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6 September 2026,     EDMONTON –
Writers’ Guild of Alberta seeks award jury volunteers
 
 The Writers’ Guild of Alberta (WGA), a provincial arts service organization that represents professional and emerging writers in Alberta, is seeking writers to join its awards juries. Deadline is September 18, 2026. In 2027, the WGA will present awards in ten categories, plus its City Book Prizes. Current openings on the juries cover fiction and non-fiction books, poetry, indigenous non-fiction and/or journalism, short stories, short non-fiction, unpublished essays, children’s picture books, plays, memoirs, and its City Book Prizes. More information: : https://writersguild.ca/call-for-jurors-alberta-literary-awards-2027/.
Final decisions regarding winners will be made by March 31, 2027. Names of the jurors will be posted on the WGA website after the awards are handed out in June of 2027. City Book Prize juries will receive their materials in December 2026, with an earlier March deadline. “The WGA is committed to upholding the values of equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in our programs, services, and operations,” the organization added.
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