gala. Deadline: June 1. Continue reading
Five Questions for: Lea Beddia
Lea Beddia is a writer for young adults, a high school English teacher, a storyteller, a mom of three, and QWF’s latest featured member.
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It was such a pleasure to work under the mentorship of Greg Santos as the Fresh Pages guest editor at carte blanche this autumn. It was such a rich experience that taught me a lot about the curatorial process—something that I was completely new to. I am so grateful to have been offered this mentorship with the help of Quebec Writers Federation. I am so happy that learning opportunities like this exist for BIPOC writers and creatives to explore the literary publication process.
Mahta Riaza, 2022 Fresh Pages Guest Editor
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Writers in the Community
QWF’s Writers in the Community program pairs small groups of young people with a professional writer or literary performance artist who can teach them and, more important, motivate them, to use language to express themselves in productive ways.
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The QWF Literary Database of Quebec English-language Authors is an ever-expanding online directory of over 2000 books by over 1100 Quebec writers publishing books in English.
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QWF’s online literary journal founded in 2004 by members of a Quebec Writers’ Federation workshop.
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