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Gary Baldwin eWriter in Residence

NOWW eWriter in Residence 2019: Gary Barwin

Calling all writers:

The Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop (NOWW) would like to invite you to participate in a unique project: members of NOWW will be provided with the opportunity to have their work professionally reviewed by Gary Barwin –an experienced writer, musician, and multimedia artist. Submissions can be in any genre, including poetry and excerpts from novels. 

For the next five months, we are offering Gary’s services as an ewriter in residence to 15 NOWW members. This will include the following:

• Proofreading and copyedits
• A commentary letter of at least 500 words that will substantively address components of the material such as: 

• Prose: Discussion of form, content, technique, concept, point of view, narrative voice, character, dialogue, setting, theme, pace and development, showing not telling, suggestions for revision and further development, and any additional topics which seem relevant.
• For poetry: Discussion of form, content, technique, concept, linebreaks, word choice, prosody, and suggestions for revision and further development, and any additional topics which seem relevant. 
• Examples of ways to write more efficiently or more elegantly.
• Suggestions for “next steps” in writing/publishing of the current or future MSS. 

The submitting writer has 15 calendar days after he/she receives their work back to review comments to ask up to 5 clarifying questions on the commentary and to submit a second draft. 

Gary will also be leading two workshops on finding your voice as a writer, called Giving Voice to Voice, one in Thunder Bay on Saturday, Sept. 14 and one in Kenora on Monday, Sept. 16. Further details to follow.

NOWW will be selecting up to 15 writers who are NOWW memberson a first-come, first serve basis. Once selected, participants will be given further details on how to submit. Gary will review one submission from each writer and also communicate via email to ensure that the feedback is clear, as per the following schedule. 

Dates
June 15, 2019 Deadline for submitting manuscripts to Gary

July 15, 2019 Gary will return all critiques

August 1, 2019 Deadline for submitting second draft/5 clarifying questions

August 16, 2019 Gary will return final critiques

Length 

Prose: 2500 to 7500 words. 

Poetry: maximum 20 pages. 

Any work in any other genre: 7500 words. Chapters from novels will be accepted and may be accompanied by a brief outline of the full work if the writer feels it would be helpful/useful for Gary to know the larger context.

.If interested please email NOWW at admin@nowwwriters.caby May 15, 2019. Please include the word “ewriter” in the subject line and the following information in the body of the email:

1.     Name

2.    Address

3.    Phone number

4.    Email address

5.    Type of Genre you would submit