OUR MISSION STATEMENT: To enhance the creative writing experience through learning, community and support.
AWCS is a not-for-profit charitable organization incorporated in September, 1981. In the late seventies, Michael Fay rented an office in the Alexandra Centre where he gave lessons in creative writing. By 1981, he had gathered together a small group who wanted to form a writer’s society and it was through their efforts that the Alexandra Writers' Centre Society was born. Now after more than 25 years serving the Calgary literary community, the centre is flourishing and there is an increasing demand for our services – all done by volunteers. AWCS uses the “free fall” method of creative writing, first introduced by W.O. Mitchell, as the basis for all instruction. This method was further refined by Michael Fay when he set up his own creative writing courses.
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