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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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
Get an inside look at the vibrant world of QWF through the voices of Executive Director Lori Schubert and three engaging members.
Watch the videoGoal: To raise $27,000 for the Writers in the Community Program. The deadline to give is May 15. Continue reading
Fred Anderson is a writer, an activist, a finalist for the 2025 QWF Literary Awards, and QWF’s latest featured member. Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Fred Anderson joined the Civil Rights Movement as a teenager and became field secretary … More info Read more
learn MoreThe combined impacts of the activities, outreach and educational work by QWF have, for me, resulted in the publication of three books and many short stories, poems and essays in literary magazines across Canada. I have received Canada Council funding and my writing has garnered critical acclaim. Thanks to the promotional work done by QWF to publicize my appearances on social media and elsewhere, my readings and book launches are well attended, with a positive effect on my book sales.
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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.
Learn moreThe 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.
Learn moreQWF’s online literary journal founded in 2004 by members of a Quebec Writers’ Federation workshop.
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