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Canada Writes Poetry Contest, Deadline May 1
Competition opens: March 1, 2013 Deadline to submit: May 1, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. ET This prize is awarded once a year to the best original, unpublished, poem or poetry collection submitted to the competition. All Canadians can participate. The competition is blind. A jury composed of well-known and respected Canadian authors will select a 1st place winner and 4 runners-up. The First Prize winner will receive $6,000, courtesy of read more…
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2013 WFNB Literary Competition
Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick invites writers to enter 2013 Literary Competition Over $2,000 in cash prizes to be awarded to top submissions of prose, poetry Moncton (NB) January 8, 2012 – If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to promote your writing resolve to enter the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick’s 2013 Literary Competition. The pieces you pen may earn you a bit of fame and fortune with read more…
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WFNB Literary Competition Opens, and short fiction prize news!
Thanks to a generous donation from the Kyle family of Bathurst, New Brunswick, there is a new addition to our literary competition. Beginning with our 2013 competition, which is officially opening today, December 17, our short fiction prize is now the Douglas Kyle Memorial Prize for Short Fiction. This is an important step in our goal of finding sponsors for all of our competition’s prizes and we are thrilled to have the support of the read more…
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PWAC SWNB VALENTINES DAY POSTCARD STORY COMPETITION CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The Southwest New Brunswick Chapter of the Professional Writers Association is holding its second ever postcard story competition. Writers from Atlantic Canada are invited to submit a piece of writing (fiction or creative non-fiction) of no more than 250 words on the theme of love. Deadline: January 14, 2013 Entry Fee: $5.00 fee per entry, cheque or money order made payable to PWAC-SWNB. Prize: $25 gift card from Benjamin Books, read more…
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The Fiddlehead’s 22nd Literary Competition
$2,000 Ralph Gustafson Prize for Best Poem $250 each for Two Honourable Mentions $2,000 for Best Story $250 each for Two Honourable Mentions The winning entries will be published in the spring 2013 issue of The Fiddlehead (no. 255) and on our web site. The winning authors will be paid for publication in addition to their prizes Contest Rules: Deadline: Postmarked by December 1, 2012 Entries must be original and read more…
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One Month Left to Enter Briarpatch Writing Contest
(Nov 1, 2012) Briarpatch Magazine’s Writing in the Margins contest seeks fresh, creative writing that brings to life issues of political, social, and environmental justice. Our judges spoke about writing and finding the balance between the personal and political in an exclusive interview. “My writing has always been personal and political, because that’s what my life has been,” said Carmen Aguirre, the author of Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary read more…
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WRITING IN THE MARGINS
WRITING IN THE MARGINS Second Annual Creative Writing Contest Briarpatch Magazine is now accepting submissions of original, unpublished writing in the categories of short fiction and creative non-fiction (memoir, personal essay, literary journalism) that bring to life issues of political, social and environmental justice. We want writing from the edges – from new writers who have something important to say, or from longtime writers who can show us a new read more…
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ACCENTI MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES WRITING AND PHOTO CONTESTS
First Prize: $1000 and publication Deadlines: October 31, 2012 (photo), February 8, 2013 (writing) Wednesday, September 12, 2012 – Accenti Magazine is proud to announce its 8th Annual Writing Contest and 6th Annual Photo Contest. First Prize for each contest is $1000 and publication in Accenti. Second and third place winners receive $250.00 and $100.00 respectively. The deadlines are October 31, 2012 (photo) and February 8, 2013 (writing). The Accenti read more…
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Fierce Shorts
Fierce Ink Press will be releasing a series of Fierce Shorts, creative non-fiction pieces, starting in September. We are currently looking for submissions from new and emerging authors. I was wondering of you could post the following blurb on your website or send it out to your mailing list. Fierce Ink Press is a new publishing label that publishes young adult books by Atlantic Canadian authors. Along with full-length books read more…
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International Quill & Quire Poetry Contest
From their website: “Welcome poets to the first annual International Quill Quarrel poetry contest! The contest willhereafter be referred to as the IQQ. Entries will be accepted from August 15th to October 15th,2012. Writers of any age or education are invited to participate. There is a reading fee of $5.00 perpoem. Up to four poems may be entered per submission, for a maximum of $20.00. Ten percent ofall fees collected shall read more…
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