Each year the organizing committee contacts writers from across Canada asking them to take part in our festival and the Young Authors' Conference. We usually make our requests early in the new year.
We invite writers who are recommended to us, often by other writers. For instance, William Deverell joined us when friend Brian Brett suggested Deverell might like an invite to come north, especially when Brett was our Writer in Residence in 1998. Kate Braid, Peter Christensen and Laisha Rosnau all wanted to return to the place they had formerly lived and had never really forgotten.
For the most part, Canadian writers like to come north. The Yukon still has some of the old mystique and, practically speaking, we are still an expensive place to get to, so some of the writers take advantage of what amounts to a business and pleasure trip north.
Each writer receives a per diem plus room, board and transportation to and from the Yukon.
We also try to give the writers a taste of the country outside Whitehorse. We invite them to stay an extra day or so and take them out of town. We hope to leave them with more of the "Yukon's gold."
2023 Authors
Writers for 2023
Kevin Chong
Rhiannon Russell
Joshua Whitehead
We invite writers who are recommended to us, often by other writers. For instance, William Deverell joined us when friend Brian Brett suggested Deverell might like an invite to come north, especially when Brett was our Writer in Residence in 1998. Kate Braid, Peter Christensen and Laisha Rosnau all wanted to return to the place they had formerly lived and had never really forgotten.
For the most part, Canadian writers like to come north. The Yukon still has some of the old mystique and, practically speaking, we are still an expensive place to get to, so some of the writers take advantage of what amounts to a business and pleasure trip north.
Each writer receives a per diem plus room, board and transportation to and from the Yukon.
We also try to give the writers a taste of the country outside Whitehorse. We invite them to stay an extra day or so and take them out of town. We hope to leave them with more of the "Yukon's gold."
2023 Authors
Writers for 2023
Kevin Chong
Rhiannon Russell
Joshua Whitehead