Buffalo Berry Press Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$27,480 |
For general operating and programming support. |
JackPine Press Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$23,630 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Sage Hill Writing Experience Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$86,780 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Saskatchewan Book Awards Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$7,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Thistledown Press Ltd. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$128,840 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Tonight It's Poetry Performance Series Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2021-2022 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$16,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
La Ronge |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Saskatchewan Festival of Words Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$45,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Stevens, Tracy |
Regina |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2021-2022 |
$5,000 |
To write a film script titled: THE RIVERS FLOW: A NATIONAL TRAGEDY, the untold love story of Marguerite Monet dit Bellehumeur and Louis Riel. |
The Vertigo Series |
Regina |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman Mary Harelkin Bishop |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
This project is to help students to find out about their culture and record this information in writing. The final product is a printed book. |
Cram, Kathie |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$937 |
I will work with a mentor, Tara Gereaux, to complete a solid draft of the second third of my novel. A draft of the first third of the novel is complete. |
Worrell, Peggy |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Four contributors to "apart", SWG's pandemic anthology, will do readings in Swift Current and Eastend to promote the book and contribute to their professional development. |
Vanderhaeghe, Guy |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
I will be working on a collection of creative nonfiction tentatively entitled Because Somebody Asked Me To. |
Sheikh, Sheheryar |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$18,000 |
To complete and refine a literary fiction novel (titled After) about the Covid-19 pandemic, and about a father-son relationship within it, from 05/2022 to 01/2023. |
Silverthorne, Judith |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To do presentations at the Frankfurt Book Fair and cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland at universities, schools, literary events and for community art groups. |
Avramenko, James |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$6,000 |
The creation of a new collection of poetry and micro-fiction titled "First Dates with Pro Wrestlers" |
Dunlop, Bonnie |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2021-2022 |
$9,000 |
Create 10 new pieces and polish existing 22. On retreat, write 5 pieces utilizing archived material. Meld the material into a completed manuscript. Query publishers. |
Bates-Hardy, Courtney |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$951 |
To receive a manuscript evaluation from writer and editor Jennifer LoveGrove and attend a writing retreat to work on the same manuscript. |
Sage Hill Writing Experience Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
Sage Hill is applying for funding to undertake a 3-Phase Strategy Project to respond to new circumstances that have emerged for the organization. |
Ells, Chrystene |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Mentorship / professional development in poetry towards material generation for an upcoming art book project, combining new skills in bookmaking with long form poetic narrative. |
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman Mary Bishop |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Artists in Schools |
2021-2022 |
$10,000 |
Students will be part of a creative community as they experience researching, writing and illustrating to create a book as the final project. |
Luhning, Holly |
Lumsden |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
To research and write a collection of poetry centred on and informed by the end/renewal of a Saskatchewan prairie farm. |
Thistledown Press Ltd. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$104,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Radiant Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$45,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Les Éditions de la nouvelle plume |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Sage Hill Writing Experience Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$90,780 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Bradshaw, Ryan |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$750 |
This grant will partially fund the research and creation of a poetry collection focused on Saskatchewan birds and climate change. |
JackPine Press Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$20,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Saskatchewan Book Awards Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Pottle, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$9,000 |
Revise and polish my graphic novel script, SHADOWS ARE ALWAYS HUNGRY, into a second draft worthy of submission to publishers and artists. |
Arnal, Caitlin |
Eastend |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$4,025 |
Complete the third draft of Dame, my novel-in-progress. |
Shadowpaw Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$2,000 |
To produce Shadowpaw Press's first audiobooks, for two novels to be published this fall. |
Laird, Tonia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$7,500 |
Continuation of planning and writing of high fantasy novel series with themes of decolonization, kinship, and intergenerational trauma and healing. |
Goobie, Beth |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$18,000 |
I want to write a novel, titled Dark Rainbow, that explores Phillipa Upchurch's expansion of consciousness in her senior year at a bible college. |
Lynch, Taidgh |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
Complete edits and order poetry manuscript, Developing Home. Evaluate then submit to publishers. |
Lawrence, Katherine |
saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
To expand my readership beyond Saskatchewan by presenting my new poetic memoir, Black Umbrella, at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival and Art Bar reading series. |
