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History
Windscript has been publishing the best of Saskatchewan high school students' literature since 1983. Windscript was created by Victor Jerrett Enns, Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild from 1982 to 1988. His enthusiasm and determination kept the magazine alive in its first two years until permanent funding could be found. For twenty-one years the magazine was distributed free to all high schools and libraries in the province. By 2004 funding sources were no longer available and the print publishing of the magazine was replaced by electronic versions through the Guild’s website. In 2011, due to popular demand from students and teachers, as well as offering it online, the Guild managed to publish this magazine for promising young writers in print form once again.
Windscript Volume 26, 2009-2010
Windscript Volume 25, 2008-2009
Windscript Volume 24, 2007-2008
Windscript Awards
The Jerrett Enns Awards are awards of excellence named in honour of Victor Jerrett Enns, Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild from 1982 to 1988. It was Victor who first presented the idea of Windscript to the Board of the Guild in 1983. His enthusiasm and determination kept the magazine alive in its first two years until permanent funding could be found.
The Currie-Hyland Prize was established as a tribute to Robert Currie and Gary Hyland in recognition of their literary excellence, commitment, and generosity to students and fellow writers. The prize is awarded for excellence in poetry to a high school writer living outside Regina or Saskatoon.
Call for Submissions
We welcome students to submit creative writing in any and all forms - poetry, prose, and creative non-fiction - for Volume 28 of Windscript.
Please note that as in all writing competitions, these guidelines are very important and must be followed in order for submissions to be accepted.
Submission Guidelines
- Type or print neatly on 8 1/2 by 11 single-sided, unlined white paper.
- Number each page.
- Put the title on each submission. Do not put your name on the poems or stories themselves as submissions are selected anonymously.
- Proofread your manuscript.
- In a covering letter, provide the following information:
- your name, your home phone number, mailing address and email
- the genre of writing you are submitting (fiction, poetry, non-fiction)
- the title(s) of your poems or stories
- the name, address and phone number of your school and teacher
- a fifty-word biography (if we publish your work, we will use this information, so be creative
- Always keep a copy of your submitted work. Submissions will not be returned.
- Submit a maximum of six poems. Do not put more than one poem on a page. Prose works must not exceed 1500 words.
- All work must be original from start to finish. Writers submitting plagiarized work will be banned from Windscript.
- To fasten submissions, use paper clips (including fold-back clips)—avoid staples.
- Deadline for submissions: March 16, 2012.
- Send submissions to Windscript, Box 3986, Regina SK S4P 3R9; communications@skwriter.com
For more information, please contact:
Communications Coordinator
communications@skwriter.com
Phone: (306) 791-7746
