What Is GET LIT?
Think of it as a mini-conference. A jam-packed Saturday of workshops, blue pencils, networking and community building.
Each month will focus on a different genre or a different element of craft or the literary world. Hear from industry professionals: writers, agents, publishers. Have your work reviewed, meet other writers all working in your same genre.
What are you waiting for?
Each month will focus on a different genre or a different element of craft or the literary world. Hear from industry professionals: writers, agents, publishers. Have your work reviewed, meet other writers all working in your same genre.
What are you waiting for?
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The Fright Stuff
exploring fears, nightmares and the darkest corners of the mind Get ready to tap into one of the most primal and powerful emotions: fear. This October, Get Lit Writers’ Series explores the art of writing in the dark stuff—that is, horror, dark fantasy, gothic fiction, and everything in between. Learn to elevate your tales that go bump in the night; adapt elements of folklore and myths into horror; and craft a story that will haunt your readers long after they’ve finished it. October 28, 2023 | 9-5pm cSpace Marda Loop | RGO Treehouse 4th floor, 1721, 29th Ave SW, Calgary AWCS Members: $150 | Non-Members: $200 Keynote & Presenters Premee Mohamed | Stacey Kondla | Chris Marrs | Cyla Panin | Erin Emily Ann Vance Note: Participation in Get Lit is entirely IN PERSON. Full schedule with times will be available to participants.
Blue Pencil Sessions with Your Favourite Presenter Submit up to 1500 words of a short story to your favourite presenter and get some valuable feedback on what's working, what needs help, where to submit and more. If you don't have anything to submit but would like some one-on-one time to talk about process or the trials and tribulations of the writing life, book a spot today. Book your blue pencil at time of registration. Submissions need to be in by Ocotber 20, 2023 MORNING KEYNOTE
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Keynote & Presenters
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Premee Mohamed is a Nebula, World Fantasy, and Aurora award-winning Indo-Caribbean scientist and speculative fiction author based in Edmonton, Alberta. She has also been a finalist for the Hugo, Ignyte, British Fantasy, and Crawford awards. She is an Assistant Editor at the short fiction audio venue Escape Pod and the author of the 'Beneath the Rising' series of novels as well as several novellas. Her short fiction has appeared in many venues and she can be found on Twitter at @premeesaurus and on her website at www.premeemohamed.com. She is represented by Michael Curry of DMLA.
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A life-long bibliophile, Stacey Kondla's experience includes working as a Field Representative for Scholastic Book Fairs, managing at Chapters/Indigo stores, freelance editing, and serving on the organizing committee of When Words Collide (A Festival for Readers and Writers). She joined The Rights Factory in 2018 and represents fiction and nonfiction authors across age categories and across genres. Stacey is drawn to strong narrative voices, innovative storytelling, feeling all the feels, laughing all the laughs, and also the dark and the weird. Stacey is a literary agent with The Rights Factory.
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Chris Marrs lives in Calgary, Alberta where it's a lot drier and colder than the West Coast she's used to. She's had short stories published in various anthologies, most notably the Bram Stoker award winning The Library of the Dead (edited by Michael Bailey 2015) and the Bram Stoker award nominated A Darke Fantastique (edited by Jason Brock 2014). Recent publications include: The Frostlings in Prairie Gothic: An Anthology (edited by Stacey Kondla 2020), Pieces of Prue in Terrace V: Penitent's Gold Anthology (edited by Sarah Pratt and Rob Bose 2022) and To You I Offer Myself in the forthcoming anthology Solstice in Purgatory (edited by Sarah Pratt, Rob Bose, and Rebekah Raymond 2023). She's an active member of the Horror Writers Association. You can find her lurking on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/chris.marrs.14, on Twitter as @Chris_Marrs, or Instagram as hauntedmarrs.
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Cyla Panin is a YA Author who prefers to look at the world through a dusting of magic.
After spending most of her childhood wanting to escape into the wonderful worlds her favourite authors created, she’s now using her own words to craft magical places. When not writing, Cyla can be found playing dinosaurs with her two young boys, watching swashbuckling and/or period TV shows with her husband, and, of course, reading. Her YA debut, STALKING SHADOWS released with Amulet, Abrams Fall 2021. Her second YA fantasy, BEGUILED, releases August 23, 2022. She is represented by Eva Scalzo at Speilburg Literary Agency. |
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Growing up, Erin Emily Ann Vance wanted to be a ghost hunter/criminal profiler, but instead she became a writer who works in a museum and occasionally holds seances. Her writing has been described as "spellbinding, incantatory, and downright creepy," (The Blasted Tree Publishing Collective), "a door to a realm beyond our own, where reality unspools and freedom is found," (Cathering Garbinsky) and "beautiful and disturbing in equal measure." (Mike Thorn) Her debut collection of poetry, A History of Touch, was published by Guernica Editions in 2022 and her first novel, Advice for Taxidermists and Amateur Beekeepers (Stonehouse) was published in 2019.
Erin was a recipient of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Young Artist Prize in 2018, nominated by Aritha van Herk. In 2017, she was a finalist for a AMPA showcase award in fiction for her short story All The Pretty Bones. In 2019, she completed her MA in English, writing horror under the supervision of Suzette Mayr (The Sleeping Car Porter). In 2021, she completed an MA in Irish Folklore and Ethnology from University College Dublin. She is currently Culture & Heritage Programmer for the Town of Okotoks, and an occasional instructor for AWCS. She is the co-host of the occasional history, folklore, and true crime podcast, Femmes Macabres, and when the urge strikes, blogs about strange history @folkcurioarchive. As an amateur genealogist, Erin spends most of her free time cuddling with her dog, Circe, and attempting to uncover dark family secrets. |
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