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Welcome to Wordstorm Society of the Arts

Celebrating the craft of writing and cultivating

a diverse literary community across

Vancouver Island and the Salish Sea Basin.

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New Resources Added!

New essays and tips on and for your writing have been added to the Writers' Room. Exclusively available to Wordstorm members. (To access, sign in using your account log-in details created when you became a member.)

New print and video essays in the Writers' Room by:

⚡️ Terry Ann Carter

⚡️ Danika Dinsmore

⚡️ Heidi Greco

⚡️ Robert Hilles

⚡️ Barbara Pelman

⚡️ Robert Priest

⚡️ Johnny Trinh

Submissions to Counterflow are now closed

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We received a record number of submissions from across Vancouver Island and the Salish Sea Basin. Thanks for submitting your work!

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Wordstorm Society of the Arts

Nanaimo, B.C. (Snuneymuxw)
Celebrating the craft of writing and cultivating a diverse literary community across Vancouver Island and the Salish Sea Basin.

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Writers and artists living anywhere on Vancouver Island as well as in communities within the Salish Sea Basin are eligible to submit to Counterflow, Wordstorm's digital literary magazine produced annually on Vancouver Island.

The Salish Sea extends from the north end of the Strait of Georgia and Desolation Sound to the south end of Puget Sound and west to the mouth of the Strait of Juan de Fuca including the inland marine waters of southern British Columbia, Canada and northern Washington, USA.

It includes the cities of Vancouver, Seattle, Victoria, Olympia, Nanaimo, Powell River, Surrey, Whistler, Chilliwack, Bellingham, Port Angeles, Port Townsend, among others. Click for an interactive map.

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