The beautiful RCLAS 2025 Special Winter Edition of Wordplay at Work is now available free for download. It features the winners and runners up of the 2025 Write On! Contest. Enjoy for some winter reading!
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November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The beautiful RCLAS 2025 Special Winter Edition of Wordplay at Work is now available free for download. It features the winners and runners up of the 2025 Write On! Contest. Enjoy for some winter reading!
rclas.com/2025-write-o...
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Join our annual Christmas Mingle
Wed. December 10th
Drop in anytime between 6pm to 9pm
@ Centennial Lodge in Queens Park
Snacks/Door prizes/Music
More info on FB: www.facebook.com/events/14892...
Wed. December 10th
Drop in anytime between 6pm to 9pm
@ Centennial Lodge in Queens Park
Snacks/Door prizes/Music
More info on FB: www.facebook.com/events/14892...
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Join our annual Christmas Mingle
Wed. December 10th
Drop in anytime between 6pm to 9pm
@ Centennial Lodge in Queens Park
Snacks/Door prizes/Music
More info on FB: www.facebook.com/events/14892...
Wed. December 10th
Drop in anytime between 6pm to 9pm
@ Centennial Lodge in Queens Park
Snacks/Door prizes/Music
More info on FB: www.facebook.com/events/14892...
Poets Wanted: Dead or Alive, Open Mic & Tellers
of Short Tales feat. Gina Armstrong & Victoria Vancek of “Haunted History BC” & JG Chayko with a spooky short story.
Hosts: Chelsea Comeau & Janet Kvammen
CENTENNIAL LODGE, Queen’s Park
Wed, OCT 29, 7-9pm
Free! Costume Contest! Prizes!
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of Short Tales feat. Gina Armstrong & Victoria Vancek of “Haunted History BC” & JG Chayko with a spooky short story.
Hosts: Chelsea Comeau & Janet Kvammen
CENTENNIAL LODGE, Queen’s Park
Wed, OCT 29, 7-9pm
Free! Costume Contest! Prizes!
rclas.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Poets Wanted: Dead or Alive, Open Mic & Tellers
of Short Tales feat. Gina Armstrong & Victoria Vancek of “Haunted History BC” & JG Chayko with a spooky short story.
Hosts: Chelsea Comeau & Janet Kvammen
CENTENNIAL LODGE, Queen’s Park
Wed, OCT 29, 7-9pm
Free! Costume Contest! Prizes!
rclas.com
of Short Tales feat. Gina Armstrong & Victoria Vancek of “Haunted History BC” & JG Chayko with a spooky short story.
Hosts: Chelsea Comeau & Janet Kvammen
CENTENNIAL LODGE, Queen’s Park
Wed, OCT 29, 7-9pm
Free! Costume Contest! Prizes!
rclas.com
Famous Last Words is back thanks to RCLAS, SAPP zine, @artsnewwest.bsky.social , @eventmags.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social
•September 24th, 7 PM
•Centennial Lodge, Queen's Park, New Westminster
•Free but accepting donations
•Reserve tickets: famouslastwordsnewwestep2.eventbrite.ca
•September 24th, 7 PM
•Centennial Lodge, Queen's Park, New Westminster
•Free but accepting donations
•Reserve tickets: famouslastwordsnewwestep2.eventbrite.ca
September 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Famous Last Words is back thanks to RCLAS, SAPP zine, @artsnewwest.bsky.social , @eventmags.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social
•September 24th, 7 PM
•Centennial Lodge, Queen's Park, New Westminster
•Free but accepting donations
•Reserve tickets: famouslastwordsnewwestep2.eventbrite.ca
•September 24th, 7 PM
•Centennial Lodge, Queen's Park, New Westminster
•Free but accepting donations
•Reserve tickets: famouslastwordsnewwestep2.eventbrite.ca
Join Janet Kvammen, @janetkvammen.bsky.social Poet Laureate of New Westminster, for a free afternoon of poetry readings, art “Show & Tell” chats and more! Come listen, share, and connect. In partnership RCLAS.
