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NewsMarch 29, 2009 Room Magazine's Call for Submissions on the Theme of CompetitionRoom magazine's Competition issue will be published in the spring of 2010, in celebration of the Winter Olympics! Room is looking for original, unpublished, fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction that relates to the theme of Competition. Room is committed to publishing the best in contemporary women's writing, so please send us your very best pieces on sports, relationship and workplace dynamics, personal electronics, potato sack races, and any other topic that reflects this competitive theme. We are also looking for suitable artwork and illustrations too. Please note on your envelope (we do still accept hard-copy submissions as well as e-mail ones) and in your cover letter that you are submitting to Room's Competition issue. And be sure to check out our guidelines before submitting. The deadline for submissions to Room's Competition issue is June 1st, 2009. We look forward to your take on this exciting theme! February 23, 2009 Room Magazine Annual 2009 Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Non-fiction ContestIt's that time of year again—sharpen your pencils or fire up your laptop and send us your fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction contest entries. November 27, 2008 2008 Contest Winners Announced!Congratulations to the winners of Room’s 2008 Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Non-Fiction Contest! We were thoroughly impressed with the quality of this year’s submissions, and extend our congratulations to all contestants for sharing your best efforts with us. Look for first and second place winners in issue 32.1, coming to newsstands in February 2009. Please see our website for honourable mentions, where they will be published in full. The winners are as follows:
Judges Fiction Judge: Ivan Coyote Poetry Judge: Evelyn Lau Creative Non-fiction Judge: Rita Moir
July 14, 2008 Call for Submissions – Speculative LiteratureCall for submissions to Room magazine's first speculative literature issue, to be published in Spring 2009. Room is looking for original, unpublished, speculative fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction. Send us your very best, most literary science fiction, fantasy, ghost stories, fairy stories, magic realism, and surrealism submissions that reflect Room's commitment to the best in contemporary women's writing. And we're looking for suitable artwork and illustrations too. Please note on your envelope and in your cover letter that you are submitting to Room’s speculative literature issue. And be sure to check out our guidelines before submitting. Deadline for submissions to Room's speculative literature issue is January 15, 2009. April 8, 2008 Three Gorgeous Rooms, Three Great Readers!Join Room magazine and host Joy Gugeler at the BC Book and Magazine Week Literary Tour to hear poetry and short fiction from current and future issues of Canada's best literary magazine by and for women. In this half-hour event, Emily Wight, Claire Tacon, and Jamella Hagen will give snappy readings from works appearing three consecutive Rooms: starting with 30.4—"Love and Other Indoor Sports"—and moving into sneak peaks from our next two upcoming issues. Thursday April 24, 7:45 pm - 8:20 pmLugz Coffee Lounge, 2525 Main Street (at Broadway) as part of the BC Book & Magazine Week Literary Tour www.bcbookandmagazineweek.com December 13, 2007 Room Magazine Annual 2008 Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Non-fiction ContestIt's that time of year again—sharpen your pencils or fire up your laptop and send us your fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction contest entries. December 1, 2007 2007 Contest Winners Announced!Congratulations to the following finalists in Room's 2007 Poetry and Fiction Contest!
Judges' Biographies Poetry Judge – Stephanie Bolster Stephanie Bolster's first book, White Stone: The Alice Poems, won the Governor-General's Award and the Gerald Lampert Award in 1998. She has also published Two Bowls of Milk and Pavilion, recently edited The Ishtar Gate: Last and Selected Poems by the late Ottawa poet Diana Brebner, and is guest editor for the inaugural The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2007 anthology. Raised in Burnaby, B.C., she teaches Creative Writing at Concordia University in Montreal. Fiction Judge – Laisha Rosnau Laisha Rosnau is a novelist and poet. Her first novel, The Sudden Weight of Snow (McClelland and Steward 2002), appeared on best-seller lists across Canada and was runner-up for the Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award. Her first full-length collection of poetry, Notes on Leaving (Nightwood 2004), won the Acorn-Plantos People's Poetry Award in 2005. Laisha lives in Prince George, B.C., where she is working on a second collection of poetry and a second novel during the nap times of her infant son. May 28, 2007 BC Volunteer of the Year AwardBC Association of Magazine Publishers press release - May 28, 2007 I'd like to thank everyone who nominated me for this award; I am truly honoured to receive it. This industry is fuelled by the volunteers whose passion for publishing propels them -- and their publications -- forward, and I am thrilled to have been a part of it for the last decade. It is more than a labour of love; it is a desire to ensure that there continues to be room for new voices, creativity and self-expression in the Canadian media spectrum. Every single volunteer on the Room board should be recognized for the enormous number of hours they devote to seeing that this publication does what it can to promote and encourage Canadian literary talent. I am lucky to be part of such a wonderful group of publishing professionals and I accept the award on behalf of all of my fellow volunteers. To us! -- Lisa Manfield March 22, 2007 Room Celebrates the Big 30!This year, Room has a lot to celebrate—the premier Canadian journal of female writing and art is turning 30!To commemorate this momentous milestone, we shortened our name (from Room of One's Own to, simply, Room), updated our look, added new editorial features, and of course, had a party! A wine and cheese gala was held at Centre A in Vancouver on March 21 to launch issue 30.1. Against the backdrop of artistic works by Sally Lee and Bernadette Phan, guests were treated to a reading from Diane Haynes' interview with Devyani Satlzman, poetry readings by Elizabeth Bachinsky and Anna Helena Warje, and a musical performance by Mary Castle.
2006 Contest Winners Announced!Congratulations to the following finalists in Room's 2006 Poetry and Fiction Contest! The winning pieces have been published in issues 30.1. The honourable mentions are available online in PDF format (click the links below).
2005 Contest WinnersCongratulations to the following finalists in Room's 2005 Poetry and Fiction Contest! The winning pieces are available online in PDF format (click the links below).
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The BC Association of Magazine Publishers (BCAMP) is happy to announce that Lisa Manfield has been chosen as B.C. Volunteer of the Year Award. Lisa has contributed enormously to the Canadian magazine industry through her volunteer editorial and operational work with Room magazine, her work with future writers and publishers, and her many years of dedicated service on the boards of directors of both Vancouver's Word on the Street and BCAMP. Lisa was chosen as the most deserving nominee out of several received from the B.C.-published magazines. The final decision was made by Brian Kaufman, editor of subTerrain and one of the founders of BCAMP.
Lisa's experience and knowledge of both the cultural and business sides of magazine publishing has been extremely valuable in her past work on the board of The Word on the Street and her ongoing work on the BCAMP board, where she sits as vice-president. She is also the current chair of BCAMP's Professional Development committee, where she leads discussions on the programming for Camp BCAMP and Magazines West, and represents the organization at events in other Canadian cities.
