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March 08, 2010: Wooden Horse Observes Opposing Views on Print vs. Digital

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February 17, 2010: PWAC Press Release
PWAC Launches Major New Writing Prizes

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February 17, 2010: 2009 CBC Literary Awards Shortlist
PWAC member Marion Agnew up for creative non-fiction

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Member Achievements



Each month PWAC promotes the professional achievements of its members.

February 2010

Sharon Aschaiek
Chapter: Toronto
Type of Achievement: New gig
Date: February 2010
Sharon was hired by Yahoo! Canada to write some stories for its client e-newsletter about the launch of its new homepage.


Margreet Dietz
Chapter: Vancouver
Type of Achievement: Book
Date:
January 2010
Margreet finished her second book. Powered From Within: Stories About Running & Triathlon is a collection of articles Margreet has written for endurance sports magazines in Canada and Australia. It includes the cover story she wrote for IMPACT Magazine about two-time Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander. For details, www.margreetdietz.com.



John Geary
Chapter: Vancouver

Type of Achievement: Book contribution
Date: February
2010
Two of John's personal essays about his Congo African grey parrots Nikki and Coco appear in the book, The Ultimate Bird Lover, published in February. The book, published by HCI Publishing (the same company that publishes the Chicken Soup series) holds a collection of stories about birds, both wild and domestic, submitted by writers from all over North America.


Anne-Marie Hood
Chapter: Central New Brunswick
Type of Achievement: Interview
Date:
February 2010
Anne-Marie Hood interviewed Brent and Valerie Sherrard for the spring issue of Atlantic Books Today, "Inside The Author's Studio" section of the magazine. Anne-Marie enjoyed discussing the writing life with this husband and wife who live, love and write for children and young adults from their home in Miramichi, N.B.

 


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Lorri Benedik, Quebec Chapter