Sage Hill Writing Experience Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$86,780 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Thistledown Press Ltd. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$128,840 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Tonight It's Poetry Performance Series Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
JackPine Press Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2019-2020 |
$23,630 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Checkley, Shauna |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,000 |
My project is a collection of short stories. These are adult level, literary fiction. My collection is an examination of personal decline and redemption. |
Worrell, Peggy |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
To write a collection of linked short stories with the theme of contemporary rural and urban culture in prairie Canada. |
Bates-Hardy, Courtney |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,740 |
To attend the Sage Hill Summer Poetry Workshop, where I will work on my second poetry manuscript, tentatively titled "The Anatomy of a Monster". |
Scarrow, Kristine |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$6,000 |
Create a fiction young adult manuscript exploring organ donation and its potential impacts. |
Wagner, Bernadette |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$3,169 |
To substantially revise and rewrite the mixed-genre manuscript, Unclear Future: Situating Uranium. |
Hamel, Madonna |
Val Marie |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$6,500 |
Write 6 months, complete 2nd draft of novel "The Hem of the World' using monologue 'Mother's Apron' as template. All scenes outlined if not finished. |
Noel-Maw, Martine |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$9,000 |
To complete my "Will James Triad" by writing a novel based on my play "Dans l’ombre de Will James". |
Keating, Bridget |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$5,000 |
This application requests financial assistance from the Saskatchewan Arts Board for the development of Culling Season, my second book of poetry. |
Tushabe, Irene |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
A work of literary fiction that explores the moment when a young woman asserts herself outside the religious and cultural limits of her family. |
Goobie, Beth |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$12,000 |
To write a collection, titled lookin' for joy, that combines lyrical, narrative poetry with my experiences with spoken word/poetry slams. |
Hagan-Egyir, Rebecca |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$6,573 |
Development of second draft of novella, Kingdom of Waking Dreams. |
Roher, Amy |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,200 |
This grant is to continue editing and polishing my collection of short stories and developing new material, with the aim of eventually publishing a collection. |
Rice, Bruce |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,500 |
Poetry project travel and research; participation in solstice ceremonies and events, engagement with Indigenous people and other stewards of Ohio's Hopewell Earthworks. |
Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
La Ronge |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Harris, Carla |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Editing my first collection of disabled narrative poetry I will attend an immersive, facilitated writing program focused to revise my manuscript for submission to publishers. |
Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$16,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
The Vertigo Series |
Regina |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Saskatchewan Festival of Words Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$45,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Daniels, Carol |
Regina Beach |
Literary |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$3,000 |
A new manuscript of poetry celebrating the joys, challenges and blessings of single parenthood |
Pewapsconias, Janelle |
Paynton |
Literary |
Indigenous/Metis Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
Connecting to the prairie plains and to water, Janelle Pewapsconias will reflect, create and flow poetry in the form of a 24 page poetry chapbook. |
Muirhead, Laurie |
Shellbrook |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$500 |
Work with professionals in the area of children's literature to assist me with editing and finding a suitable publisher for my manuscript (Loonies for Lazaro). |
Hagel, Mandie |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Attend Sage Hill Spring Poetry Colloquium. |
Silverthorne, Judith |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
To attend the launch of the German translation of Honouring the Buffalo at the Frankfurt Book Fair and do presentations at a related Conference. |
McCullam-Arnal, Caitlin |
Eastend |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Funding to cover tuition for:
Sage Hill Writing
Emerging Writers Workshop
Writing For Your Life:
Crafting with Courage, Imagination, and Care |
Haldoupis, Nicole |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
To attend Sage Hill Writing’s 2019 Summer Program (Fiction Course) and work with writer Jacqueline Baker, July 2-12. |
Körner, Miriam |
Air Ronge |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
This project is to attend a colloquium with Heather Benning and Tim Lilburn, receive manuscript consultation and create new work. |
Tenold, Darla |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$858 |
Attend the St. Peter's College Colloquium with Tim Lillburn and Sheri Benning, followed by a five-day SWG individual retreat. |
Creative City Centre Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
We are taking a team of youth poets to Toronto to participate in Voices of Today, a national SpoCan-sanctioned poetry festival for youth. |
Radiant Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
We are looking for support to undertake a reading / book launch tour in support of our fall release of books. |
Gereaux, Tara |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,369 |
To research and write the first draft of a novel about a Métis woman who reconnects with her cultural identity through beading. |
Favel, Floyd |
Paynton |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