ANVIL CENTRE | STUDIO 417
SEP 21, 2:00-4:00 pm
OCT 19, 2:00-4:00 pm
NOV 16, 2:00-4:00 pm
ANVIL CENTRE | STUDIO 417
SEP 21, 2:00-4:00 pm
OCT 19, 2:00-4:00 pm
NOV 16, 2:00-4:00 pm
August 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Join Janet Kvammen, @janetkvammen.bsky.social Poet Laureate of New Westminster, for a free afternoon of poetry readings, art “Show & Tell” chats and more! Come listen, share, and connect. In partnership RCLAS.
ANVIL CENTRE | STUDIO 417
SEP 21, 2:00-4:00 pm
OCT 19, 2:00-4:00 pm
NOV 16, 2:00-4:00 pm
ANVIL CENTRE | STUDIO 417
SEP 21, 2:00-4:00 pm
OCT 19, 2:00-4:00 pm
NOV 16, 2:00-4:00 pm
Interested in connecting to the arts community in New Westminster & the Lower Mainland? Consider an RCLAS membership & help keep the arts alive. We have reading series, community events, networking opportunities, workshops & more!
info: rclas.com/membership/m...
sign up: rclas.com/membership/m...
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sign up: rclas.com/membership/m...
August 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Interested in connecting to the arts community in New Westminster & the Lower Mainland? Consider an RCLAS membership & help keep the arts alive. We have reading series, community events, networking opportunities, workshops & more!
info: rclas.com/membership/m...
sign up: rclas.com/membership/m...
info: rclas.com/membership/m...
sign up: rclas.com/membership/m...
Save the date! RCLAS is having our AGM on July 31, 2025 at 7pm via Zoom. Please RSVP (and get link) via email: [email protected]
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July 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Save the date! RCLAS is having our AGM on July 31, 2025 at 7pm via Zoom. Please RSVP (and get link) via email: [email protected]
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RCLAS presents Poetry in the Park 2025 July 9 Write on! Contest Winners.
(Left to right: Anna Eastland, Janet Kvammen, Jessica Lee McMillan, Chelsea Comeau (above), and KJ MacMillan).
In partnership with Arts New West & City of New Westminster. It was a special night with and an amazing open mic!
(Left to right: Anna Eastland, Janet Kvammen, Jessica Lee McMillan, Chelsea Comeau (above), and KJ MacMillan).
In partnership with Arts New West & City of New Westminster. It was a special night with and an amazing open mic!
July 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
RCLAS presents Poetry in the Park 2025 July 9 Write on! Contest Winners.
(Left to right: Anna Eastland, Janet Kvammen, Jessica Lee McMillan, Chelsea Comeau (above), and KJ MacMillan).
In partnership with Arts New West & City of New Westminster. It was a special night with and an amazing open mic!
(Left to right: Anna Eastland, Janet Kvammen, Jessica Lee McMillan, Chelsea Comeau (above), and KJ MacMillan).
In partnership with Arts New West & City of New Westminster. It was a special night with and an amazing open mic!
Absolutely thrilled to announce our judge the 12th Annual Fred Cogswell Award For Excellence in Poetry is Cecily Nicholson!!!
The Cogswell Award is officially open for submissions.
Details: rclas.com/2025-fred-co...
The Cogswell Award is officially open for submissions.
Details: rclas.com/2025-fred-co...
June 19, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Absolutely thrilled to announce our judge the 12th Annual Fred Cogswell Award For Excellence in Poetry is Cecily Nicholson!!!
The Cogswell Award is officially open for submissions.
Details: rclas.com/2025-fred-co...
The Cogswell Award is officially open for submissions.
Details: rclas.com/2025-fred-co...
Results are up for The Royal City Literary Arts Society's Write On! Contest.
Thank you to all who submitted - your stories were wonderful and made my decision very difficult ❤️
Many thanks to RCLAS for having me as their judge.
rclas.com/2025-write-o...
