TransCanada Institute Halloween Event

Professionalization Workshop Thurs Oct 20th!

All of you who are applying for SSHRC this year - there will be a workshop on Thurs. Oct 20th at 11:30 am, room TBA. This is a great opportunity to work through your draft proposals with Christine Bold, Ric Knowles, Susan Brown, and other students.

MAPS BOOK SALE!?!

MAPS will be having a book sale on Thursday October 13, 2011 from 9-4, by the cannon, outside of the UC. The sale is a fundraiser for the Creative Arts Festival that MAPS is organizing for early 2012.

Hardcovers for $1.00
Softcovers for $0.50

OH LALA!

See you there!

MAPS

Upcoming seminar next week! Tues Sept 20th from noon to 1pm in the student graduate lounge (4th floor MacK): How to Survive Grad School.

Featuring: Prof. Steven Powell, PhD candidate Maurico Martinez, seasoned MA student Olivia Slykhuis, and writing consultant Dale Lackeyram. This is your chance to ask questions and get key tips!

Guelph Creative Arts Festival

Components:

1. 24-hour play-writing competition

2. new poetry and short fiction competition

3. writing workshops

4. graduate student Pecha Kucha competition

Tentative Program

Thursday, March 8

6pm: play-writing competition participants arrive at chosen venue

Friday, March 9

6am: participants complete first draft of play

8-12 am: play workshopping

12-4 pm: working with the actors

6-9 pm: performance of the plays, judging

Saturday, March 10

9-12: concurrent workshops on poetry-, fiction-, and play-writing

1-4 pm: Pecha Kucha competition and judging

5-7: dinner for participants at downtown restaurant?

7-10: readings by local authors and writing competition award-winners

Organization: 4 sub-committees for the 4 main components

1. Writing Workshops Committee:
1. Finding writers to lead workshops
2. Putting out call for participation
3. Question: should there be a registration fee?
4. Venues

2. 24 Play-Writing Competition Committee:
1. Putting out a call and deciding how to choose 5-6 participants
2. Gathering judges and actors to participate
3. Choosing a venue
4. Organizing food for the period
5. Performance location and tech set-up

3. Poetry and Short Story Competition:
1. Putting out a call (where to publicize?)
2. Choosing judges, number of prizes
3. Organizing Saturday night readings (venue, participants)

4. Pecha Kucha Competition (see http://www.pecha-kucha.org/):
1. Putting out CFP to other graduate departments
2. Finding a venue
3. Organizing tech
4. Putting together a judging committee?

Expenses

-travel support for graduate students and participants coming in from out of town

-honoraria for writers participating in Saturday night readings

-venue for play-writing competition to take place, for the performances, and for Saturday night readings; on-campus venues for workshops and Pecha Kucha competitions?

-Saturday evening dinner for all participants (registration fee?)

-food for the play-writing competition participants

-snacks for during other events (coffee breaks at workshops, Pecha Kucha competition)

-prizes for all award winners (contributed by local businesses?)

Potential Sources of Funding and Partnerships:

GSA

TESS

SETS

TCI

City of Guelph

Local businesses

W11 Professionalization Seminars Announced

1) How to Network (Academically): Wednesday, February 16, 10-11:30 (MacK 306): DR. AJAY HEBLE

2) Getting Started On Your MRP (for MAs only): Wednesday, March 2, 10-11:30 (MacK 306): DR. ALAN FILEWOD

3) How to Write a Book Review: Wednesday, March 30, 10-11:30 (MacK 306): DR. DANIEL FISCHLIN

4) Turning Your Doctoral Dissertation Into a Book: Tuesday, April 26,10-11:30 (room TBA): DR. CAIRNIE AND/OR DR. NANDORFY (to be confirmed)