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    New Year, New OWC
    Averill Elisa Frankes
    • Jan 5
    • 2 min

    New Year, New OWC

    The OWC is officially moving off the Meetup.com platform and permanently and solely onto our website, as of January 20, 2021.
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    Going on hiatus
    Averill Elisa Frankes
    • Jun 15, 2020
    • 1 min

    Going on hiatus

    The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on many of us. We've been trying our best to keep the Ottawa Writer's Circle active, but it's been hard.
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    Happy New Year, OWC!
    Averill Elisa Frankes
    • Jan 4, 2020
    • 2 min

    Happy New Year, OWC!

    Welcome to a new decade (to most people), the Roaring Twenties 2.0 (to just me)! This Is Your Year To (Finally?) Write The Thing!
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    The OWC in Year Seven
    Averill Elisa Frankes
    • Sep 1, 2019
    • 3 min

    The OWC in Year Seven

    Welcome to year seven of the Ottawa Writer’s Circle! We started on September 1st, 2013 and here we are six years later, still going strong!
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    Summary of 2019 Annual OWC Survey
    Averill Elisa Frankes
    • Jan 28, 2019
    • 7 min

    Summary of 2019 Annual OWC Survey

    This (long) blog post will outline some of the general themes that came out during the survey so I can address them. Because I’m a data n...
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