Apply for Aboriginal Editors Circle Program
- Deadline is April 16, 2015 | March 13, 2015
Applications are now being accepted for the second year of the Aboriginal Editors Circle, a unique program that promotes the diversity of literary voices in Canada. The Circle supports Canadian Indigenous literature by providing professional development for Aboriginal editors and publishers.
Eight Aboriginal editors from across the country will be selected to participate in the intensive five-day Circle, to be held from June 21 to 26, 2015, at Wanuskewin Heritage Park in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Registration, travel, accommodation and meal costs are covered for successful applicants. Elders/instructors for the 2015 Circle are: Gregory Younging (Co-ordinator), Warren Cariou, Deanna Reder and Gregory Scofield.
The program provides editors with peer mentorship, informed dialogue and knowledge about issues distinct to editing manuscripts by Indigenous authors. It was developed in consultation with Aboriginal writers and publishers and is informed by a Turtle Island philosophical framework that respects the oral tradition and contemporary writing of Indigenous peoples.
The Aboriginal Editors Circle is a joint initiative of the Saskatchewan Arts Board, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild.
The application closing date for the program is April 15, 2015, at 4:30 p.m. More information, including application forms, is available at www.artsboard.sk.ca/aec.
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