Thank you to all who submitted - your stories were wonderful and made my decision very difficult ❤️
Many thanks to RCLAS for having me as their judge.
rclas.com/2025-write-o...
June 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Results are up for The Royal City Literary Arts Society's Write On! Contest.
Thank you to all who submitted - your stories were wonderful and made my decision very difficult ❤️
Many thanks to RCLAS for having me as their judge.
rclas.com/2025-write-o...
Thank you to all who submitted - your stories were wonderful and made my decision very difficult ❤️
Many thanks to RCLAS for having me as their judge.
rclas.com/2025-write-o...
Congratulations to everyone
2025 Write on! Contest winners and HM's! Brava!!
👍👍👍
#writeoncontest #rclas
2025 Write on! Contest winners and HM's! Brava!!
👍👍👍
#writeoncontest #rclas
The results for the 2025 Write On! Contest are in! (with a correction).
Congratulations to the winners and runners up and thank you to all who submitted.
Each category listed below this post and on the website.
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Congratulations to the winners and runners up and thank you to all who submitted.
Each category listed below this post and on the website.
rclas.com/2025-write-o...
2025 Write On! Contest
2025 WRITE ON! CONTEST WINNERS $150 first prize $100 second prize $75 third prize Congratulations to each of our finalists! Thank yo…
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June 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Congratulations to everyone
2025 Write on! Contest winners and HM's! Brava!!
👍👍👍
#writeoncontest #rclas
2025 Write on! Contest winners and HM's! Brava!!
👍👍👍
#writeoncontest #rclas
June 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Congratulations to all winners in all categories. I am thrilled but speechless to have my piece Gun Control place 2nd in fiction. Thank you RCLAS for this opportunity ❤️
June 6, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Congratulations to all winners in all categories. I am thrilled but speechless to have my piece Gun Control place 2nd in fiction. Thank you RCLAS for this opportunity ❤️
Thank you Angela Kenyon for all her hard as the Write on! Contest administrator & Board Member. Her contributions have been invaluable. If you are interested in becoming the new Treasurer/Bookkeeper and have the skills and a volunteer spirit, we want you! Email janetkvammen at rclas.com
June 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Thank you Angela Kenyon for all her hard as the Write on! Contest administrator & Board Member. Her contributions have been invaluable. If you are interested in becoming the new Treasurer/Bookkeeper and have the skills and a volunteer spirit, we want you! Email janetkvammen at rclas.com
Join us for a free, casual Wordplay writing prompt session with Alan Hill on May 22nd!
7pm-9pm @ təməsew̓txʷ Aquatic and Community Centre, Multi-purpose Room 2, 65 East Sixth Avenue.
7pm-9pm @ təməsew̓txʷ Aquatic and Community Centre, Multi-purpose Room 2, 65 East Sixth Avenue.
May 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Join us for a free, casual Wordplay writing prompt session with Alan Hill on May 22nd!
7pm-9pm @ təməsew̓txʷ Aquatic and Community Centre, Multi-purpose Room 2, 65 East Sixth Avenue.
7pm-9pm @ təməsew̓txʷ Aquatic and Community Centre, Multi-purpose Room 2, 65 East Sixth Avenue.
"Bridging the Gap"
RCLAS Co-operative Poem for National Poetry Month, April 2025
Compiled by @janetkvammen.bsky.social/Janet Kvammen, New Westminster Poet Laureate
RCLAS Co-operative Poem for National Poetry Month, April 2025
Compiled by @janetkvammen.bsky.social/Janet Kvammen, New Westminster Poet Laureate
April 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
"Bridging the Gap"
RCLAS Co-operative Poem for National Poetry Month, April 2025
Compiled by @janetkvammen.bsky.social/Janet Kvammen, New Westminster Poet Laureate
RCLAS Co-operative Poem for National Poetry Month, April 2025
Compiled by @janetkvammen.bsky.social/Janet Kvammen, New Westminster Poet Laureate
RCLAS is in New Westminster, BC, but you don't need to be a New West resident or an RCLAS member to enter.
