MuskokaNovelMarathon

The Muskoka Novel Marathon is a 3-day novel-writing competition in support of adult literacy programs

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DID YOU KNOW? 48 per cent of Canadian adults have inadequate literacy skills, a significant increase from a decade ago (Survey of Adult Skills: Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, 2013).

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DID YOU KNOW? Canada ranked eighth out of 15 countries evaluated by the PIAAC on the percentage of adults with adequate literacy skills. The assessment found that the percentage of adults with inadequate literacy skills (48 per cent) has increased significantly over the previous

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DID YOU KNOW? Nine in 10 kids and parents say they enjoy/enjoyed read-aloud time, and parents of children ages 0–5 cite reading books aloud, telling stories and talking together as among the most important things parents should do with their children to develop language skills. (

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DID YOU KNOW? Child development researchers agree: children’s symbolic play (where an object is used as a stand-in for another object, such as a wooden block representing a car) correlates to cognitive and language development (Edward Fisher, 1992).

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DID YOU KNOW? Parents’ reading habits play a large role in determining how often kids read: 57 per cent of kids who are frequent readers have parents who read books 5–7 days per week, compared to only 15 per cent of kids who are infrequent readers. (Kids and Family Reading Report

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Jennifer Turney submitted a collection of short stories for her winning #MNM2019 manuscript. Read one of them on our website. https://t.co/ynC6CqRvt9

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Don't forget to follow the Muskoka Novel Marathon on Instagram. Feel free to drop your link below so we can follow you too! https://t.co/gcdKu0Ezlm

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DID YOU KNOW? 55 per cent of Canadians have inadequate numeracy skills, which means they may struggle with understanding written instructions that rely on charts, numbers and conditional statements. Inadequate numeracy skills also correlate with disparities in economic well-being

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You can read an excerpt from our 2019 YA Winner, Sharon Frayne, on the #MuskokaNovelMarathon website. Thank you Sharon for sharing this with our readers! https://t.co/o2y6ZJvzKl

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DID YOU KNOW? 48 percent of adult Canadians have low literacy skills that fall below high school equivalency and affect their ability to function at work and in their personal lives. 17 per cent function at the lowest level, where individuals may, for example, be unable to read t

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If you are writing at MNM, you will want to join our FB Group. https://t.co/lNVvG3JS62

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DID YOU KNOW? Essential skills (as identified by the Government of Canada) are needed for work, learning and life and are the foundation for learning all other skills. These skills are used in nearly every job and throughout daily life in different ways and at varying levels of c

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#MNM2011 Young Adult Winner Kevin Craig shares a snippet from "That's Me In The Corner" https://t.co/mK8mnLA97d

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Writers of all levels and from anywhere: feel free to join us on our new forum! https://t.co/6wPvaLz1bm

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DID YOU KNOW? In a survey of managers across Canadian industries, a third reported that low literacy rates among employees caused difficulty with introducing new technologies, product quality and productivity (Adult Literacy and Economic Performance: Centre for Educational Resear

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DID YOU KNOW? 60 per cent of adults in Canada lack the capacity to obtain, understand and act upon health information and services and to make appropriate health decisions on their own. Seniors, immigrants and unemployed people possess, on average, lower levels of health literac

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DID YOU KNOW? Daily reading habits have the single strongest effect on health-literacy proficiency, followed by educational attainment (Health Literacy in Canada: A Healthy Understanding – Canadian Council on Learning, 2008).

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Read a snippet of #MNM2010 Young Adult Winner: Half Dead & Fully Broken by Kevin Craig. https://t.co/3aW4u26CoD