Call for QWF Workshop Proposals for 2027
QWF is seeking workshop proposals for our 2027 series. Deadline: Friday, July 10, 2026. Continue reading
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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: The 2026 QWF Awards
Submissions are now closed to the six book prizes and the play writing prize. Submissions to the Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize are due July 8, 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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Daniel’s support, and particularly his belief in the quality of my work, has been an incredible boon to my writing, leading me to double—nay, triple!—my efforts toward completion. As the mentorship program draws to a close, the memoir is about 70% complete and I have finalized a book proposal that will allow me to start pitching the book to agents and publishers over the coming months.
Emira Tufo, 2024 Mentorship Program
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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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