FINAL REMINDER: Inspired Script

The Inspired Script program is still accepting submissions for the script development workshops. The deadline for entry is this Friday, April 17th at 5PM. This is a great opportunity to receive guidance from screenwriter, author and story consultant Noel Baker over the course of 3 weekend workshops. Jan Miller will also provide pitching instruction which…

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…

CALL FOR FEATURE FILM OUTLINES

Inspired Script’s CALL FOR FEATURE FILM OUTLINES is now open. For Rules & Regulations, Submission Form and Guidelines click here. The Atlantic Film Festival Association is very pleased to announce screenwriter, author, and story consultant, Noel Baker as their special guest instructor for the 2009 Inspired Script Program, presented by sponsors, Telefilm Canada and Astral…

Poem of the Year Contest

Arc’s International Poem of the Year Contest is in its fourteenth year, and is one of the longest running poetry competitions in Canada. For thirty years Arc has published some of the finest poets from across the country and abroad. Contest Guidelines Arc: Canada’s National Poetry Magazine invites entries to its International Poem of the…

NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR PRESTIGIOUS ARTS AWARDS

The Prince Edward Island Council of the Arts, the provincial government and the Lieutenant Governor will recognize members and supporters of the Island arts community with significant awards in April. Five awards will be handed out at the first-ever Prince Edward Island Arts Awards. An Island patron of the arts, an Island volunteer, an Island…

Rattling Books: Publishing Opportunity

Rattling Books invites submissions of previously unpublished short fiction for EarLit Shorts, our new audio short fiction series launched in Fall 2008. Tors Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador – March 3, 2009- Rattling Books is seeking previously unpublished short fiction for EarLit Shorts, a series of audio anthologies. Stories will be available on-line, singly or collectively,…

ISLAND LITERARY AWARDS 2009: Call for Submissions

Please read the attached guidelines for submissions to the Island Literary Awards 2009 if you are interested in entering the contest. Official entry forms may be printed from the attached .pdf files. All submissions must be accompanied by the appropriate form. ila-2009-guidelines3 09-ila-submission-form1 09-student-submission-form

2009 Island Literary Awards

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS  The  P.E.I .Writers’ Guild is pleased to announce that the 22nd Annual Island Literary Awards, with cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners, is now calling for submissions in the following categories: the Lucy Maud Montgomery** P.E.I. Literature for Children Award, which offers prizes for stories written for children ages…

Buffalo Runs Press Seeks Poetry Submissions

Buffalo Runs Press seeks submissions for its inaugural poetry series.The Buffalo Runs 3poets series will be released as pocket-sized books featuring roughly eight to twelve pages of work from three poets from different regions in Canada. The featured poets will be asked to partake in some form of critical conversation with each other, either through…

Laureate Launches PEI Poetry Website

Photo by David Helwig from poetrypei.com website. PEI’s new Poet Laureate, David Helwig, has launched the Prince Edward Island Poet Laureate Community Website at http://www.poetrypei.com. The site has information about the PEI Poet Laureate Program; current and historical PEI poets; and poetry resources, events and podcasts. PEI Writers’ Guild members are invited to submit a…

Indie Book Awards Seek Entries

Calling all indie authors and publishers – including small and mid-size independent publishers, university presses, e-book publishers, and self-published authors. Enter the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards now to have your book considered for cash prizes of $1000, awards, exposure, and recognition as one of the top independently published books of the year! With…

On-line Magazine Seeks Submissions

 Cahoots is a Canadian magazine freshly re-designed for the web for women who want more than the “same old, same old” from a women¹s magazine. Cahoots is a magazine for the creative, engaged, curious, soulful woman in all women. Editors are seeking submissions of articles, visual art, creative writing, and proposals for regular reviews and columns about…