Category: Awards and Contests

The Malahat Review’s 2010 Open Season Awards Winners

The Malahat Review is pleased to announce the winners of our 2010 Open Season Awards! Poetry: Lorri Neilsen Glenn, “You think of Meister Eckhart” Fiction: Tricia Dower, “Hallowe’en 1955” Creative non-fiction: Melissa Jacques, “Call and Response” Read more for details.

Quattro Books Novella Contest

Quattro Books Novella Contest Quattro Books publishers, home of the Canadian novella, are excited to announce the winners of our 2010 novella contest – Carole Giangrande of Toronto , for A Gardener on the Moon; and Reinhard Filter, from Glen Williams ON, for Retina Green. Giangrande’s book will be launched in the Spring, and Filter’s in the Fall….

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Summit Studios runs humorous short story contest

Summit Studios, owned by Matt Jackson and his wife, is a Vancouver-based publishing company that publishes a series of Travel & Outdoor Humour anthologies. The first book in the series was called Mugged by a Moose, which was released in September 2006. Summit Studios is running a story contest to collect more travel and outdoor stories…

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Arc Calls for Entry 2010

DON’T CHUCK THAT STANZA: Arc has just the call for you: PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for Poem of the Year is changing to February 1, 2010 and the Diana Brebner Award deadline is changing to March 1, 2010. This change was made in response to feedback from our readers, and also to help us accommodate the transition…

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Video contest

The province is running a contest in co-operation with the Island Media Arts Guild to encourage young people 19 and under to create a video about a heritage place in their community and upload it to You tube where it can be voted on by the public.  In addition to promotion of the place, the…

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Lilith Talent Search

Attention: Songwriters and musicians! Lilith is looking for the next best emerging female musicians across North America. Since its inception Lilith Fair has provided a stage solely for female solo-artists and female-fronted bands in order to celebrate music made by women. This year Lilith will give aspiring female artists the opportunity to perform a set…

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Malahat Review Upcoming Contests

The Malahat Review Novella Prize Deadline: February 1, 2010 $500 Prize (plus $40/page upon publication) Submit a single work of fiction, with a minimum length of 10,000 words, and a maximum length of 20,000 words. No restrictions as to genre, subject matter, or aesthetic approach apply. Fees: $35 CAD for Canadians $40 USD for US…

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Premier Screenwriting Competition 2009

Premier Screenwriting Competition 2009 ‘From page to screen’ Writers International Premier Screen Talent: ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT! There’s just one week to go to send in your entry for the WIPST competition (Writer’s International Premier Screen Talent). So if your script is still sitting on the computer, it’s time to put the finishing touches and…

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TWO JUDGES ANNOUNCED FOR Wipst COMPETITION

Wipst Premier Screenwriting Competition 2009 ‘From page to screen’ Writers International Premier Screen Talent TWO JUDGES ANNOUNCED FOR Wipst COMPETITION Writers International premier screenwriting competition, Wipst, have announced two more eminent members to the judging panel. Wipst has welcomed Simon Harris, a talented writer and director, along with Allan Cook, who spent over 30 years as a senior producer for…

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The Malahat Review Open Season Awards

Deadline: November 1, 2009 $1000 Prize in each of three categories Submit work in any of our three marquee genres: poetry, short fiction, or creative non-fiction. Poetry: up to three poems per entry (max. 100 lines each); Short Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction: one piece (max 2500 words) Fees:   $35 CAD for Canadians $40 USD for…

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