Details, submission rules, etc here:
rclas.com/2025-write-o...
Deadline May 4th
o Non-Fiction (1500 words max)
o Fiction (1500 words max)
o Poetry (1 page)
Deadline May 4, 2025
Details, submission rules, etc here:
rclas.com/2025-write-o...
Deadline May 4th
o Non-Fiction (1500 words max)
o Fiction (1500 words max)
o Poetry (1 page)
Deadline May 4, 2025
April 20, 2025 at 3:48 AM
RCLAS is in New Westminster, BC, but you don't need to be a New West resident or an RCLAS member to enter.
Details, submission rules, etc here:
rclas.com/2025-write-o...
Deadline May 4th
o Non-Fiction (1500 words max)
o Fiction (1500 words max)
o Poetry (1 page)
Deadline May 4, 2025
Details, submission rules, etc here:
rclas.com/2025-write-o...
Deadline May 4th
o Non-Fiction (1500 words max)
o Fiction (1500 words max)
o Poetry (1 page)
Deadline May 4, 2025
RCLAS is in New Westminster, BC, but you don't need to be a New West resident or an RCLAS member to enter.
Details, submission rules, etc here:
rclas.com/2025-write-o...
Deadline May 4th
o Non-Fiction (1500 words max)
o Fiction (1500 words max)
o Poetry (1 page)
Deadline May 4, 2025
Details, submission rules, etc here:
rclas.com/2025-write-o...
Deadline May 4th
o Non-Fiction (1500 words max)
o Fiction (1500 words max)
o Poetry (1 page)
Deadline May 4, 2025
April 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
RCLAS is in New Westminster, BC, but you don't need to be a New West resident or an RCLAS member to enter.
Details, submission rules, etc here:
rclas.com/2025-write-o...
Deadline May 4th
o Non-Fiction (1500 words max)
o Fiction (1500 words max)
o Poetry (1 page)
Deadline May 4, 2025
Details, submission rules, etc here:
rclas.com/2025-write-o...
Deadline May 4th
o Non-Fiction (1500 words max)
o Fiction (1500 words max)
o Poetry (1 page)
Deadline May 4, 2025
2025 Write On Contest Deadline May 4th!
o Non-Fiction
o Fiction
o Poetry
o Submission Fee is $10 for RCLAS members
$ 20 per submission for non-members.
o 1st prize - $150, 2nd prize - $100, 3rd prize - $75 for each category.
o Non-Fiction
o Fiction
o Poetry
o Submission Fee is $10 for RCLAS members
$ 20 per submission for non-members.
o 1st prize - $150, 2nd prize - $100, 3rd prize - $75 for each category.
April 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
2025 Write On Contest Deadline May 4th!
o Non-Fiction
o Fiction
o Poetry
o Submission Fee is $10 for RCLAS members
$ 20 per submission for non-members.
o 1st prize - $150, 2nd prize - $100, 3rd prize - $75 for each category.
o Non-Fiction
o Fiction
o Poetry
o Submission Fee is $10 for RCLAS members
$ 20 per submission for non-members.
o 1st prize - $150, 2nd prize - $100, 3rd prize - $75 for each category.
Happy National Poetry Month! Join Poet Laureate Janet Kvammen @janetkvammen.bsky.social with Angela Kenyon & Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.bsky.social
Poetry readings & more.
Free! Drop in Sat April 12 2025
2:30 – 4:30pm @ Anvil Centre, Rm 417
777 Columbia Street, New Westminster
Poetry readings & more.
Free! Drop in Sat April 12 2025
2:30 – 4:30pm @ Anvil Centre, Rm 417
777 Columbia Street, New Westminster
April 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Happy National Poetry Month! Join Poet Laureate Janet Kvammen @janetkvammen.bsky.social with Angela Kenyon & Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.bsky.social
Poetry readings & more.
Free! Drop in Sat April 12 2025
2:30 – 4:30pm @ Anvil Centre, Rm 417
777 Columbia Street, New Westminster
Poetry readings & more.
