Spring is in the air and as it arrives, we’re excited to announce a few changes to the Warland Award, previously known as the VMI Betsy Warland Between Genres Award.
The Warland Award now has a new home and website of its own: WarlandAward.ca
Named after innovative author and VMI founder, Betsy Warland, this yearly prize recognizes hybrid genre books published in Canada.
Register now for the Prepping Your Pitch workshop!
We have a spot for you in this one of a kind workshop led by VMI mentor Mark Winston. Mark has developed a structure for helping you craft your book proposal with feedback from a mentor, peer to peer mentoring, and expert advice from Cooke McDermid literary agent Rachel Letofsky and Book*Hug Press publisher Jay MillAr.
Hello friends and writers,
We’re wishing you an inspiring and productive autumn!
VMI has been busy this fall, transforming and planning. As many of you know, Rachel Rose, who co-directed VMI with Elee Kraljii Gardiner through Covid and helped bring us online to an international writing community, is no longer with the program in that role.
Hello writers,
This is a reminder to register for Creating A Social Media Foundation for a Career as a Writer taking place this Saturday Oct 12, 12pm-1:30pm PST. Built with the VMI community in mind, this 90 minute workshop will help you figure out the best ways to represent yourself and your work online.
With the new season comes new notebooks, projects, and plans. We’re happy to share an update with you.
Workshops
We’ve heard you ask for extra instruction and support on several topics around the production of a manuscript.
Vancouver Manuscript Intensive’s 3rd Annual Social
Come chat with VMI writers, say hi, reconnect, learn about our programs, and purchase tasty Jamaican food and drinks at the wonderful Rise Up café market in East Vancouver.
We warmly invite you to hear the writers in the 2024 Six-Month Intensive present their works-in-progress.
Saturday, July 20, 2024
2pm PST/5pm EST
Zoom: RSVP to info AT vancouvermanuscriptintensive.com to attend
Readings by Heidi Castle, Anna Cavouras, Jess Dunkin, Natalie Tin Yin Gan, Gillian Harper, Adrienne King, Pam North, Erin Soros, and Yosef Wosk VMI Fellow Petra Chambers.
Happy Spring!
We’re revving up for the first submission period April 8-April 12, 2024 for the VMI Betsy Warland Between Genres Award!
The award is for a book published in Canada that is a hybrid genre, or straddles two or more genres.
The VMI Betsy Warland Between Genres Award was announced at the Blending Genres Event at the Vancouver Writers Fest a few days ago. VMI director Elee Kraljii Gardiner hosted a panel with Helen Cova (Autosarcophagy), Jason Guriel (The Full Moon Whaling Chronicles) and Denison Avenue author Christina Wong and illustrator Daniel Innes.
Congratulations to our longtime mentor Aren X. Tulchinsky!
Vancouver Public Library is pleased to announce its 2023 writer in residence is Vancouver author Aren X. Tulchinsky, the writer formerly known as Karen X.
Join VMI for our Second Annual Beach Social!
Saturday, August 12, 2023
4pm-6pm
Jericho Beach Vancouver
In front of the concession stand out on the beach
https://goo.gl/maps/U67n9kbYNRMzieQd8
Bring a blanket, towel and swimsuit (if you want to swim) and any snacks or drinks for yourself, to this low-key hangout with friends, mentors, and alumni of Vancouver Manuscript Intensive.
We invite you to our End of Year Celebration Reading on Zoom!
Our Six-Month Intensive authors have been working on their manuscripts and we look forward to hearing them read on Sat June 24 at 11am PDT.
