For our upcoming anthology, we are looking for your tales of “Christmas gone wrong.” Your stories can be humorous or heart-wrenching, but they must be well-written, and they must be true. Contest deadline: April 30, 2010 For more information: http://www.prairiedogpublishing.ca
Category: Awards and Contests
The 2011 Ken Klonsky Novella Contest
Quattro Books will publish the two best novella manuscripts (15,000 to 42,000 words) submitted to us by July 1, 2010. Send your manuscript, neatly typed, along with a $15 reader’s fee, to Quattro Books, PO Box 53031 , Royal Orchard Postal Station, 10 Royal Orchard Blvd., Thornhill ON, L3T 3C0. Please include an e-mail address….
Manitoba Book Award shortlist runs long for Turnstone Press
WINNIPEG – Turnstone Press is bristling with pride in the wake of the Manitoba Book Awards shortlist announcement. Five of the independent literary publisher’s eight titles from 2009 were chosen as finalists for eight awards to be given out at the Province’s literary version of the Oscars. This is the most number of titles from the same publisher…
The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest
The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win…
The BEACON AWARD for Social Justice Literature
The BEACON AWARD for Social Justice Literature Non-fiction can move a reader to take action on an issue of social justice through ideas and information. Fiction can use these channels plus feeling and imagination. Fiction can draw readers into a sympathetic connection with someone they would originally have perceived as very different from themselves. It can present struggles and alternative…
The Malahat Review Submissions Wanted
The Malahat Review Far Horizons Award for Poetry Deadline: May 1, 2010 $500 Prize (plus $20/page upon publication) Authors who have not yet had their poetry published in book format (a book of 48 pages or more) can submit up to three poems per entry, max. 60 lines each. Fees: $25 CAD for Canadians $30 USD…
2010 Island Literary Awards
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Deadline for Submissions 23 April The PEI Writers’ Guild is excited to announce that 4pm, Friday, 23 April, 2010 is the submission deadline for the 23rd annual Island Literary Awards The ILAs are being held this year on Sunday, 6 June. The Awards are an important focus for the PEIWG’s vital role…
2010 Atlantic Book Awards Shortlists
33 Authors and Illustrators Up for 2010 Atlantic Book Awards Linden MacIntyre Leads with Three Nominations The Atlantic Book Awards Society is pleased to announce the full shortlist for the 11 different literary awards that make up the 2010 Atlantic Book Awards. Among the 33 authors and illustrators up for awards are three multiple nominees:…
Association of Italian Canadian Writers (AICW) 2010 Short Story Writing Contest
Association of Italian Canadian Writers (AICW) 2010 Short Story Writing Contest Entries: Limit of 2500 words Submissions accepted in English, French, and Italian No previously published or simultaneous submissions. Multiple entries welcome Not restricted to Canadian writers and/or writers Italian descent. Anyone can enter. Contest entrants have two options for submitting their manuscripts: 1. By…
2010 Atlantic Book Awards and Festival
Mark your calendars! The 2010 Atlantic Book Awards and Festival will run from Saturday, April 10 – Sunday, April 18 with literary events taking place across all four Atlantic Provinces. The Atlantic Book Awards celebration, a highlight of the week-long festival, will be held on Wednesday, April 14 at 7:00 p.m. at the Alderney Landing…
carte blanche is looking for submissions for Spring 2010!
The Montreal-based online literary magazine, http://www.carte-blanche.org is looking for fiction, non-fiction and graphic fiction writers, poets, translators, and photographers from across the country and around the world.We publish high-quality, cutting edge and good old fashioned great writing from both emerging and established writers. New for 2010, carte blanche has been invited to submit fiction for the Journey Prize award. Submission deadline…
Michelle Berry Wins $5,000 Prize from Enfield & Wizenty
Michelle Berry Wins $5,000 Prize from Enfield & Wizenty WINNIPEG, January 18, 2010—Peterborough author Michelle Berry is the winner of Enfield & Wizenty’s inaugural $5,000 fiction prize for her novel This Book Will Not Save Your Life. The $5,000 advance will lead to a fall 2010 publication and was awarded after the company’s editors reviewed dozens of…
The Writing Pool 