Saskatchewan Writers Guild

01/13/2026

DEADLINE TONIGHT!

Get your applications to be a part of the Virtual Facilitated Retreat (Feb 5-8, 2026) in by 11:59pm tonight!

Open to ALL writers in Canada. This retreat is perfect for all writers—beginner, emerging, or established—who would like to dive deeply into their writing for a few days.

Fee details: $200. This includes a one on one meeting with our VWiR David Ly, feedback on your work from David as well, ample writing time, connection with other writers, and a celebratory reading!

All details can be found here: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/call-for-2026-virtual-facilitated-retreat-applications



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01/10/2026

The Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild is pleased to announce the participants of the 2026 Mentorship Program and BIPOC Mentorship Programs.

These programs nurture emerging Saskatchewan writers by pairing them with established writing mentors for a 4-month program (Jan 1 – April 30).

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01/09/2026

EXTENDED DEADLINE - Applications are now due by Monday, January 12, 2026, midnight for the 2026 Virtual Facilitated Writers Retreat.

All details can be found here: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/call-for-2026-virtual-facilitated-retreat-applications

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Do you need a little time away from the pressures of daily life to focus on your writing while at home? Join us for the Virtual Facilitated Retreat!…

01/08/2026

EXTENDED DEADLINE - Applications are now due by Wednesday, January 14, midnight for the 2026 Winter Writer Retreat.

All details can be found here: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/call-for-applications--winter-2026-writers-retreat

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EXTENDED DEADLINE! Applications are now due by Wednesday January 14, midnight.   The SWG is now accepting applications for the February 2026…

01/07/2026

TWO deadlines upcoming TOMORROW:

Apply for our virtual facilitated retreat here: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/call-for-2026-virtual-facilitated-retreat-application

Apply for a spot at the self directed winter retreat here: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/call-for-applications--winter-2026-writers-retreat

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01/06/2026

Join us on January 15 from 12:00-1:00pm for "Wahkohtowin As Resistance: Reclaiming Voice Through Poetry and Kinship" with Chantal Kyplain.

Chantal Kyplain will explore how ‘Wahkohtowin’, the Cree & Metis teachings of kinship, connection and collective responsibility, has shaped her healing and writing. Chantal is a woman in recovery and a Metis poet. She will share personal stories and excerpts from her work. Wahkohtowin teaches that we don’t walk through life alone, together we will explore how poetry can act as both ceremony and resistance-a reclamation of voice, identity and story in the face of erasure.

To register, visit: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nA_Hs3V6QK6Zsc83qOzcfQ

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01/06/2026

REGINA WRITERS, we are seeking submissions to the 2026 City of Regina Writing Award, funded by the City of Regina!

This competition is an award for literary merit in creative writing for a work-in-progress; it is open to writers in all genres. You are eligible to apply for this award if you are 19 years and older and if you were a Regina resident as of January 1, 2025. Applicants may submit one entry to this competition per year. Previous winning entries (for both winners and runners-up) may not be submitted again. The award is designed to enable one local writer to work on a specific solo writing project for a three-month period. The winner will receive $4,500 and each runner-up will receive a one-week individual retreat at St. Peter’s Abbey. The award competition is juried anonymously by professional writers from outside Saskatchewan.

Apply here: https://skwriter.com/programs-and-services/awards/city-of-regina-writing-award

Deadline: January 21 (midnight).



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01/05/2026

Deadline THIS WEEK!

Open to ALL writers in Canada. This retreat is perfect for all writers—beginner, emerging, or established—who would like to dive deeply into their writing for a few days.

Our Virtual Facilitated Retreat will be via Zoom from February 5-8, 2026.

Apply by January 8 for a spot. There are only 10 spots available, so apply soon!

Fee details: $200. This includes a one on one meeting with our VWiR David Ly, feedback on your work from David as well, ample writing time, connection with other writers, and a celebratory reading!

For more information and application guidelines, visit our website here: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/call-for-2026-virtual-facilitated-retreat-application





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01/05/2026

Join us for another write-in on January 12!

Our usual 7-9:15pm drop in hours via Zoom.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/pJgcpvcDTB6YYIgwbrj_sg

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01/02/2026

Do you enjoy writing and want to develop your storytelling skills?

Global Gathering Place and Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild are hosting Weaving Words, a free, small-group, in-person storytelling program for newcomers who meet on the following dates from 6:00-8:00 pm: January 13, January 15, January 20, January 22, January 27, February 3.

The theme of the program is: If the City Could Speak. Every city has its stories. Some are loud, and some are very quiet. There are stories from the past, stories from today, and stories for tomorrow.

To register contact Kris Pabisiak at [email protected] or call 306-665-0268.

For more information about the program, visit our website: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/weaving-words-a-storytelling-workshop-series-for-newcomers



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12/31/2025

Blow Up Your Darlings!: Incorporating Camp Humour into Your Fiction with Benjamin Johnson.

Camp as a sensibility uses incongruity, theatricality, and humour to ‘blow up’ our idea of ‘good’ literature. Learn how you can use these tenants in your own work to generate ideas, unstick yourself from problem spots, and craft narratives that explode off the page!

January 27 from 6:30-8:30pm via Zoom.

Register for this workshop here: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/blow-up-your-darlings-incorporating-camp-humour-into-your-fiction-with-benjamin-johnson
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12/30/2025

Have you applied to participate in our Virtual Facilitated Retreat in February yet? No? You should! It's going to be AMAZING.

Open to ALL writers in Canada. This retreat is perfect for all writers—beginner, emerging, or established—who would like to dive deeply into their writing for a few days.

Our Virtual Facilitated Retreat will be via Zoom from February 5-8, 2026.

Apply by January 8 for a spot. There are only 10 spots available, so apply soon!

Fee details: $200. This includes a one on one meeting with our VWiR David Ly, feedback on your work from David as well, ample writing time, connection with other writers, and a celebratory reading!

For more information and application guidelines, visit our website here: https://skwriter.com/events-and-workshops/call-for-2026-virtual-facilitated-retreat-application





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