Bywords.ca - Submissions Web:www.bywords.ca Monthly online magazine featuring emerging and established poets residing, studying or working in Ottawa. Please submit poems and events by the 15th of each month. Events calendars distributed monthly. Please submit events to events@bywords.ca, and previously unpublished poetry to submissions@bywords.ca in Word or RTF format. Please no PDFS. Read guidelines on site. Ottawa Urbanism Book Club Time and Place: 6:15 pm. Ottawa Public Library, Sunnyside Branch, 1049 Bank Web:ottawaurbanismbookclub.wordpress.com/ a group of Ottawa residents that gather once a month to discuss how to make Ottawa more sustainable and affordable. Attendance is free and reading is optional. December 15 - Cities and the Constitution: Giving Local Governments in Canada the Power They Need by Alexandra Flynn and others Elmvale Writers Group Time and Place: Every Monday at 6:30 pm. Ottawa Public Library Elmvale Branch, 1910 St. Laurent Blvd Web:booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/elmvale-writers-group registration required. adult / teen. 90 minutes Stittsville Creative Writing Group - Youth Program Time and Place: Every Monday at 6:30 pm. 1637 Stittsville Main St Web:booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/event/stittsville-creative-writing-group-youth-program-6 registration required. teen. 90 minutes Art House Cafe Open Mic Time and Place: Every Monday at 7:00 pm. 555 Somerset W musicians, vocalists, poets, and comedians. sign up in advance on site. stairs leading up to cafe and down to open mic area. sign up opens at 6:30pm Namaashoum Time and Place: Every Monday at 7:00 pm. CKCU FM 93.1 Web:cod.ckcufm.com/programs/53/info.html Promoting the Persian culture, especially its music and literature. Hosted by: Mehdi Fallahi Salon of the Refused Ottawa, 2025 Time and Place: December 15 at 7:00 pm. Bytown Museum, 1 Canal Lane Web:salonoftherefused.ca/ Email:wajohnst@uoguelph.ca It is a celebration of writing that was initially rejected. It is also a celebration of marginalized communities who often feel rejected by mainstream society. The authors will present works of poetry or prose that went unrecognized when first submitted to either a literary journal or competition but whose power and beauty will be evident to those in attendance. See site for list of readers.
