Calgary Distinguished Writers Program
Applications to be our 2027-28 Canadian Writer-in-Residence are now closed.
Current Writer-in-Residence
Learn more about our 2025-26 Canadian Writer-in-Residence Tracy Dawson.
This (residency) is by far the most prestigious one. Many authors who won the Governor General’s (Award), who won the Giller (Prize), who won the Booker (Prize), have sat in the seat before me. I am sitting in a historical chair.
Danny Ramadan
2024–25 Writer-in-Residence, multi award-winning author
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From award-winning actor to writer-in-residence, Tracy Dawson finds next evolution at UCalgary
The Canadian Writer-in-Residence will host a Literary Café on Nov. 4
Tracy Dawson joins UCalgary as its 2025-26 Writer-in-Residence
Tracy Dawson joins UCalgary as the new Writer-in-Residence with the Faculty of Arts’ Distinguished Writers Program.
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In the News Danny Ramadan, Calgary Distinguished Writers Program, in CTV News
Excitement and trepidation: Syrians with ties to Calgary ready to welcome a new chapter
2024-25 Canadian Writer-in-Residence likes to ‘jump lanes’
Syrian Canadian author Danny Ramadan has published children’s lit, memoir and fiction
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