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TumbleWord – Writing Contest Call for Submission!

WordFest is seeking submissions for TumbleWord, a writing contest created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Calgary Stampede. The contest encourages Calgarians to create a brief story based on one of five archival photos from the history of the Calgary Stampede.The concept is simple: write a story that can fit on a postcard (no more than 250 words) and is based on one of the contest images; entries can be fiction or non-fiction, prose or poetry. Full contest details.

Anne Green Award

The Anne Green Award is a $3,000 award given to an artist whose project explores and challenges the traditional form of story and narrative and culminates in a presentation of the work at the 17^th annual WordFest held in Calgary and Banff from October 9–14, 2012. The recipient will also be invited to Calgary as a festival artist, receiving airfare and two nights accommodation.

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Personnel Changes at WordFest

WordFest welcomes two new full-time staff members this month. The Festival has hired Sandra Paire as the Book Rapport/Festival des mots Manager, a bilingual position that oversees the French-language and educational programs of WordFest. Sandra Paire is the previous Associate Dean for SAIT Polytechnic School of Business and is excited to bring her international experience in educational programs to WordFest. Her predecessor, Jodi Green, stepped down after eight years with WordFest to spend more time with her husband and explore new projects in the arts sector. Green is credited with building the First Calgary Financial Book Rapport program into a national model for youth educational literary programming.

Terry Cho will be joining WordFest as Resource Development Associate and handling all private and public fund development for the Festival. A native Calgarian, Cho is a recent graduate from Concordia University and looks forward to returning home for the position. She is taking over from Emily Picano who left WordFest earlier this year after three years. Picano looks forward to studying law at the University of Calgary this September and has been working with her partner’s catering company Our Daily Brett.

Paire and Cho join other full-time staff Jo Steffens, Director; Mary Kapusta, Marketing Manager; Anne Logan, Programming Manager; and Janet Halls, Book Rapport/Festival des mots Associate.

Volunteer Reader Program

WordFest is now seeking volunteers to read books from our 2012 submission library. Volunteer Readers often get to see new books months before they are released and their reviews help Festival staff to manage the large volume of publisher submissions. The library includes Fiction, Poetry and Non-fiction.
Becoming a Volunteer Reader is easy!

1. drop by our new offices at Eau Claire Market, on the main floor by the East entrance
2. pick out a book that interests you
3. read the book and write a short review
4. within two weeks, return the book and your review to our offices

For more information, please contact Artistic Associate Anne Logan at alogan@wordfest.com or 403.237.9068.

WordFest has Moved

The WordFest office has moved into Eau Claire Market. The Festival’s mailing address is unchanged.

New Office Address:

Eau Claire Market, Unit B03, 200 Barclay Parade SW , Calgary, AB, T2P 4R5

Mailing address (same as before):

PO Box 20024 RPO Bow Valley, Calgary, AB T2P 4H3