May  August 13-15, 2021 will be our festival's 10th anniversary. 10 years as a meeting place for readers, writers, and other professionals in the literary world. When Words Collide organizers are already at work planning chapter 10 of our festival, and hope to include a few special events to mark the occasion.
If you have suggestions or would like to be a part of making great things happen, please contact us at:
info@whenwordscollide.org WWC Online 2021 Festival Passes Are Now Available! While our 2021 online festival is FREE to attend, you do need to register. Registration is simple and easy. Visit our registration page to get started: www.whenwordscollide.org/Registration/ If you purchased a pass for our 2021 in-person festival, it has been converted to a 2022 pass, so you are already registered for our 2022 in-person festival. (This includes purchased banquet tickets.)
2021 Festival Guests!
Check out our fantastic lineup of 10th Anniversary festival guests who will be joining us online: Cathy Ace - past president of Crime Writers of Canada and award-winning author of mystery fiction. Vicki Delany - bestselling crime writer and winner of the 2019 Derrick Murdoch Award. Steena Holmes - bestselling author in multiple genres with over 2 million copies sold. Fonda Lee - award-winning speculative fiction author and black belt martial artist. Dave Reynolds - Local Authors Manager for Indigo/Chapters/Coles for Western Canada. Morgan Rhodes - bestselling and award-winning YA fantasy author AKA Michelle Rowen - bestselling romance and paranormal author, and past president of Toronto Romance Writers.
2021 Program The festival program (subject to change as presenters confirm) will be posted on our web site later this week. Be prepared to be awestruck. Our 2021 festival guests are joined by many returning past guests as well as dozens of attending experts to provide a wide range of exciting presentations and discussions. Best of all, you can view and participate from the comfort of you own home. All you need is a computer or even a smart phone. Client virtual presence software is free and easy to use. www.whenwordscollide.org/Events/Festival_Program.php Master Classes We still have space in our 10 Master Classes for 2021 which range from novel writing to getting published to marketing to the inside scoop to working with Indigo. Check out which are the best fit for you. www.whenwordscollide.org/Events/Masterclasses.php In Places Between Short Story Contest -- Update! Stop the presses! The Robyn Herrington Memorial Short Story contest has been changed for this year. There is still no entry fee, but In Places Between will be a contest for young writers. The 2021 contest is open to kids under the age of 18 who reside in Alberta or the Northwest Territories. Deadline for submissions has been extended to midnight on May 31, 2021. Full details at: https://ipbcontest.weebly.com/ Shared Author Table is Now Open! Authors attending the festival who have books for sale not available elsewhere in the Merchants' Corner are welcome to join the IFWA-sponsored online cooperative booksellers' table. Sign-up is now available on our festival registration page. www.whenwordscollide.org/Registration/ The Hidden Art Show will be back and online. If you are an attending artist at the festival. find out how to apply to show your work here: www.whenwordscollide.org/Events/Hidden_Art_Show.php In-person WWC festivals include a number of events open to the public. As we are online this year as a free Eventbrite festival, all regular festival events are open to the public. We invite those who have never attended When Words Collide in the past to take advantage of our free 2021 registration and check us out.
Podcasts & Webcasts Recent additions include: Does It Have to Be Murder? Does the crime have to be murder to make a good mystery? What other crimes can fuel a great story? Panelists Axel Howerton, P.J. Vernon, Alice Bienia, M.H. Callway discuss what types of crimes engage a reader for an entire novel; whether the crime has to be violent; and consider whether there are crimes that are too grisly to captivate an audience. (2019 in-person festival) Edgy Realistic Fiction for Teens with Diane Terrana, Jenna Greene, Rhonda Parrish, and Steve Swanson. An open discussion on realistic themes in young adult fiction. What's out there, who's reading it, and how is it being received? (2019 in-person festival) Pitch That Story Idea! with Suzy Vadori. Your story explodes in your brain. You think about it 24/7, and know your characters intimately. So why do freeze when someone asks what your story's about? (or worse, ramble on and on until you've even bored yourself with the details...). Bring your story idea or project to this workshop and you'll work on and practice saying a succinct pitch that will wow publishers and potential readers. (2020 online festival) Note Webcasts from from our 2020 online festival are only available on our YouTube Channel. Podcasts are available on either channel. Your Feedback We would love to hear your feedback for our 2020 online festival. If you wish to comment on something you particularly liked or disliked, or have suggestions for future festival guests or content, please let us know: News & Notes Archive This and past newsletters can be found at: | |
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