Call for Applications: 2027 QWF Writing Mentorships
The 2027 QWF Mentorship Program is now accepting applications from prospective mentees and mentors. Deadline: October 28, 2026, 5:00 p.m. ET. 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.
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The 2027 Mairuth Sarsfield Mentorship is now accepting applications from aspiring writers who are Black, Indigenous, or people of colour. This year, the mentorship will be in fiction with Dimitri Nasrallah. Deadline: October 28, 2026, 5:00 p.m. ET. 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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For many years now, the QWF has been an important part of my life. It has provided me with a supportive community of like-minded people, many with whom I’ve developed lasting friendships. It has offered me teaching and mentoring opportunities. It has honoured and celebrated my writing
Carolyn Marie Souaid, from "I Can't Even Imagine Not Being Here" in QWF Writes, Feb. 3, 2014…. More importantly, it has created an awareness of the existence and importance of English-language writing in Quebec.
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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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