This project is to write down and publish, accompanied by visual images, the story of Broken Knife Lookout on Poundmaker Cree Nation. |
Körner, Miriam |
Air Ronge |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
This project is to complete a first draft of the novel ‘Burnt’ , including travelling to the places the protagonist encounters in her journey. |
Wagner, Bernadette |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,914 |
To further develop, inform, and strengthen the hybrid manuscript, Unclear Future, with land-based information and experience. |
Kirchmeier, Kurt |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,000 |
To put together a short story collection of 18-20 pieces of speculative fiction for young readers. To be titled “Souls on Display & Other Stories.” |
Indigenous Poets Society |
Paynton |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$2,000 |
Sending the Indigenous Poets Society team to participate/compete in the CFSW 2019 for flights and accommodation and food support at event. |
Carriere, Kenneth |
Air Ronge |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$7,500 |
Conduct and record Swampy Cree language interviews, record historical photos from family albums, attain permissions to use recorded photos and interviews for a book. |
Anderson, Charles |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
I would like to complete a collection of quirky, humorous literary essays entitled The Boy in the Window. |
Herriot, Trevor |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$10,000 |
to prepare a final draft of the novel I am writing to submit to my editor at HarperCollins. |
Bradford, Michael |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2019-2020 |
$16,000 |
This project is to complete a middle-grade novel called Bonewalkers, the third book in the Nightside series, published by Orca Books Publishers. |
The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2019-2020 |
$8,000 |
To gain financial support for Saskatoon's free literary arts festival, The Word On The Street. |
Skjeie, Cooper |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
"Poetry, Politics, and Embodiment" is a unique, thematic program that aligns well with and promises to enhance my poetry project, "post-immunity theory." |
McFarlane, Melanie |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
I will work with Robert Currie, former poet laureate of Saskatchewan, in a poetry mentorship focused on writing poetry about growing up in Saskatchewan. |
Sheikh, Sheheryar |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2019-2020 |
$1,000 |
Co-Lead a 4-Day Creative Writing Workshop for candidates from across the country, followed by launching my two novels at the literary festival to follow. |
Ecole Lumsden Elementary School |
Lumsden |
Literary |
Artists in Schools |
2019-2020 |
$962 |
Nakoda Knowledge Sharing Day with Bronte BigEagle and Keegan MacArthur
A few Nakoda writers and speakers will come and present their oral and written stories. |
Philips, Elizabeth |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$18,000 |
I intend to complete a new poetry manuscript centred around the long poem as a conduit for the transcendent power of personal and environment grief. |
Svennes-Smith, Diana |
Eastend |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
Complete a polished draft of my novel Sob Lake for submission to my editor Martha Kanya-Forstner at Doubleday Canada. |
Klassen, Hilary |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,783 |
Request for subsistence to work full-time for nine months on a non-fiction book tentatively titled: Stolen Land: Young Chippewayans & Settlers Seek Justice |
Lazurko, Anne |
Weyburn |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
To provide writing and research time for completion of a draft of my novel "One Woman". |
Hunter, Jennie |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
To complete a new literary novel titled 'Factor of Safety', which focuses on my continuing theme of women working in non-traditional roles. |
Dumont Walker, Dawn |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$15,000 |
To outline and write a novel in supernatural genre about a woman who is possessed by the spirit of a deceased cop and a cow. |
Buffalo Berry Press Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$27,480 |
For general operating and programming support. |
JackPine Press Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$23,630 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Sage Hill Writing Experience Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$86,780 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Thistledown Press Ltd. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$128,840 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Tonight It's Poetry Performance Series Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Radiant Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Saskatchewan Book Awards Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$16,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
La Ronge |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Saskatchewan Festival of Words Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$45,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
The Vertigo Series |
Regina |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2020-2021 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Beaucage, Marjorie |
Duck Lake |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$7,200 |
To shape Movements- a collection of 7 decades of journal entries, poems and reflections- into a publication, with the help of an editor. |
Virgo, Sean |
Eastend |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To read, assess and select unpublished stories by the late Patrick Lane, and to assemble and propose a collection for publication, with editorial suggestions. |
Ens, Sarah |
Winnipeg |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$630 |
I have been invited to attend the Community of Writers Poetry Workshop in the Virtual Valley from June 20-27, 2020. |
McCullam-Arnal, Caitlin |
Eastend |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$595 |
Attend Sage Hill Writing, Fiction Summer Course, to work on a draft of a novel in progress. |
Lumsden High School |
Lumsden |
Literary |
Artists in Schools |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Author visits to explore the power of reading and writing fiction to help us to better understand our world outside and within. |
