Student Resources

Articles about Writing

• Your Brain on Fiction

• 4 Story Tips with Thomas King

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• Nineteen Questions: Interviews with Canadian Writers
  

• Space and Punctuate Dialogue Correctly

• Poetry Has the Power to Agitate

• Reading Fiction Improves Brain Connectivity and Function
  

• 30 Indispensable Writing Tips from Famous Authors

• Alissa York on Receptivity, by Cheryl Andrews
  

Writing Prompts, Submissions, & Contests

• Sarah Selecky's Daily Writing Prompts
  

• Canadian Literary Submissions​
  

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• Contemporary Verse 2 (CV2) Contests
  

• Calls for Submissions (Poetry, Fiction, Art)
  

​​​​​​​​Online Sources for Poetry

• The Maynard - Online Poetry Magazine
  

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• Lemon Hound
  

• ​The Puritan
  

• University of Toronto Libraries: Canadian Poetry Online
  

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• Literary Review of Canada - Contributers

• Canadian Poetry - An Online Resource
  

• The League of Canadian Poets: Poem in Your Pocket Day
  

• The Ontario Poetry Society

Writing Programs

• EdX: Write Your Novel - 6 week, non-credit courses (UBC)
  

• Sarah Selecky's Writing School (Online)
  

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• Humber School for Writers - Creative Writing Programs
  

• U of T - Certificate in Creative Writing
  

• Optional-Residency MFA in Creative Writing - University of British Columbia
  

• MFA in Creative Writing - University of Guelph