Happy Islanders’ Day! Welcome to the PEIWG Weekly Bulletin! This is published and circulated through the PEIWG mailing list on groupspaces.com. It contains announcements of events in PEI and around Canada that may be of interest to the members of the PEI Writers’ Guild and to PEIWG mailing list subscribers. If you want to…
Tag: Writing Competitions
PoeARTry Playoffs
The poeARTry Playoffs is a collaboration between the CCAG, the PEI Writer’s Guild and the UPEI Writing Centre which aims to boisterously welcome UPEI students to Charlottetown’s creative community as part of the Community Roots orientation September 16-18, 2011. The evening brought together poets, artists, enthusiasts, and students to compete in several rounds of on-the-spot…
Malahat Review 2011 Creative Nonfiction Prize Deadline Approaches
There are two weeks left for you to send in your creative nonfiction entries to our 2011 Creative Nonfiction Prize!! *NOTE: The Canada Post strike is now over. Please feel free and confident to send in your entries. As long as they were put in the mail by August 1st, they will be accepted as entries. …
The Malahat Review’s 2011 Creative Nonfiction Prize
Deadline: August 1, 2011 (postmarked) Prize: $1000 CAD Entry fee: $35 CAD for Canadian residents $40 USD for residents of the US $45 USD for entries from elsewhere (entry fee includes a one-year subscription to The Malahat Review) No restrictions as to subject matter or approach apply. Submit a personal essay, memoir, literary journalism, cultural criticism,…
ILA Deadline Reminder: April 1, 2011 for Adult Categories
The deadline for adult categories is April 1, 2011, 4:00 p.m. Please hand-deliver your entries to any Provincial Library Branch, addressed to the following, or Mail to: Island Literary Awards c/o Trina O’Brien Leggott Confederation Centre Public Library PO Box 7000 Charlottetown, PE C1A 8G8 Cheques and/or Money Orders should be made out to PEI…
The 2012 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, 2011. Send your manuscript, neatly typed, along with a $15 reader’s fee, to Quattro Books, CSI Annex, 720 Bathurst Street, Suite 200, Toronto, ON, M5S 2R4. Please include an e-mail address. Applicants must be Canadian citizens. Submissions…
23rd Annual Short Grain (with Variations) Writing Contest
Grain Magazine’s 23rd Annual Short Grain (with Variations) Writing Contest, is accepting entries until April 1, 2011(postmarked). Grain awards $4,500 in cash prizes! The entry fee is $35 which includes a FREE one-year subscription to GrainMagazine! Our judges are counted among Canada’s finest writers! One entry fee allows you to enter a maximum of two entries in either of two categories:…
2011 Call for Submissions for the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Awards
Freelance writers wishing to apply for the book or magazine awards can submit their work from Monday, March 14, 2011 until day end Friday, June 17, 2011. Information about the criteria for the awards is set out in the Call for Submissions and can be found at http://www.greberwritingaward.com/submissions.htm The separate book and magazine awards recognize…
2011 Island Literary Awards (Updated)
For going on twenty-four years the Island Literary Awards (ILAs) have recognized the best in Island writing with cash awards sponsored from the community, for winning entries in short story, poetry, children’s literature, and creative non-fiction categories from writers of all ages. New for 2011: The PEI Writers’ Guild is excited to announce that the Island Literary Awards, through…
2011 Island Literary Awards
2011 Island Literary Awards For going on twenty-three years the Island Literary Awards (ILAs) have recognized the best in Island writing with cash awards sponsored from the community, for winning entries in short story, poetry, children’s literature, and creative non-fiction categories from writers of all ages. New for 2011: The PEI Writers Guild is excited…
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…
Atlantic Writing Competition for Unpublished Manuscripts
Atlantic Writing Competition for Unpublished Manuscripts Entries must be received by December 3rd, 2010. Entry forms: .doc or html. Established in 1975 under the auspices of the Nova Scotia Branch of the Canadian Authors’ Association, the Atlantic Writing Competition has been sponsored by the Writers’ Federation since 1976. We encourage writers in Atlantic Canada to explore and celebrate…
The Writing Pool 