Hansen, Naomi |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
I am doing necessary research to start writing my first book, which will highlight restaurants all across Saskatchewan through stories, photography, history, and food. |
Ulrich, Maureen |
Lampman |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
I have written a series of poems about COVID-19 which I would like to have professionally critiqued/edited. Paula-Jane Remlinger has agreed to do this. |
Radiant Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
To support the enrolment of our Managing Editor in the online Certificate in Publishing program from the Chang School of Continuing Education at Ryerson University. |
Thistledown Press Ltd. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
To cover expenses of Thistledown Press’ transition in ownership. |
Saskatchewan Festival of Words Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
Special Initiatives Fund |
2020-2021 |
$5,000 |
We would like to work with a consultant and explore ways to increase our digital capacity and navigate/adapt to the future of the literary/arts/festival sector. |
Stebner, Jacob |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$380 |
Attend and participate in four unique virtual events, 1 festival and 3 conventions, for my professional development as Editor in chief of Hexagon SF Magazine. |
Noel-Maw, Martine |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$14,760 |
Hitch and Agatha: A play in which the Master of Suspense and the Queen of Crime meet, clash and then join forces for the better. |
Reimer, Joel Dash |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$5,571 |
I want to create a poetry manuscript of about 80 pages based around a variety of approaches to the idea of 'nothing'. |
Hansen, Naomi |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,750 |
I am researching and writing the manuscript for my first book "Only in Saskatchewan," which highlights restaurants all across Saskatchewan through food, stories, and history. |
Legris, Sylvia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$18,000 |
During my project period I will complete the first draft of a new poetry collection, The Principle of Rapid Peering. |
Friesen Reed, Tricia |
Yorkton |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,750 |
I am planning to revise and add to a collection of creative nonfiction essays titled, "A Field Guide to Travelling Home". |
Rowley, Mari-Lou |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$16,200 |
This grant will allow me to complete, revise and polish my manuscript Palingenesis, a poetic memoir of trauma, survival, revival and ultimately, redemption. |
Laird, Tonia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$6,750 |
Planning and writing of high fantasy novel with themes of decolonization, kinship, and intergenerational trauma and healing. |
Solheim, Tara Dawn |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$7,044 |
This project is to dedicate time to the creation of new material for a spoken word collection, approximately eight to ten performance poetry pieces. |
Pottle, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$18,000 |
Finishing the first handwritten draft of my new novel, tentatively titled APPARITIONS, and typing, arranging, and editing the manuscript's second draft. |
Dunlop, Bonnie |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
Travel to present micro-readings in private homes to showcase 'Raft Baby', a novel set in the Peace River country and of particular interest there. |
Lapointe, Ky |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$4,264 |
The aim of this project is to create French and bilingual spoken word centered around my Fransaskois experience with language and community. |
Lee, Erica Violet |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$13,000 |
"On the Prairies We Will Live Forever": a collection of poems exploring urban prairie Indigenous feminist freedoms. |
Kirkby, Mary-Ann |
Prince Albert |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2020-2021 |
$18,000 |
Over the course of a year, I plan to write the first draft of an historically based, non-fiction book titled “Untold, The Hutterite Story” |
Stevens, Tracy |
Regina |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$7,500 |
To write a film treatment titled: THE RIVERS FLOW: A NATIONAL TRAGEDY, the untold love story of Marguerite Monet dit Bellehumeur and Louis Riel. |
Arcand, Gary |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2020-2021 |
$7,000 |
Write a first draft of a collection of traditional Plains Cree stories of long ago told to me by my late Mother in the 1970's. |
Radiant Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Larson, Melanie |
Simmie |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2020-2021 |
$500 |
Fund two virtual exhibitor booths for children’s books that I was invited to. North Central Teachers Convention & Might Peace Teachers Convention, based in Alberta. |
Baudemont, David |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$4,000 |
Plaines aquarelles is a collection of water color paintings and poetic aphorism in reaction to confinement in the western plain. |
Hill, Gerald |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$16,500 |
I’ll complete the first draft of a book of poems called The Table. |
Begamudre, Ven |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$11,900 |
Load Shedding: A Memoir of Canada is a sequel to my family history book Extended Families: A Memoir of India. |
Worrell, Peggy |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
I will revise and polish the manuscript for a novel about three generations of a Saskatchewan farm family. |
Hobsbawn-Smith, Denise |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$12,600 |
To research and write a first draft of book-length nonfiction about M.F.K. Fisher, Madeleine Kamman, and Anthony Bourdain, pivotal authors in food writing. |
Atcheynum, Kasey |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Artists in Communities |
2020-2021 |
$1,000 |
To assess the creative literary community needs of Black diaspora by conducting research analysis to develop a plan for a longer term project and residency. |
Anderson, Charles |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$8,265 |
This grant is to complete an essay collection entitled POSTCARDS FROM THE PANDEMIC. |