The 2024 Lupine Review Launches at the Whistler Writers Festival
“Heading north I spotted off to my left a field of dew-sprinkled live jewellery glowing in the morning light,” says Tom Thomson, who painted the work entitled Pink Sky Lupines, of his training ride that day through the Meadows. “Retracing the road south, I had to stop and sketch the lupines as the sky above Mount Currie in the distance was bathed in shades of pink.”
Thomson is among 25 local artists and writers who feature in this year’s edition of The Lupine Review, a magazine launched by the volunteering duo Colleen MacDonald and Abby Deveney last year. This year marks the second edition of the magazine, which showcases emerging local talent from the Sea-to-Sky region across 36 pages of gloss and colour thanks to funding from the Real Estate Association of Whistler. It’s a significant bump up from the 2023 inaugural edition of the magazine, which featured 16 local creatives over 28 pages.
The pair will unveil the full magazine at a free event at the Whistler Public Library on Friday, October 18 at 6pm as part of the Whistler Writers Festival. This year’s Lupine Review will be for sale alongside last year’s magazine at a special festival discount price. The Lupine Review can also be found in Whistler at the Whistler Museum, the Maury Young Arts Centre and Armchair Books.
Please join this celebration of local talent and collaborative energy by navigating to the event on the Whistler Writers Festival website and RSVP-ing. The publication is supported by the writers festival and The Whistler Writing Society.
“I hope the painting speaks to you,” says Thomson, who is also a teacher, athlete and volunteer once voted “Favourite Whistlerite” by readers of Pique newsmagazine.
Be sure to register for the free Lupine Review Launch Party happening Friday October 18 at 6:00 – 7:15 p.m. at the Whistler Public Library. Buy a copy and get your favourite local writer and artist to sign it!
Thank you to Real Estate Association of Whistler for your generous support.
The Lupine Review literary magazine is delighted to invite submissions for its 2024 edition after the publication’s hugely successful launch last year. Creatives from Horseshoe Bay to Mount Currie and all points in between are encouraged to submit their work for our second annual edition, which will be unveiled at the Whistler Writers Festival in October.
Submissions open on January 15, 2024. Deadline Extension! Entries will close on March 31, 2024.
We’re looking for:
- Creative writing to a maximum of 400 words
- Poetry, three pieces maximum, 400 words in total
- Visual art in any form
Further details:
- Submit only once in each category
- Written submissions should be double-spaced for ease of reading and uploaded as a Word document
- Visual submissions should be uploaded as high-resolution jpg, gif or png files
- Submissions must be anonymous. Please do not put your name or identifying features in your submission document/files.
- Work must be original, created by the submitter without the use of artificial intelligence and previously unpublished
- Submissions are open to those 18 years and older
- Submitters must have a connection to the Sea-to-Sky corridor and be happy to explain this
- Submitters will retain the rights to their works
- Any benefit from publication remains with the creator of the work and is not transferable
- Works will be blind-judged
- There is no fee to submit
Creative works accepted for publication will be showcased at the Whistler Writers Festival, which will be held in various venues in Whistler from October 17-20, 2024. Those published will receive two free copies of The Lupine Review and receive a ticket to the Literary Cabaret, which is a highlight of the Whistler Writers Festival.
We look forward to your submissions!
Colleen MacDonald and Abby Deveney, founders, The Lupine Review.
The Lupine Review: from seed to bud to blossom
The Lupine Review literary magazine debuted in October at the Whistler Writers Festival to a packed salon at the Maury Young Arts Centre. Almost 90 people celebrated the launch, making it one of the Festival’s most-attended events. Guests included most of the 16 writers, poets and artists who are showcased in the 28-page colour magazine.
A mood of gratitude dominated the space as Colleen MacDonald and Abby Deveney – who partnered to create The Lupine Review – welcomed the crowd. It was a fitting sentiment for this volunteer-driven project, brought to life in six short months with a goal of showcasing talent associated with the Sea-to-Sky corridor.
A call for entries in the spring of 2023 drew nearly 40 submissions through the Whistler Writers Festival website. The 2023 Lupine Review accepted poetry, short-form creative writing and visual art. These pieces were blind judged by a panel of three with an expertise in authoring, blogging, editing, poetry and gallery work.
The inaugural edition of The Lupine Review sold out during the Festival. If you have a copy, it is a collector’s item! Proceeds from the magazine were donated to the Festival and will help fund literary activities in the Sea to Sky.
Buy Your Copy
We are pleased to announce a second print run, now available in Whistler at Armchair Books, the Whistler Museum and the Maury Young Arts Centre, and in Squamish at The Little Bookshop. To purchase a print copy or ebook, email lupinereview@gmail.com
The Lupine Review can be found on the shelves of public libraries in Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton and is also available on amazon.ca
A 2024 edition is in the works. Entries open on January 15 via the Whistler Writers Festival website for poetry, short-form creative writing and works of visual art. Submissions will close on March 15. Watch this space for details.
Colleen and Abby
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Calling all writers and artists connected to the Sea to Sky! We want to showcase your flash fiction, non-fiction, poetry and visual works in association with the Whistler Writers Festival. We’re creating a channel, online or in print, to showcase emerging writers in the Horseshoe Bay to Mt. Currie area. Accepted submissions will be presented at the festival and receive a ticket to the Literary Cabaret.
Submission Guidelines:
– accepting flash fiction at a maximum of 400 words
– accepting 1–3 poems not exceeding 400 words total
– written submissions must be uploaded as a Word .doc/.docx or .PDF file
– visual art submissions must be uploaded as a .jpg/.jpeg
– double-space submissions in 12pt. Times New Roman
– do not put your name anywhere in your submission document
– submit only once for each genre category
– submitters must be 18 years of age or older
– deadline for submission is 11:59pm PST on May 1, 2023
If you have any questions about the literary magazine, please contact submissions@whistlerwritersfest.com