Wascana Review goes online.

As most readers and writers know, budgets for publications are tight.  So Wascana Review has decided to go online, using software developed at Simon Fraser's Public Knowledge Project.  We've also decided to be open-source, available to anyone who wants to read us.  

The book is a perfect technology:  you can carry it anywhere and its batteries never fail.  In order to compensate for the portable, tactile experience of a journal between covers, we've decided to do two things that will make readers' experience more inviting.  There will be MP3 files with readings of poems and short stories for you to upload to your iPod.  We will also be including videos of poetry readings here in Regina, at least to begin with.  

Please join our Facebook fan site so you know when new issues come out. We'll also be developing a conversation on the site about creative writing pedagogy.

Call for Papers

We are currently seeking work on creative writing pedagogy. In conjunction with the inception of the University of Regina's new graduate creative writing program, the journal is turning its attention to the pedagogy of creative writing.

Topics might include-but are certainly not limited to

• How to make the creative writing workshop most effective
• Successful strategies for teaching the elements of craft
• Teaching craft; fostering vision
• Teaching students to read as writers
• The relationship between literary theory and creative writing
• The arcs of story: from the Aristotelian to the episodic
• The paradoxical role of the creative writing teacher: to encourage and evaluate
• Essays or interviews on the creative life or the creative process
• Helping students with writer's block
• Research skills for creative writers
• Reviews of resources on creative writing pedagogy
• Creative writing programs' need to incorporate creative writing pedagogy into their course offerings

Feeling that work published by small presses doesn't get enough critical attention, we are focussing our reviews on fiction and poetry published by the small presses. It's up to journals like Wascana Review to keep the critical conversation about contemporary Canadian writing alive. In the future, the reviews will all be archived on our website and available on the Web. If you are interested in reviewing for us, please see "Books available for review."