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Live Action Slush: Short Fiction
Saturday August 15, 2026 12:00pm - 1:15pm MDT
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 6
Live Action Slush - What is it?

The Slush Pile is the magical pile of unsolicited manuscripts that editors and publishers comb through to discover great new work.

A Live Action Slush event is just a slush pile in real time. A panel of editors and publishers listen to a cold reader tackling an anonymous first page of a manuscript. The panelists raise their hands at the moment they would stop reading. When all hands are raised, the reader stops and the discussion begins. What’s working? What’s not working? Discuss! At the end, the submitter may choose to identify themselves, or stay under the radar. 
How to Play
  1. Bring the first page of your manuscript without your name on it! Take note of the genre of the slush; one page only; typed, double-spaced, 11pt type. 
  2. Drop it in the basket and hope yours gets picked for review. 
The panelists will try to get through as many as they can in the 60 minute event! This year we have several slush types to enjoy.

Mark your SCHED schedules, go write and good luck! 

Reader: Claire Bolton
Presenters
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Claire Bolton

Co-Artistic Director, Full Circle Theatre
Claire Bolton is a theatre artist, stage manager, and producer based in Calgary, where she serves as co-artistic director of Full Circle Theatre and resident wrangler of budgets, schedules, and all things production management.With a background in dance, physical theatre, and clown... Read More →
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Jennifer Chevais

The Rights Factory
Jennifer Chevais is a generalist with a strong interest in commercial horror, speculative fiction, as well as children’s fiction and “just the right fit” nonfiction project.

As a generalist she is primarily drawn to character-driven stories peopled by characters so strong th... Read More →
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Lexie Angelo

Chief Editor, Radical Bookshop and Press

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Cecilia "CeCe" Lyra

Literary Agent, Wendy Sherman Associates
Cecilia “CeCe” Lyra is a literary agent at Wendy Sherman Associates representing a range of fiction and nonfiction authors writing for the adult market.

Born and raised bilingual and bicultural in Rio de Janeiro, CeCe is passionate about representing under and misrepresented... Read More →
Saturday August 15, 2026 12:00pm - 1:15pm MDT
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 6 700 Centre St S, Calgary, AB T2G 5P6, Canada
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