Collective members are regular participants in literary and arts festivals in Greater Vancouver[5] and Toronto.

[11] Past contributors to Room include Marian Engel, Carol Shields, Eden Robinson, Nalo Hopkinson, Larissa Lai, Lorna Crozier, Evelyn Lau, Ivan Coyote, Audrey Thomas, Kate Braid, Souvankham Thammavongsa, Susan Point, Hiromi Goto, Susan Musgrave, Shani Mootoo, Elizabeth Hay, Karen Solie, Erín Moure, Yasuko Thanh, Cynthia Flood, Gail Anderson-Dargatz, M. NourbeSe Philip, Daphne Marlatt, Bronwen Wallace, Carmen Aguirre, Ayelet Tsabari, Nancy Richler, Eliza Robertson, Carmen Rodríguez, Marie Annharte Baker, Betsy Warland, Lydia Kwa, and Elizabeth Bachinsky, among many other acclaimed writers and artists.

Room currently offers four writing contests, which are open to both Canadian and international writers who identify as women or genderqueer.

[13] In addition to offering contests, Room presents one contributor each year with a $500 Emerging Writer Award.

[21] The first festival was planned to celebrate both Room's 40th anniversary and International Women's Day and ran from 8 to 12 March in Vancouver, British Columbia.

[22] Growing Room features panels and from female and genderqueer Canadian writers as well as dancing and music.