English Language Arts 7/8/9
Essential Questions:
To what extent does PLANNING make us more successful as individuals, or as a community?
How are works of nonfiction written in order for a reader to connect to another’s
personal experience?
How can we work together to plan, organize, create, and publish a magazine?
What are the themes, categories, subjects of our magazines?
What value do you find when writing on Remembrance Day?
Why am I writing? For whom?
To what extent does PLANNING make us more successful as individuals, or as a community?
How are works of nonfiction written in order for a reader to connect to another’s
personal experience?
How can we work together to plan, organize, create, and publish a magazine?
What are the themes, categories, subjects of our magazines?
What value do you find when writing on Remembrance Day?
Why am I writing? For whom?
Visual Writing Prompts
Research
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WRITING CHALLENGES / PROMPS:
National/International:
Remembrance Day Contests Rules and Applications. Entry deadline : November 5 2014
Young Writers of Canada. Entry deadlines: Start Oct. 31 and continue throughout the year
Bellevue Literary Review Literary Prize. Entry deadline: July of each year
CBC Literary Awards. Entry deadline: November 1
Commonwealth Short Story Competition. Deadline generally in March of each year
Essex Poetry Festival Open Poetry Competition. Entry deadline: July of each year
The Fiddlehead. Atlantic Canada's International Literary Magazine, holds two annual contests in short fiction and poetry. Deadline: December 1 of each year
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, Dalton Camp Award. Deadline is generally in March of each year
ILP International Literature Award. Entry deadline January of each year. 1st prize is free airfare, tuition, accommodation, and publication.
McKitterick Prize for a first novel. Annual deadline: October of each year
Perfectly Formed Short Story Competition. Entry Deadline: July of each year
PRISM International's Annual Short Fiction Contest. Entry deadline: January of each year. 1st prize $2000.
Room Magazine's Annual Fiction, Poetry and Creative Non-Fiction Contest Entry deadline: June of each year
Tom-Gallon Trust Award and Olive Cook Trust Prize. Annual deadline: October of each year
The Writers' Union holds three annual contests.
The Camargo Foundation sponsors creative projects by writers and other artistic disciplines with specific projects to complete.
This Magazine Great Literary Hunt. Entry deadline: July of each year. Three types of entries accepted, Short Fiction, Graphic Narrative and Poetry.
The Malahat Review Creative Non-Fiction Prize. Entry deadline: August of each year
"To the Lighthouse" Poetry Publication Prize sponsored by Room of Her Own Foundation. Entry deadline: August of each year
Canadian Writing Resources for Students - Check it out!
Canadian Authors - I am pretty neat too! I am the Alberta Branch!
Remembrance Day Contests Rules and Applications. Entry deadline : November 5 2014
Young Writers of Canada. Entry deadlines: Start Oct. 31 and continue throughout the year
Bellevue Literary Review Literary Prize. Entry deadline: July of each year
CBC Literary Awards. Entry deadline: November 1
Commonwealth Short Story Competition. Deadline generally in March of each year
Essex Poetry Festival Open Poetry Competition. Entry deadline: July of each year
The Fiddlehead. Atlantic Canada's International Literary Magazine, holds two annual contests in short fiction and poetry. Deadline: December 1 of each year
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, Dalton Camp Award. Deadline is generally in March of each year
ILP International Literature Award. Entry deadline January of each year. 1st prize is free airfare, tuition, accommodation, and publication.
McKitterick Prize for a first novel. Annual deadline: October of each year
Perfectly Formed Short Story Competition. Entry Deadline: July of each year
PRISM International's Annual Short Fiction Contest. Entry deadline: January of each year. 1st prize $2000.
Room Magazine's Annual Fiction, Poetry and Creative Non-Fiction Contest Entry deadline: June of each year
Tom-Gallon Trust Award and Olive Cook Trust Prize. Annual deadline: October of each year
The Writers' Union holds three annual contests.
The Camargo Foundation sponsors creative projects by writers and other artistic disciplines with specific projects to complete.
This Magazine Great Literary Hunt. Entry deadline: July of each year. Three types of entries accepted, Short Fiction, Graphic Narrative and Poetry.
The Malahat Review Creative Non-Fiction Prize. Entry deadline: August of each year
"To the Lighthouse" Poetry Publication Prize sponsored by Room of Her Own Foundation. Entry deadline: August of each year
Canadian Writing Resources for Students - Check it out!
Canadian Authors - I am pretty neat too! I am the Alberta Branch!
