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Deadline June 28th! Submit your full-length Canadian book of poetry published in 2025 today!
Deadline June 28th! Submit your full-length Canadian book of poetry published in 2025 today!
Tonight!
Tomorrow!
Publishers are busy with grants but please remember there is only one month left until submissions close for the Fred Cogswell Award. Guidelines are fairly simple & details are in link below. Good luck!
Publishers are busy with grants but please remember there is only one month left until submissions close for the Fred Cogswell Award. Guidelines are fairly simple & details are in link below. Good luck!
Starts in one hour!
See you at Poetry in the Park 2026 July 15-August 19!
* Opening Night Wed JULY 15 at 6:30PM
* Centennial Lodge, Queen's Park, New Westminster
* Open Mic sign up starting at 6:15PM
In partnership with Royal City Literary Arts Society, Arts New West and the City of New Westminster.
Royal City Literary Arts Society
Royal City Literary Arts Society
Poetry and Art Salon
Featuring Janet Kvammen, New Westminster Poet Laureate, Poet Lozan Yamolky, and Artist Tristan Wright
Sunday, June 28, 2:00 @ Anvil Centre
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Royal City Literary Arts Society
Royal City Literary Arts Society
COGSWELL AWARD Deadline is JUNE 28. We moved our submission period up this year, and we don’t want you to miss out!
Note this is for books that were published last year in 2025.
Full info here rclas.com/2026-fred-co...
Our sole judge is Kevin Spenst.
Royal City Literary Arts Society
Royal City Literary Arts Society
Royal City Literary Arts Society
Royal City Literary Arts Society
Royal City Literary Arts Society
Submissions for the 13th Annual Fred Cogswell Award For Excellence in Poetry are now OPEN!
More information at rclas.com/2026-fred-co... and below.
Submissions for the 13th Annual Fred Cogswell Award For Excellence in Poetry are now OPEN!
More information at rclas.com/2026-fred-co... and below.
Royal City Literary Arts Society
Janet Kvammen
Royal City Literary Arts Society
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"How to Save Your Darlings", a free writing workshop presented by RCLAS/New Westminster Public Library,
facilitated by Mark Cameron @markofwords.bsky.social
June 13th from 1:30-3:30 pm.
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June 3rd at 6:00pm: join us for a special edition of Tellers of Short Tales with Canadian author Lesley Hebert, author of The Heart of Japan at NWPL!
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Royal City Literary Arts Society
Royal City Literary Arts Society
Celebrate 5 Years of the Indigenous Market
SATURDAY June 6 from 11 AM – 5 PM
at the River Market for a vibrant day celebrating Indigenous art, culture, music, fashion, food, and community. Featuring a reading at 2:30pm by Joseph Dandurand.
Click here to pay now via PayPal by either creating your own account or entering as a guest: or by cheque payable to “Royal City Literary Arts Society”. If you pay with PayPal, please include a cop…
Join us for a special edition of Tellers of Short Tales with Canadian author Lesley Hebert, author of The Heart of Japan. In this original and distinctive travel memoir she shares her experiences as a...
Sometimes we must sacrifice words for the benefit of a story. But what if our darlings—characters, scenes, quotes, plot threads, or turns of phrase that we hold dear—don’t really need to be killed?
