Category: Writing Competitions
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…
Canada Council for the Arts announces the finalists for the 2009 Governor General’s Literary Awards
Canada Council for the Arts Other Recent News October 14, 2009 Canada Council for the Arts announces the finalists for the 2009 Governor General’s Literary Awards TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Oct. 14, 2009) – The Canada Council for the Arts today announced the finalists for the 2009 Governor General’s Literary Awards. The finalists include authors, illustrators…
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…
The 19th Annual Fiddlehead Literary Contest
Deadline: Postmarked by December 1, 2009 $1,000 for the Best Short Fiction; $500 each for the Two Honourable Mentions $1,000 Ralph Gustafson Prize for Best Poem; $500 each for the Two Honourable Mentions The winning entries will be published in the Spring 2010 issue of The Fiddlehead (No. 243) and on our web site. The…
The Poetic Licence Contest for Canadian Youth 2010
The League of Canadian Poets, a national not-for-profit poetry organization founded in 1966, invites Canadian youth to participate in its Poetic Licence Contest. There are two age categories, junior (grades 7-9) and senior (grades 10-12). First place poems in each category will receive a cash prize of $350, second place winners will receive $300 and third…
Writers International Premier Screen Talent: First Judge Announced
Wipst Premier Screenwriting Competition 2009 ‘From page to screen’ Writers International Premier Screen Talent: First Judge Announced Vibe Tv are pleased to announce the first judge on the Wipst juding panel – John Rhys Thomas John Rhys Thomas is a graduate whose career spans education and the arts. As a university student he performed regularly…
WIPST Screenwriting Competition 2009
Screenwriting Competition 2009 ‘Put your words into action’ So you’ve written a script…..but how do you get it onto the screen? WIPST (Writers International Premier Screen Talent) is a new competition looking for raw talent, and the winning writer will see a pilot of their script on screen. It is so difficult to break into…
The Malahat Review Open Season Awards
The Malahat Review Open Season Awards Deadline: November 1, 2009 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 US…
Enfield & Wizenty Fiction Contest
This year Enfield & Wizenty launches a fiction contest to celebrate our own survival, as we go into our third season as a national fiction imprint of Great Plains Publications. For this champagne-soaked third year, Enfield & Wizenty is offering a $5,000 advance for the most outstanding submission of literary fiction that we receive. We will…
The Writing Pool 