Rees, Alasdair |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2021-2022 |
$1,000 |
Travel to Montréal to take part in two events for the Journée du Poème à Porter organized by La Poésie Partout |
Tushabe, Irene |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$6,500 |
To write a book of creative nonfiction reflecting on my departure from the Christian God in whom I was raised to have absolute faith. |
Cram, Kathie |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,142 |
This is a research project to better integrate the lived experiences of survivors of the military regimes in Bolivia 1964-1982 into my novel "Shedding Skin". |
Willett, Edward |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,809 |
To write a creative nonfiction book ruminating on the writing of science fiction and fantasy, drawn from experience and interviews with more than 100 authors. |
Worrell, Peggy |
Swift Current |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$7,000 |
I will learn more about the craft of writing short fiction, polish five stories, research and write two new stories, working toward a story collection. |
Gobeil, Beth |
Prince Albert |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$4,800 |
Requesting funds to work on my poetry manuscript tentatively titled Of Rooms and Memory. I will revise 30 poems and write 25 new poems. |
Wagner, Bernadette |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$5,000 |
To revise and polish a children's literature manuscript, Crybaby. |
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman Mary Bishop |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$10,000 |
Students will be part of a creative community as they create primary books in Cree/English to help themselves and other students learn Cree. |
Tushabe, Irene |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
To receive feedback and finish edits on my debut novel, Everything is Fine Here, under the guidance of accomplished novelist Marina Endicott. |
Androsoff, Sarah |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Prince Edward Arts Scholarship |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
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Saskatchewan Festival of Words Inc. |
Moose Jaw |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$45,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Favel, Floyd |
Paynton |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$13,842 |
To write the story of The Battle of Cut Knife Hill accompanied by Chief Poundmaker's speech in English, Cree Syllabics, Roman Orthography, and PISL illustrations. |
The Word on the Street Saskatoon Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and program support. |
Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Inc. |
La Ronge |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$15,000 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Tenold, Darla |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Attend the Sage Hill spring fiction colloquium facilitated by Marina Endicott. |
Kirchmeier, Kurt |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
To complete a rewrite on the first half of a YA fantasy novel titled The Bone Shepherds, as requested by an interested editor. |
Powell, Marie |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
I will conduct primary research in England and Wales to increase authentic details and emotional nuances in my three-book historical fantasy series, Chronicles of Meirionnydd. |
JackPine Press Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
Funds to attend the Fisher Library (Toronto) small and fine press fair on September 10. |
Reimer, Joel Dash |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$2,000 |
A Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III Camera + Lens would elevate my practice greatly and bring the calibre of my artistic offerings to the professional level. |
Finegan, Kate |
North Battleford |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,920 |
Three-week stay at Artscape Gibraltar Point during spring migration season to research and develop novel-in-progress set in Toronto during bird migration. |
Lazurko, Anne |
Weyburn |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$18,000 |
This project is for 5.5 months writing time, with one month of travel to Italy and Germany embedded, to complete my novel, One Woman. |
Eden Care Communities Foundation Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Artists in Communities |
2022-2023 |
$984 |
In collaboration with artist Kevin Wesaquate we will participate in 3 poetry workshops to enhance our understanding of Truth and Reconciliation. |
Popoff, Alexandra |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$6,398 |
To produce a first draft of a biography of a prominent investigative journalist and daughter of a Ukrainian UN diplomat, Anna Politkovskaya. |
Virgo, Sean |
Eastend |
Literary |
Equipment Purchase Fund |
2022-2023 |
$1,456 |
My laptop has worn out, so I’ve fallen back on an old desktop, itself pretty geriatric: portability is important to the way I write |
Legris, Sylvia |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$12,000 |
I will expand the concluding long poem, then complete the final revisions/edits prior to publication of my poetry collection The Principle of Rapid Peering. |
Hendrickson, Raye |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$7,500 |
To conduct research for, receive consultation about, and complete a poetry manuscript chronicling my great-grandmother's life story in her voice. |
Slade, Arthur |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$9,000 |
To write a graphic novel based on my award-winning novel DUST. |
Hagel, Mandie |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$3,750 |
Writing and creating a poetry collection about all we've lost during the pandemic and the lasting effects of it. |
Reimer, Joel Dash |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$990 |
To kickstart a monthly poetry slam in Saskatoon utilizing the 'underground' slam format that highlights the 'underground' gems of Saskatoon through both location and poets |
Lorer, Danica |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$9,000 |
Continue work on Ghosts and Other Grandfathers, a poetry and storytelling project that was supported by a Canada Council grant in its first phase. |
Baudemont, David |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$9,000 |
Writing of "Fenêtre sur cour", a collection of poems and poetic aphorisms inspired by ink drawings |
Hobsbawn-Smith, Denise |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Attend Awards Ceremony for Taste Canada Book Awards in Toronto. My book, Bread & Water, is a finalist in Culinary Narratives category. |
