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When Words Collide 2026
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Friday
, August 14
1:30pm
MDT
Short & Sweet, Why Word-Economy Needs to be in Every Writer's Toolkit
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 8
Alexis Marie Chute
3:00pm
MDT
High stakes short fiction
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 8
Lexie Angelo
4:30pm
MDT
The Whole Package: Creating a Top-Quality Published Book That Jumps Off the Shelf and Attacks Your Reader (Nicely)
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 7
Jennifer Sommersby
Saturday
, August 15
9:00am
MDT
BREAKFAST CLUB: The Shit No One Tells You About Writing / Books with Hooks
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 6
Bianca Marais • Carly Watters • Cecilia "CeCe" Lyra
Get Outta My Head!
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 4
Andrew Buckley
10:30am
MDT
Whose Plot is it Anyway? How to Master the Dominant Arc in Hybrid Fiction
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 8
Kim Cheel
12:00pm
MDT
A CRASH COURSE IN COPYRIGHT
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 7
D.G. Valdron
1:30pm
MDT
Confessions of a Pants-aholic — How to Plot a Novel When You’d Rather Do Anything Else
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 9
Claire Bonneau
3:00pm
MDT
Laugh Out Loud Literary Devices
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 4
Miranda Krogstad
4:30pm
MDT
The Most Powerful Characterization Detail You're Overlooking: A Character's Job
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 8
Angela Ackerman
6:00pm
MDT
Kevin McDonald Superstar
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 4+6
Kevin McDonald
Sunday
, August 16
9:00am
MDT
What Next? Self-editing Strategies for Moving Your Manuscript Forward
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 9
Sandra McIntyre
10:30am
MDT
Marketing Without the Ick: Show Up, Be Seen, and Share With Heart
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 8
Rosey Hwang
12:00pm
MDT
The Do's and Don'ts of Cover Design
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Stephen B
Crystal Kladreau
1:30pm
MDT
How to Write a Synopsis without Crying First
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 4
Mira Landry
4:30pm
MDT
The Hidden Architecture of Character Desire: How Want, Fear, and Contradiction Drive Every Scene
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Imperial Ballroom 9
Sarah Brinley
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