Beyond Boundaries 2026

Beyond Boundaries 2026 is now available. The Beyond Boundaries book series features the winning stories and honourable mentions from The Dave Williamson Annual Short Story Competition.

It’s Renewal Time!

July 1 is the start of a whole new year at MWG, so don’t forget to renew your membership. There are so many exciting benefits and lots of new things going on!

Writing Rants and Ramblings

Hey writers! Join our monthly coffeehouse-style chat for writers at 7pm the first Thursday each month on Zoom. This is a FREE event. All genres and experience levels are welcome. Guild membership is not a requirement. Email  to register.

New Memoir and Creative Non-Fiction Critique Circle

Effective February 2026, the Manitoba Writers’ Guild will expand its Critique Circle offerings with a new event focused on these two popular writing genres. This group will meet online on the last Tuesday of each month. If you are interested in joining, please contact Andy Dutfield, Critique Circle coordinator, .

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Promote your books in our Members’ Publications list. Include summary and purchase. Questions? Email .

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Current MWG Events

Manitoba Writers' Guild

May 29, 2026

It’s Renewal Time !

It’s Renewal Time! The Manitoba Writers’ Guild, your writers’ guild, is both delighted about the past year and enthused about our upcoming year. It has truly been a year of astonishing achievements and expanded programming, all strategized with one thing in mind, to provide the best opportunities for our members to engage, expand and enjoy your writing experience. This past year we were able to increase the number of Critique Circles to four a month, …

Blog

June 19, 2026

Three Days Till Rapture by Fisher Lavell Wins International Book Award

Three Days Till Rapture by Fisher Lavell Wins International Book Award Fisher Lavell’s second novel in the Roaring River Woman series, Three Days Till Rapture, has won the prestigious Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing presented annually by the American Working Class Studies Association (WCSA). The WCSA book awards recognize and celebrate exemplary new work that provides insightful and engaging representations of working class life and culture, highlighting working class voices, experiences, and perspectives. In …

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We are a not-for-profit provincial arts service organization that represents a growing community of professional and emerging writers in Manitoba. We strive to encourage, develop, promote and celebrate writers and writing, to support the freedom to write and to read, and to advocate for the well-being of writers.

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