Memoir of Growing Up Black in 1950s: 1st Runner-up
Toronto-based writer Lynette Dathorne’s story “Scenes from My Youth,” an excerpt from her memoir-in-progress, has been named first runner-up in the Nonfiction category of the annual OASIS Journal anthology competition in Tucson, Arizona. “Scenes from My Youth” will be Lynette’s first published story. “The year was 1953,” she says, “and the focus of my submission was [...]
Monday, September 26th, 2011
Christine Barbetta’s memoir in “Facts & Arguments”
Christine Barbetta is enjoying some long dreamed-of success with her writing. Yesterday her poignant short memoir “My Cemetery Misdemeanour” appeared on the Globe and Mail‘s Facts & Arguments page. (The photo above will make sense when you read her story.) This follows on the heels of another of her short memoirs, “An Act of Grace,” being named [...]
Friday, March 25th, 2011
Story in “Jamaican voice” garners U.K. prize
Susan Siddeley’s humorous ”After You, Mr. Mayor” has won first prize in a British contest, the first-annual Malton Literature Festival short story competition. The tale is based on her memory of an incident that occurred years ago while she was living in Jamaica. She is particularly pleased with the win because the story presented a unique challenge: writing in a “Jamaican voice.” Susan [...]
Monday, February 28th, 2011
Young dancer turns experience into story for anthology
Emily Finkelstein’s short story “Adage,” based on her experiences as a dance student, has been accepted for publication in Writings: Volume 2, the 2010 anthology of the Canadian Authors Association (Montreal Branch). It focuses on a young dancer’s struggle to reconcile the opposing values of her family and her ballet master. “Adage” is an excerpt [...]
Saturday, December 11th, 2010
Mary E. McIntyre Sees Poem & Short Memoir Published
Stouffville-based writer Mary E. McIntyre recently added a short memoir as well as a poem to her growing list of publication credits. “Ugly Like a Scar,” a poem on the topic of teens in family conflict, appears in Live Lines (2010, Pearson Canada), a grade 9/10 textbook. It shares the book’s pages with poetry by the likes of Margaret Atwood [...]
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
Memoir Writing: The Muse and the Music
by Ann C. Walker, Guest Blogger I had known since spring of this year that the 100th anniversary of the founding of my high school band was coming up. Information and registration forms were sent months in advance, from Wisconsin, USA, to my home in Santiago, Chile, asking me, as a former band member, to [...]
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
