Drink the Wild Air: A Winter Retreat for Young Writers
Event Information
Description
The winter youth writers' retreat is here! Thaw your brainfreeze with warm words in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains. After the outdoor guides take you outside, toe to toe with snow drifts and among tall evergreens, you'll return inside to write beside the crackling fire while sipping on cocoa. This weekend is designed to reconnect with your WordsWorth community, meet new writer-friends and give you a much-needed writing vacation.
What! The outdoors? You are about to embark on an adventure, a journey into your own ideas that will be full of surprises, challenges, and revelations via the low ropes course, snowy winter hikes, and team building exercises led by Camp Chief Hector outdoor enthusiasts. You will be given a foundation on which to build solid, beautiful, and long-lasting words and friendships. Indoor writing sessions will be led by Writers' Guild Youth Mentors Erinne Sevigny and Kelsey Attard and WordsWorth Director Lisa Murphy-Lamb.
A bus will be available to take participants to Camp Chief Hector on Friday, March 1 at 5:00 pm from Calgary (meeting place to be determined). Participants will need to be picked up from Camp Chief Hector after the retreat ends on Sunday, March 3, 1:00 pm.
The retreat is for young writers ages 12-19.
Registering for Drink the Wild Air
There are several ways you can register and pay for your registration:
- Register online with credit card: Choose your registration and click on the “Register” button. Fill out the form and click the “Pay Now” button. You will be prompted for your credit card number. When you’re finished, your registration is secured and paid for!
- Register online and pay with cheque: Choose your registration. Ignore the “Register” button and click instead on “Show Other Payment Options” (underneath the “Register” button). You should see a button called “Pay Offline”; click that button. Fill out the form and click on “Pay With Cheque”. Your registration is secured, now you just need to send us your cheque!
- Register by mail: Choose your registration and click on the “Register” button. You can either print out the form and fill it out by hand, or fill out the form on the computer and then print it (please check over the form after printing to make sure all your answers are included). Mail the form with payment to our office (see address on the right-hand side of this page). If you are unable to access the form online, let us know and we’ll send you one. Your registration is NOT secured until the form arrives at our office.
Please have the following on hand to make your registration quick and easy:
- Alberta Health Care number (or other health care number if you're an out of province resident)
- Any additional health insurance information
- Information about any prescription medications the participant is taking
- The name and contact information of at least one emergency contact if parent/guardian is unreachable
Organizer The Writers' Guild of Alberta
Organizer of Drink the Wild Air: A Winter Retreat for Young Writers
The Writers' Guild of Alberta (WGA) was formed in 1980 to provide a meeting ground and collective voice for all the writers of the province. Our members write in every genre and at every level of expertise.
The Writers' Guild of Alberta’s mission is to inspire, connect, support, encourage and promote writers and writing, to safeguard the freedom to write and to read, and to advocate for the well-being of writers.
Contact us at mail@writersguild.ab.ca, 780.422.8174 or 1.800.665.5354 (toll free Alberta)
We are located at: Percy Page Centre, 11759 Groat Road, Edmonton, AB
Visit our website: www.writersguild.ab.ca
