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News & Events
New Subscriber Incentives!
Purchase two 2-yr subscriptions (e.g. for you and a friend) and we will include two free back issues (i.e. $70 of subscriptions gets $10 of free back issues).
Purchase two 1-yr subscriptions (e.g. for you and a friend) and we will include one free back issue (i.e. $40 of subscriptions gets $5 of free back issues).
As you may or may not know, the recent cuts to arts funding have affected Other Voices’ pocketbook. Due to this pinch, we need to start fundraising and increasing readership.
To this end, we are starting a subscriptions drive. Right now, we want to focus on getting you to subscribe instead of just buying single issues. The more subscriptions we get, the more funding we are eligible to receive from the Canada Council for the Arts. A greater subscription base will create more stability in the magazine, ensuring that we have a future.
So here is what we need from you. Subscribe! Encourage other people to subscribe! Beg, chide, guilt, encourage, entice and tempt the people around you, especially family and friends. If you can each get 5 subscribers, you will make a huge difference for Other Voices.
Be creative. Be outgoing. Take the initiative to ensure Other Voices will be around for your daughters to read!
Visit the subscriptions page to subscribe online.
Aspen Gainer · August 16, 2010
Summer Writing Camps!
It’s been shaky, but I think it’s safe to say that summer is here!
With summer comes lots of free time for the kids, so Other Voices (hosted by MacEwan University) is running a set of Summer Youth Writing Camps for ages 10-18.
Live the life of a writer for a week! Learn what day-to-day life is like for an author, how they get past writer’s block, how they get new ideas, how they get them on the page and, most importantly, how they get their work published.
By the end of the week not only will you have tons of seedlings sprouting in your imagination, you’ll have some completed work that you’ll send off to publications across the country and you’ll even produce your own literary magazine!
Space is limited so register early.
Looking for something a little more intense? Where you sleep, eat and drink creativity amongst like-minded peers? Check out the Young Alberta Book Society’s WordsWorth Summer Camp held in Bragg Creek, AB.
Erinne Sevigny · June 16, 2010
Other Voices Spring Launch (Take 2)
June 13, 2010
4:00 p.m.
Hawrelak Park, Site #2
We’ve rescheduled our 2010 launch for Sunday June 13th, and the hardy OV staff will be at the covered launch site come rain or come shine (although we have sent an order to the weather gods for a beautiful day).
We will have readings from our latest issues (22.1 and 22.2), a door prize as well as a selection of hors d’oeuvres and non-alcoholic beverages.
Bring your family and friends, your sunscreen and your umbrella and join Other Voices Publishing Society for Other Voices 2010 Launch (Take 2)!
What a perfect way to end Women’s Words, the U of A’s 17th Annual Summer Writing Week. And what a great way to spend a summer Sunday afternoon!
Women’s Words: Summer Writing Week
June 4 to 13, 2010
15 workshops to choose from. Attend either the weekend(s) or the entire week to explore poetry, life-writing, fiction, creative non-fiction. Even work with visual art and text. Facilitated by award-winning authors such as Hiromi Goto, Lynn Coady, Conni Massing, Louise Bernice Halfe and more. View the workshops, instructor bios and a listing of evening events, including the Other Voices Launch at: www.womenswords.ca
Erinne Sevigny · May 21, 2010
Launch Postponed
Due to the recent weather conditions we’ve decided to postpone the launch (originally May 09) until June. While we cannot guarantee it won’t snow then, but at least there is less of a chance!
The new date for the launch will be annonced next week.
Erinne Sevigny · May 7, 2010
Mother's Day Launch
Looking for something to do on Mother’s day with your mom? Come check out the Other Voices Volumes 22.1 and 22.2 Launch!
Hawrelak Park Site #2 (Site Map)
2:00 p.m.
We’re heading outdoors to Hawrelak Park for a day of sun and mums — we’ll have a free flower for every mom who stops by!
Take a Mother’s Day stroll in the park and enjoy as local writers read pieces from our latest issues. Our featured artists will also be there with samples of their work on display.
Come to support your local literary scene, stay for the snacks and a special door prize draw! We hope to see you there.
Erinne Sevigny · April 29, 2010
Contest Deadline Extended!
We’re excited to announce that you can now submit to our contests online, our most recent being the fiction contest that has an extended deadline of April 25, 2010 at 11:59 pm MT.
Spring is here, let the renewing energies of the season inspire you (and maybe win you $250 too).
Erinne Sevigny · March 21, 2010
OV Welcomes a New Member!
Other Voices would like to welcome their new team member, Aspen Gainer, who will be taking on the position as Managing Editor over the next few months. Aspen is a student of the Professional Writing Program at MacEwan University. She is an avid reader and writer, and is excited to bring a variety of skills to the Other Voices team.
Our former Managing Editor, Erinne, will stepping down to concentrate on more tasks within the society, such as manuscript evaluations and workshops in Edmonton and around Alberta. Stay tuned for more details.
Thanks!
Evelyn Pham · February 15, 2010
Women's Words 2nd Annual Postcard Story Contest
WW Annual Postcard Story Contest is now running. The winner receives a free WW course and will be published in the Fall 2010 issue of Other Voices! Deadline to enter is March 22, 2010.
Women’s Words Summer Writing Week is June 4th – June 13th.
Erinne Sevigny · January 17, 2010
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Other Voices: Journal of the Literary and Visual Arts is published by the Other Voices Publishing Society, an independent not-for-profit organization committed to the publication of quality literary and visual art. Read more.
Monthly Contest
In addition to our semi-annual writing contest, we hold a monthly contest aptly named “The Monthlies”. Prizes include OV swag and publication on our website. Check out The Monthlies here.
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