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Dorothea Helms
Professional Member of PWAC

Telephone:

905-852-9294 

Fax:

905-852-0756

Address:

S10895 Sideroad 17 RR#1

City:

Sunderland

Province:

ON

Postal Code:

L0C 1H0

Company:

E-Mail:

writer@wsws.ca

Web Site:

www.wsws.ca

Subjects:

Advertising and Marketing, Careers, Communications and Media, Entrepreneurship, Homes and Renovation, Humour and Satire, Internet, Writers and Writing

Types of Writing:

Advertising/Marketing, Advertorials, Humour/Satire, Lecturing/Public Speaking, Magazine Editing, Speechwriting, Feature Writing, Teaching Writing

Publications:

Canadian Architecture and Design, Chatelaine, Toronto Sun, The Globe and Mail, Today's Homes, Canadian Homebuilder & Renovator, lichen literary journal, Municipal world, At Home in York Region, Turf & Recreation, Public Works, Woodworker, Real Estate Magazine, Legacy- An Anthology of Poetry (CAA), Big Buck, Scarlett, Popular Woodworking, North of 89, CBC Radio "First Person Singular", Engineering Dimensions

Other:

• Brochures • Copy Editing • Copywriting • Corporate Communications • Creative Non-Fiction • Editing • Essays • Fiction (novel in progress) • Ghostwriting • Interviewing • Marketing • Poetry • Profiles • Public Relations/Publicity • Research • Writing Workshops •

PWAC Awards:

2005 PWAC Barbara Novak Award for Excellence in Humour/Personal Essay Writing

Achievements:

2005 - The Haliburton Highlands Writers’ and Editors’ Network and The Agnes Jamieson Gallery 3rd Annual Writing Contest - tied for first place in non-fiction category with essay “Shelf Life” 2005 - PWAC – winner of the inaugural Barbara Novak Award For Excellence In Humour and/or Personal Essay Writing for “The Gift of Words,” which appeared in the January 7, 2003 Globe and Mail Facts & Arguments. 2003 - 3rd place, Dan Sullivan Memorial Poetry Contest • 2001 - Nominated for a Rotman Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award • 2000 - Runner-Up in "Favourite Freelance Writer" category in "Write Magazine" 2000 Reader Poll

Etc.:

Dorothea Helms is known for presenting information-packed writing workshops and courses, including her popular workshops "The Business of Writing" and "Make Money Being Funny." Her wacky sense of humour and gift for lateral thinking inspire participants to stretch their creativity. Considered the "Queen of Networking," Dorothea is a master at connecting people and ideas. Her first book, "The Writing Fairy(TM) Guide to Calling Yourself a Writer," was published in December 2004.

Other Memberships:

Northword Edition, The Writers' Circle of Durham Region


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