Free! Drop in Sat April 12 2025
2:30 – 4:30pm @ Anvil Centre, Rm 417
777 Columbia Street, New Westminster
RCLAS & @newwestminster.bsky.social present: A Poetry + Art Salon with Poet Laureate @janetkvammen.bsky.social
Sat, April 12: 2:30-4:30 pm
@ Anvil Centre (777 Columbia Street) with guests Alan Hill, Angela Kenyon and @jessicaleemcmillan.bsky.social
Details: www.facebook.com/events/63841...
Sat, April 12: 2:30-4:30 pm
@ Anvil Centre (777 Columbia Street) with guests Alan Hill, Angela Kenyon and @jessicaleemcmillan.bsky.social
Details: www.facebook.com/events/63841...
April 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
RCLAS & @newwestminster.bsky.social present: A Poetry + Art Salon with Poet Laureate @janetkvammen.bsky.social
Sat, April 12: 2:30-4:30 pm
@ Anvil Centre (777 Columbia Street) with guests Alan Hill, Angela Kenyon and @jessicaleemcmillan.bsky.social
Details: www.facebook.com/events/63841...
Sat, April 12: 2:30-4:30 pm
@ Anvil Centre (777 Columbia Street) with guests Alan Hill, Angela Kenyon and @jessicaleemcmillan.bsky.social
Details: www.facebook.com/events/63841...
RCLAS is on Bluesky! Let's start things off with our call for submissions for the annual Write On! Contest (Fiction, Non-Fiction & Poetry). Help us spread the word! Details on our website: rclas.com/2025-write-o...
March 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
RCLAS is on Bluesky! Let's start things off with our call for submissions for the annual Write On! Contest (Fiction, Non-Fiction & Poetry). Help us spread the word! Details on our website: rclas.com/2025-write-o...
RCLAS Winter E-Zine. Write On! Contest winners. Check out this literary zine and help support your writing community.
J.G. Chayko's winning story "Homewrecker"
"A powerful multilayered tale of a house personified as the black hearted other woman"
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J.G. Chayko's winning story "Homewrecker"
"A powerful multilayered tale of a house personified as the black hearted other woman"
rclas.com/media/wordpl...
January 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
RCLAS Winter E-Zine. Write On! Contest winners. Check out this literary zine and help support your writing community.
J.G. Chayko's winning story "Homewrecker"
"A powerful multilayered tale of a house personified as the black hearted other woman"
rclas.com/media/wordpl...
J.G. Chayko's winning story "Homewrecker"
"A powerful multilayered tale of a house personified as the black hearted other woman"
rclas.com/media/wordpl...
RCLAS HOLIDAY POP-IN
Tues Dec 17 2024 6.30 - 9pm
Centennial Lodge - Queens Park New Westminster.
New West Artists and Royal City Literary Arts Society have teamed up to finish off 2024!!!
Everyone is welcome. Enjoy nibbles, good times and door prizes (including a couple of bundles of my books).
Tues Dec 17 2024 6.30 - 9pm
Centennial Lodge - Queens Park New Westminster.
New West Artists and Royal City Literary Arts Society have teamed up to finish off 2024!!!
Everyone is welcome. Enjoy nibbles, good times and door prizes (including a couple of bundles of my books).
December 12, 2024 at 6:48 AM
RCLAS HOLIDAY POP-IN
Tues Dec 17 2024 6.30 - 9pm
Centennial Lodge - Queens Park New Westminster.
New West Artists and Royal City Literary Arts Society have teamed up to finish off 2024!!!
Everyone is welcome. Enjoy nibbles, good times and door prizes (including a couple of bundles of my books).
Tues Dec 17 2024 6.30 - 9pm
Centennial Lodge - Queens Park New Westminster.
New West Artists and Royal City Literary Arts Society have teamed up to finish off 2024!!!
Everyone is welcome. Enjoy nibbles, good times and door prizes (including a couple of bundles of my books).