We’re excited to see Elee Kraljii Gardiner, Director of the Vancouver Manuscript Intensive, featured as a poet at the upcoming Twisted Poets Literary Salon at Britannia Library! ✨ We hope to see you there!

Happy Holidays from Vancouver Manuscript Intensive! ❄️ If you’d like to stay up to date on VMI programs, opportunities, and initiatives in the new year, you can subscribe to our newsletter at vancouvermanuscriptintensive.com. ✨ Wishing you a restful holiday season and a creative start to 2026.

We’re thrilled to announce the 2026 Yosef Wosk Vancouver Manuscript Intensive Fellow, Kinjal Sethia! Kinjal will be working with Gary Barwin on a poetry manuscript throughout the 2026 Intensive. Please join us in welcoming her to the VMI community!

VMI’s Connected Studio, a series of six community writing sessions, is open to writers throughout 2026. Led by Elee Kraljii Gardiner, this year’s guest experts include Rachel Letofsky, Catriona Strang, Petra Chambers, and Dr. Bronwen Tate. Register: tinyurl.com/vmiconnectedstudio

The Vancouver Manuscript Intensive’s Connected Studio, a series of six community writing sessions, is open to all writers in 2026! Learn more and register at tinyurl.com/vmiconnected.... To stay updated on upcoming events, be sure to also subscribe to the VMI newsletter!

Know a #writer of exceptional promise with a manuscript in progress, who has faced significant barriers to fulfilling that promise? Let them know about the #YosefWoskVMIFellowship! Applications are open until November 10, 2025. Apply at www.vancouvermanuscriptintensive.com

As we prepare to open submissions for the #WarlandAward on Nov 1, we extend our deepest gratitude to #AlisonBraid for her wonderful work and wish her all the best in her next chapter. We're delighted to welcome @selenamercuri.bsky.social to the team as the new coordinator for the Warland Award.

Find us at Word Vancouver this year! ✏️ Chat with Director Elee Kraljii Gardiner, mentor Aren X. Tulchinsky, and VMI graduates Sheila Martineau, Angela Gray, and Rob Chursinoff! Our table is indoors at UBC Robson Square from 1pm-3pm on September 20. Say hi! Findout more at www.wordvancouver.ca 📚

Sign up for our Six-Month Intensive. Fantastic mentors, constructive feedback, and a wonderful community of writers. Join us! ✏️

Want to learn more about our programs? We offer one-on-one mentorship from anywhere in the world. These tailored programs are designed to meet each writer where they're at. Find us at www.vancouvermanuscriptintensive.com!

we have a spot for you in this unique book proposal workshop! register today!

We're running an unusual workshop on how to write a book proposal: we have mentors, an agent, a publisher to help you hone the air tight proposal for your WiP.Small cohort, starts Feb 9, info here: www.vancouvermanuscriptintensive.com/workshop/pre...

Creative Writing & Publishing students at Sheridan have collected nearly 700 signatures to save their program! www.change.org/p/stop-the-s...

from the archives : Elee Kraljii Gardiner @eleekg.bsky.social on Betsy Warland : themanygenderedmothers.blogspot.com/2017/03/elee...

Our Director Elee Kraljii Gardiner and mentor Gary Barwin collaborated on a book of poems with no words--but each visual includes a QR code leading to a sound/video/text poem. Visit until mid-December at Massy Arts Space.

Find your footing! Register now for this workshop limited to 8 participants. It’s designed for those in the early stages of memoir writing who want a strong start developing their idea with an emphasis on content, style, and voice. www.vancouvermanuscriptintensive.com/workshop/fin...

Hello all! We're excited to be here! We are a program based in Vancouver, Canada that pairs writers with mentors in a range of different options. Emerging, experienced, local or international--we got you! More info here: www.vancouvermanuscriptintensive.com/mentors/