Cedric Literary Awards are first of its kind anywhere in Canada
A brand-new writing competition has been launched to recognize and encourage the creative talents of British Columbia authors age 50 or better.
The Cedric Literary Awards have been created specifically to attract unpublished B.C. writers of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
This is a first-of-its-kind literary awards program in Canada and it is already gathering interest on the part of writers, as well as organizations that support and promote Canadian authors.
The Cedric Literary Awards is the brainchild of Dr. Peter Dale, Chairman of Better Than 50, a web-based initiative created to achieve a more connected world for the 50-plus demographic by building portals to relevant and local information.
“Our first project – www.betterthan50.com – is in active use,” Dale says. “The Cedric Literary Awards is a natural extension of what we’ve been doing previously by tapping into the creative talents of B.C. writers who bring a lifetime of experience to their work.”
“The Cedric Literary Awards is a natural extension of what we’ve been doing previously by tapping into the creative talents of B.C. writers who bring a lifetime of experience to their work.”
Dr. Peter Dale, Chair of Better Than 50
The Cedric Literary Awards will be a juried writing competition with selection panel members drawn from BC’s rich, diverse and established writing community.
Each of the category winners will receive a monetary prize along with a special memento of their participation in the competition, and a special prize for First Nations storytelling will also be awarded.
Executive Director Veronica Osborn says, “We are very excited to give unpublished B.C. authors in the 50-plus demographic an opportunity to showcase their literary work. There are so many people in B.C. who have been writing or storytelling all their lives, but perhaps didn’t think anyone would want to read their work – let alone publish it.”
A formal call for submissions to the Cedric Literary Awards was issued a couple of weeks ago and the competition will wrap up with a Gala Awards Dinner to be held in November.
Authors interested in taking part in this exciting new writing competition should log on to the website at www.thecedrics.ca or email Veronica Osborn, at [email protected].
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