Riddle Fence

10/19/2026

Tuesday, November 10th 7-9 pm NST

Online Art Writing Workshop with Tanea Hynes

Riddle Fence presents the third in our new season of online workshops! Join from wherever you call home, and learn from some of the very best writers in Newfoundland and Labrador (and beyond!)

This workshop has been generously supported by CEDP funding from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, and is offered at a pay-what-you-can rate. Workshops run between 2-3 hours.

For Tickets: https://ArtWritingwithTaneaHynes.eventbrite.com

Writing About Your Work for Practicing Artists

Description: This two-hour workshop helps practicing artists in any discipline find plain, specific language for what they do, how they do it and why it matters to them. Through short writing exercises, peer feedback and a look at what Canadian arts councils, artist-run centres and galleries look for, participants will leave with a revised artist statement, a 50-word short version and a one-sentence description they can say with confidence.

Bring an existing statement, however rough (if you don't have one, that's ok!), and images of one to three recent works for your own reference.

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Accessibility: The workshop will be held on Zoom, with a short break mid-way through. While participants are encouraged to turn on their cameras, it is not mandatory. Auto-captioning will be enabled, and participants will be muted except when speaking. Instructions for writing exercises will be spoken, and also provided in writing on the screen or in the chat.

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Tanea Hynes (b. Labrador City) is a visual artist and documentary photographer whose work has been exhibited in Canada, the United States and Europe. Her work is held in public and private collections, including the Canada Council Art Bank. She received the 2021 Roloff Beny Foundation Fellowship in photography from Concordia University, and she self-published the artist edition WORKHORSE that same year. Her recent solo exhibition, Locally Hated, was shown at KIN in Brussels, which represents her in Europe. She is a visual art editor for Riddle Fence.

09/29/2026

Coming up on Saturday, October 17th at 1 pm we have the second in our series of online writing workshops this fall with Charis Cotter! Tickets are pay-what-you-can, available at the link below!

09/08/2026

Coming this month: Fiction workshop with Susie Taylor! Online only.

It's Back to School week -- so why not make sure you're doing something for your writing, too? All our workshops are Pay-What-You-Can, so that they are available for everyone.

The Riddle Fence online workshop series is back for Fall 2026, and we're kicking off with a Workshop with RF Fiction Editor, Susie Taylor.

Saturday, September 26
1pm
Online Only

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/online-fiction-workshop-with-susie-taylor-tickets-1999281172807?aff=oddtdtcreator

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This is Not a Craft Talk:

Survival Strategies for the Fiction Writer in the Wild

With Susie Taylor

What happens when there is no one grading you, no one is giving you a deadline, when you are a fiction writer who finds yourself, out there, alone, in the wild?

This workshop is about how to get into a story, how to get out of one, and what to do if you’re in trouble. Through discussion and writing exercises we will talk about coming to the page, keeping things moving, and taking risks in our work.

The workshop will include creative writing exercises aimed at sharpening our prose, some practical tips on sustaining a fiction writing practice and knowing when and where to shoot your shot. Bring your courage, your voice, and something to write with.



Accessibility: The workshop will be held on Zoom, with a short break mid-way through. While participants are encouraged to turn on their cameras, it is not mandatory. Auto-captioning will be enabled, and participants will be muted except when speaking. Instructions for writing exercises will be spoken, and also provided in writing on the screen or in the chat.

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Susie Taylor is a q***r writer who lives in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. In 2025, her book Vigil (Breakwater Books)won the BMO Winterset Award for Fiction, the Alistair MacLeod Award for Short Fiction, and was a finalist for the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award. Her short stories have appeared in literary magazines across Canada including Geist, PRISM International, The Fiddlehead, and Room Magazine. She has been named as a 2028 Civitella Ranieri Fellow and is the Associate Fiction Editor at Riddle Fence Magazine.

08/31/2026

It's the last week to apply for the Writers NL Mentorship program! Got a manuscript you need help with? The roster of mentors looks amaaaaazing--

Attention members! The last day to submit apprentice applications for the 2026/27 Mentorship Program for Emerging Writers is this Friday, September 4 at 4pm NLT. All eligibility and submission requirements are on our website at:

https://writersnl.ca/programs-services/mentorship-program/

Successful applicants will be informed in late September and mentorship pairings will begin in October.

This is a great program for members who are serious about concentrated work on a project over time but who could also benefit from experienced guidance and coaching. Get in there!

07/17/2026

Great big fun collab ahead! August 15 Riddle Fence X Union House Arts X Lawnya Vawnya in Port Union!

07/17/2026

07/15/2026

Mentorship program is now live at Writers NL!

05/29/2026

We are SO excited to host author Maria Reva in Newfoundland, starting next week!

St. John's - June 3 with The Kubasonics , at Lawnya Vawnya

Corner Brook - June 11 with Snizhana Dovzhenko at Camber Arts

with thanks to our friends at the Canada Council for the Arts and Writers NL

Got your tickets yet? https://riddlefence.com/events/events-list/

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKhgWbHhBNL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

05/20/2026

Congratulations to all the nominated poets, but especially to Riddle Fence poetry editor Anna Swanson!

05/14/2026

WRITERS: LAST CALL!!
This time it's for real: Final Deadline is Tomorrow - May 15
Contest closes at 11:59pm NDT.

Billy-Ray Belcourt is from the Driftpile Cree Nation in northwest Alberta, Treaty 8 territory. He holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Alberta. He is the author ofThis Wound is a World, NDN Coping Mechanisms, A History of My Brief Body, A Minor Chorus, Coexistence, and, most recently, The...