Vryenhoek, Leslie |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2022-2023 |
$12,000 |
I require support to draft a novel, tentatively called Separate and Apart, that follows the journey of a woman whose husband is being held overseas. |
Daniels, Carol |
Regina Beach |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2022-2023 |
$11,360 |
I am an established and award-winning author and poet in Canada. The project I wish to produce is a new collection of short stories. |
The Vertigo Series |
Regina |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$6,000 |
Hosting a series of diverse emerging and established writers and musicians from across Canada. Paying artists to extend their tour to include Saskatchewan's small audiences. |
Anskohk Aboriginal Writers' Circle Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$8,000 |
SAWCI will host Word Splash, an evening of Indigenous literature with emerging and established Indigenous writers live in Saskatoon, virtually Canada-Wide in a hybrid event. |
Manitou Beach Literary Festival |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
SaskFestivals |
2022-2023 |
$4,550 |
Multi genre contemporary literary festival celebrating excellence in local, provincial, national and international literature through presentation of book launches, author readings, workshops, panels and performance. |
Enzo, Aspen |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$600 |
Support my expansion from poetry into creative nonfiction by attending Saskatchewan Writers Guild's Facilitated Retreat and learning from poet & nonfiction author Mark Abley. |
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman Mary Bishop |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$7,899 |
Students will observe and learn about the importance and impact of recording their knowledge in writing, by working closely with an author. |
Chief Whitecap School Mary Bishop |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Artists in Schools |
2022-2023 |
$7,899 |
Students will be part of a creative community as they experience researching, writing and illustrating to create a book on our school virtues. |
Martineau, Andrea |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$562 |
I intend to take Karen Solie's "I Can't Tell You What I Mean: Writing Poetry Through Uncertainty" Workshop Class at Flying Books. |
Gobeil, Beth |
Prince Albert |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$565 |
I am applying for funding to cover the cost of poet Ronna Bloom’s online course, “Community Engagement through Poetry, a Primer and Practicum” |
Luhning, Holly |
Lumsden |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
Write a sequence of poems about a farm auction sale and to investigate the physical and sonic processes and emotional themes of removal and dismantlement. |
Melberg Schwier, Karin |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
Develop an in-progress literary prairie fiction manuscript, Inheriting Violet, a sequel to my award-winning debut novel, and produce a finished draft ready for substantive editing. |
Brenna, Beverley |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$4,500 |
--A YA novel following eighteen-year-old Kay as she navigates FASD and grade twelve in a new school, discovering her bio mom, and a twin brother. |
Powell, Marie |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$5,070 |
I will spend five months focused on my writing to complete a clean submission draft of my newest medieval fantasy novel, Chronicles of Meirionnydd: Excalibur. |
Pottle, Adam |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
Complete the first draft, then revise and rewrite into a second draft my young adult horror novel FULL MOON CHRISTMAS. |
McFadzean, Credence |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$6,153 |
To write the first draft of a fiction manuscript exploring the intricate mythology of an invented slasher movie villain or 'supernatural killer.' |
Kirchmeier, Kurt |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$9,000 |
To write a short speculative fiction novel about a man returning to his childhood home to face unresolved trauma and unanswered questions about his past. |
Pewapsconias, Janelle |
Paynton |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2022-2023 |
$1,000 |
To host and perform at "Restorying Justice", a reserve-based spoken word and storytelling showcase on the topic of restorative justice, women, and cultural intervention. |
Bird-Wilson, Lisa |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$7,500 |
To attend three writing residency/retreat locations as I research, write, edit, and revise my book-length memoir, Magpie Dreams. |
Anderson, Charles |
Regina |
Literary |
Independent Artists Program |
2023-2024 |
$8,000 |
I plan to finish writing a novel-in-stories entitled Penny Fictions which is presently one-sixth complete. |
Cross, Roberta |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
Complete writing a memoir essay, ready for publication, with the support of a SWG Writing Retreat and ten days of dedicated professional creative literary practice. |
Favel, Floyd |
Paynton |
Literary |
Indigenous Peoples Art and Artists |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
To create an artistic book- 60 word lexicon of Plains Indian Sign Language in black and white photos, accompanied by the Cree word or phrase. |
St. Frances Cree Bilingual School - Bateman Mary Bishop |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Artists in Schools |
2023-2024 |
$10,000 |
The artist will work with classroom teachers to produce small books in Cree and English, modeling from familiar stories, helping students learn their Cree language. |
Abo Al Shamat, Abdul Salam |
Regina |
Literary |
Microgrant Program |
2023-2024 |
$1,000 |
I want to compete in the national poetry slam competition, and hopefully, win it! |
JackPine Press Inc. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$20,500 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Les Éditions de la nouvelle plume |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$15,380 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Radiant Press |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$46,130 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Sage Hill Writing Experience Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$93,050 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Saskatchewan Book Awards Inc. |
Regina |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$10,250 |
For general operating and programming support. |
Thistledown Press Ltd. |
Saskatoon |
Literary |
Professional Arts Organizations Program |
2023-2024 |
$106,600 |
For general operating and programming support. |