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Saskatchewan
Writers Guild
www.skwriter.com
Grain magazine's publisher-in-chief, the SWG has been working toward
a better life for writers for more than three decades. The Guild
has an active membership of about 500, produces programs for and
b y writers (Grain, for instance) and is one of the oldest
organizations of its kind.
Canadian Poetry
Association
www.canadianpoetryassociation.org
"The main aims of the Canadian Poetry Association are: To promote
the reading, writing, publishing and preservation of poetry in Canada
through the individual efforts of members; To promote communication
among poets, publishers and the general public;
To encourage leadership and participation from members and to encourage
the formation and development of autonomous local chapters."
The Writers
Union of Canada
www.writersunion.ca
"The Union Works
- to advance conditions for all writers,
- to unite writers for the advancement of their common interest,
and - to foster writing in Canada."
The League
of Canadian Poets
www.poets.ca
"The League of Canadian Poets, a non-profit arts service organization,
is the national association of professional publishing and performing
poets in Canada. Its purpose is to enhance the status of poets and
nurture a professional poetic community to facilitate the teaching
of Canadian poetry at all levels of education and to develop the
audience for poetry by encouraging publication, performance and
recognition of Canadian poetry nationally and internationally."
Playwrights
Guild of Canada
www.playwrightsguild.ca
"Our main purpose was to publish and distribute scripts to
encourage more productions of Canadian plays."
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