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Exile Quarterly Fiction and Poetry Competitions

Founded in 1972 by one of Canada’s most recognized man of letters, Barry Callaghan, Exile Editions and ELQ/Exile: The Literary Quarterly specialize in finding and developing Canadian writers of fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction, as well as visual artists engaged in painting, photography, illustration and other fine arts disciplines.

 

Nona Macdonald Heaslip $15,000 “Best Canadian Short Story” Competition and Award

$15000 to winner, $2000 to runner up

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Annual SiWC Writing Contest

The 30th Annual SiWC Writing Contest is now OPEN!

First prize: $1000 plus publication

Honourable Mention: $150 plus publication

Cost: $15/entry Deadline: September 15, 2022: All entries must be emailed by midnight, Friday, September 15, 2022. No late entries will be considered.

Open to all writers except SiWC paid staff, board members, and immediate families.

Young writers are welcome to enter, but must be aware that their work will be judged blind among submissions made by adult writers.

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Room Magazine Creative Non-Fiction Contest

Room is Canada’s oldest feminist literary journal, and has published fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, art, interviews, and book reviews for forty years. Published quarterly by the West Coast Feminist Literary Magazine Society, also known as the Growing Room Collective, Room showcases writing and art by women (cisgender and transgender), transgender men, Two-Spirit and nonbinary people.

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EVENT Magazine - Non-Fiction Contest

For 47 years, EVENT has published the very best in contemporary new poetry and prose. We are one of Western Canada’s longest-running literary magazines, and welcome submissions written in English from around the world. Each issue of EVENT includes high quality fiction, poetry, non-fiction and book reviews, and we feature emerging and established writers side-by-side in our pages.

Contest Details:

Genre: Creative Non-Fiction.

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