Nominations for the 2017 Lieutenant Governor’s NBYO Award are now open until February 3rd, 2017. The New Brunswick Youth Orchestra created the NBYO distinction awards in 2006 on the occasion of its 40th anniversary as an annual awards program to recognize exemplary leadership and contribution to the development of the orchestra, the musical development of […]
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The Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick (WFNB) encourages all New Brunswickers to submit their poems, stories or creative essays to its 2016-17 Writing Competition. The contest opened on December 9th, 2016. Deadline for entries is March 3, 2017. All submissions must be made electronically through the WFNB website at wfnb.ca/competitions. The competition awards […]
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The Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick (WFNB) held their annual WordSpring writing festival at the Rodd Miramichi River Hotel in Historic downtown Chatham last weekend, May 27-29. Writers from all over the province enjoyed a weekend filled with workshops, readings, book launches, awards, musical entertainment, and more. Continue Reading
Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada Artistic Director and Co-Founder Igor Dobrovolskiy has been nominated for the RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards of 2016. He was shortlisted by a national panel of judges as a Top 75 finalist. This will be the 8th annual RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards program, which is presented by… Continue Reading
The finalists in the ninth edition of the Tremplin competition (in French), organized by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in collaboration with Radio-Canada, have been announced: Kevin Arseneau (from Rogersville, New Brunswick), André Roy (from Dieppe, New Brunswick), Colin Champagne (from Edmonton, Alberta) and Julien Capraro (from Vancouver, British Columbia). They were chosen from… Continue Reading
The Fiddlehead and the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick have announced the shortlisted titles for the first-ever New Brunswick Book Awards. The awards will be presented at the 2016 Atlantic Book Awards Gala – the first time New Brunswick will host the event – on April 27th at the Capitol Theatre, Moncton, as part of… Continue Reading
On Saturday night, November 8th, the Annual Silver Wave Awards Show handed out major hardware to filmmakers from all over the world. The big winners ultimately were NB Filmmakers. Below is a list of all the award winners: The Isaac ‘The Puma’ Miller Award for Best Youth Shorts in memory of young filmmaker/skateboarder/photographer Isaac Miller: The Railroad… Continue Reading
Music•Musique NB handed out its 2014 MNB Awards during a Gala luncheon in Fredericton, yesterday (Sunday), hosted by John Leroux, thus concluding four days during which NB musicians and industry professionals gathered to celebrate the best music NB has to offer while also taking in Professional development opportunities. Twenty-four awards were handed out during the weekend.… Continue Reading
Congratulations to Kerry-Lee Powell of Moncton, NB on winning The Malahat Review’s 2013 Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction! Her story, “Palace of the Brine” was chosen by judge, Alissa York. Powell’s story will appear in their Fall, 2013 issue (#184). She was also awarded a $1000 CAD prize. Of Powell’s story, York says: “‘Palace… Continue Reading
Lovers of all things literary are sure to love WordsSpring, a three-day event featuring book launches, a writing workshop, panel discussion and open mic brunch. Presented by the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick (WFNB), this semi-annual gathering will be held in the Kennebecasis Valley May 10-12. WordsSpring leads off with book launches at the Shadow… Continue Reading
