Join us to celebrate the emerging arts writers, critics, poets, creatives and students who submitted works to  the 2024 SAAG Arts Writing Prize competition. We’re excited to welcome this year’s contributors, and to host a Q&A with this year’s winners, PARI and Prabhnoor Kaur.

This event is free to attend and will take place online over Zoom. Registration is required to receive the link to the event. Please contact Heather Kehoe, Programs & Event Coordinator (hkehoe@saag.ca) to register for this event. 

You can read all the submissions, including those of the winners and runners-up, here in the 2024 Arts Writing Prize Reader. A print edition, published in the Gallery’s Tiny Press Studio will be available to all entrants and for the public through the Shop at SAAG.

Community attendees can receive a physical copy of the 2024 SAAG Arts Writing Prize Reader, made in the Gallery’s Tiny Press bookbinding studio. This publication is an impressive collection of today’s emerging voices, sharing an array of perspectives and insightful critiques. A limited number of copies will be available for pick-up in the Gallery. You can reserve a copy when you register for the reception. 

This year’s winners, as chosen by a jury made up of poet, critic, and author Henry Heavy Shield, Galleries West Magazine Editor Shelley Boetcher, and art historian and critic Aruna D’Souza. Winners of each category received a $1000 prize. Runners up for awards received $250.