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July
August 13-15, 2021 will be our festival's 10th anniversary. 10 years as a meeting place for readers, writers, and other professionals in the literary world. When Words Collide organizers are already at work planning chapter 10 of our festival, and hope to include a few special events to mark the occasion.
If you have suggestions or would like to be a part of making great things happen, please contact us at:
info@whenwordscollide.org
WWC Online 2021 Festival Passes Are Now Available!
While our 2021 online festival is FREE to attend, you do need to register. Registration is simple and easy. Visit our registration page to get started:
www.whenwordscollide.org/Registration/
If you purchased a pass for our 2021 in-person festival, it has been converted to a 2022 pass, so you are already registered for our 2022 in-person festival. (This includes purchased banquet tickets.)
2021 Program
The festival program (subject to change as presenters confirm) is now online. Our 2021 festival guests are joined by many returning past guests as well as dozens of attending experts to provide a wide range of exciting presentations and discussions. Best of all, you can view and participate from the comfort of you own home. All you need is a computer or even a smart phone. Client virtual presence software is free and easy to use.
www.whenwordscollide.org/Events/Festival_Program.php
Sign-Up Sessions (July 1-25)
One week left to sign up for limited capacity sessions. The festival is happy to include a Blue Pencil Café, Manuscript Pitches, Submission Feedback, and Lighting Coaching with James Kademan. These 1-On-1 sessions are limited and require advance sign-up.
Joe Compton is back with the Live Action Screenwriting Contest. Sign-up is required, but you don't have to be a screenwriter, just be willing to give it a try.
See details in the Sign-Up Sessions section of the online program.
www.whenwordscollide.org/Events/Festival_Program.php
Live Action Slush - Online Submissions (July 25 - August 7)
We are thrilled to run our Live Action Slush track online this year. If you wish to submit your manuscript 1st pages (max 1000 words; .PDF or .RTF) to be reviewed by our session panelists, please email them to us during the above window indicating which session your submission is for.
info@whenwordscollide.org
10-Year Anniversary SnapChats
Joe Compton of GoIndieNow is looking to interview past festival participants for a pre-recorded broadcast available during the festival. These will be brief online interviews looking for your thoughts and experiences. If interested please email:
info@whenwordscollide.org
Master Classes
Both manuscript workshops are filled, but we still have space in our remaining 8 uncapped Master Classes:
Content Marketing with Steena Holmes (Thursday)
Revision Bootcamp with Fonda Lee (Thursday)
Plotting the Mystery Novel with Vicki Delany (Thursday)
Traditional Publishing with Adrienne Kerr (Thursday)
Fancy a Life of Crime? with Cathy Ace (Friday AM)
Beginnings Readers Can’t Put Down with Steena Holmes (Friday AM)
Working with Indigo for Authors with Dave Reynolds (Friday AM)
Authoring Boot Camp Basic Training with James Kademan & Mark Leslie Lefebvre (Monday & Tuesday)
Check out which are the best fit for you.
www.whenwordscollide.org/Events/Masterclasses.php
10th Anniversary Stay-at-Home Banquet
Yes, there will be a banquet this year! And the best part is that we will automatically have exactly what you want to eat! Join us in the virtual world of Kumospace for a wonderful Banquet made up of whatever you can cook or rustle up. In Kumospace you will exist as an avatar that can move about and join conversation groups while enjoying your meal at your computer desk. Saturday 5-7 PM MDT. Come on in a have a great time!
Joining the banquet is easy; no registration required. The banquet is part of our regular program accessible from your When Words Collide EventBrite ticket.
Details at:
www.whenwordscollide.org/Events/Banquet.php.
Take-away Snack Boxes for WWC Attendees!
Although the Delta Calgary South isn't able to host us in person this year, their team wishes us an amazing virtual experience! In that spirit, they are offering three curated snack boxes available for attendees:
CHEESE & CHARCUTERIE $21
Cured meats, interesting cheeses, fruits, fresh vegetables, crackers, pickles, mustard, preserves.
CHOCOLATE & PATRIES $21
Chocolate chunk, cookies, chewy caramels, French macarons, mini tiramisu.
SNACKS $19
Fresh vegetables and roasted pepper hummus, cured Spanish chorizo, protein bites, fruit & berries.
FULL MENU
In addition to our snack boxes, you can also order from our full Southland Yard menu.
http://southlandyard.com/food-menu
Ordering
E-mail service@deltacalgarysouth.com to place your order before July 20, 2021 for pick up from the hotel on Aug 13–15, 2021.
More details at:
www.whenwordscollide.org/Events/Banquet.php.
Shared Author Table is Open!
Authors attending the festival who have books for sale not available elsewhere in the Merchants' Corner are welcome to join the IFWA-sponsored online cooperative booksellers' table. Sign-up is now available on our festival registration page.
www.whenwordscollide.org/Registration
WWC 10th Anniversary T-Shirts Available Now!
Shirt colours this year are Navy Blue or Black.
I know many of you, just as I at Bibliofic Designs am, are devastated that the in-person event for When Words Collide 2021 -- a Festival for Readers and Writers--has been cancelled again this year due to the COVID Pandemic. Although it won't be the same, we are pleased that WWC has put together another Online weekend of events, and what better way to mark the occasion than to have a Limited Edition 10th Anniversary WWC Online 2021 T-shirt. I recommend placing your order BEFORE July 21 to ensure you have your shirt in time to wear during the festival!
Due to the unique nature of this year's design, and based on last year's incredibly huge success, these will be printed with the help of a manufacturer :)
I’ve done my best to offer a selection of cost-effective options, and reasonable shipping costs, but if you require or have a special request, please let me know and I will do my best to accommodate all needs.
In-person WWC festivals include a number of events open to the public. As we are online this year as a free Eventbrite festival, all regular festival events are open to the public. We invite those who have never attended When Words Collide in the past to take advantage of our free 2021 registration and check us out.
Podcasts & Webcasts
Recent additions include:
Awakening to Social Sensitivity Writing about other genders, races, classes, cultures with honesty and sensitivity. How can a writer be inclusive without appropriating or creating token characters? Brandy Ackerley, Diane Terrana, Erin Weir, Jay Martin (2019 in-person festival)
Pitch That Story Idea! with Suzy Vadori. Your story explodes in your brain. You think about it 24/7, and know your characters intimately. So why do freeze when someone asks what your story's about? (or worse, ramble on and on until you've even bored yourself with the details...). Bring your story idea or project to this workshop and you'll work on and practice saying a succinct pitch that will wow publishers and potential readers. (2020 online festival)
Note Webcasts from from our 2020 online festival are only available on our YouTube Channel. Podcasts are available on either channel.
Your Feedback
We would love to hear your feedback for our 2020 online festival. If you wish to comment on something you particularly liked or disliked, or have suggestions for future festival guests or content, please let us know:
News & Notes Archive
This and past newsletters can be found at:
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