Register for the Symposium on the Book


Win the Ultimate Literary Prize Package!

Tell us a true account of what happened in the above photo.

Investigative writers keep the facts straight while creating compelling narratives about true-life subjects. To celebrate this year’s Symposium on the Book: True Accounts, the SFU Summer Publishing Workshops is offering a chance to win an amazing prize package. Submit your best piece of non-fiction writing (1000-1200 words) for a chance to win the following prizes:

• A two-night stay at the Delta Vancouver Suites

• Two tickets to The Symposium on the Book on July 16, 2011
with copies of each of the attending authors’ books
(ten books in total)

• A Kobo wireless e-reader with a $50 gift card for e-books

• A one-year subscription to the Globe and Mail

• A one-year subscription to The Walrus

• A copy of Robert Bringhurst’s The Surface of Meaning (CCSP Press)

• Vouchers to The Vancouver International Writers Festival


Send your true tale to pubworks@sfu.ca by June 30th, 2011, along with your full name and contact information. The winner will be notified by phone on July 8, 2011 and posted on www.sfu.ca/pubworks.