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WEN Short Story Contest for 2020

WEN announces the Third Joseph Smrdelj Short Story Contest for 2020. Entry deadline is September 30, 2020 and there are great cash prizes starting at $200 for first place. Please click on the image below for all of the contest details. Remember you must be a WEN member in good standing.

July 18 Virtual WEN Meeting

Due to continuing Covid 19 restrictions, our next scheduled Breakfast Meeting on July 18 will be conducted using Zoom. This meeting is our ever-popular Members Reading and we encourage everyone to participate. Please send an email to jasminejackman13@gmail.com if you wish to read a five minute selection.

Because the meeting is virtual, to participate you will need to install Zoom and have the necessary equipment. This means a computer or laptop with a webcam and microphone. Smart phones and tablets are fine as well.

If you have any questions or need help with Zoom, please send an email to communications@wenetwork.ca and Maurus Cappa, our webmaster will respond.

To download Zoom and test it on your device, click on the Zoom logo above and download the Zoom client. If you use an Ipad or Iphone, go to the app store to download the Zoom app.

 

 

Ann Birch Launches “A Daughter Rebels”

For Anne Powell in 1807, life in York (now Toronto) is unbearable. Her mother’s rules of genteel propriety are intolerable, as is her father’s insistence that a daughter’s only role in life is to marry. Anne craves an active, useful existence. When a chance comes to assist the local midwife, she discovers her vocation. Anne is happy when she is able to save a friend from a botched abortion, deliver a servant’s baby, and nurse the wounded during the American invasion of York. Her parents hate and oppose these activities. They are pleased only when she becomes friends with an eminent lawyer. While this man is studying in England, Anne’s father allows her to travel across the sea to nail down their engagement. But she breaks free of him and spends happy weeks in an English village helping her relatives care for the poor. Returning home, Anne faces the same parental difficulties. Finally, however, she manages to escape. She flees to New York and boards a ship bound for England. This story of a real historical figure who dares to challenge society’s norms is a must-read.

Ann’s novel is available at Barnes and Noble and online at Google.

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WEN announces the Third Joseph Smerdelj Short Story Contest for 2020. Entry deadline is Sept 30 and there are great cash prizes.

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