Deanne Hupfield, Fancy Shawl Dancer. CNAL/RCAA Conference 2015.
Presented by
The Hamilton Public Library and The Hamilton Spectator
Writers of short stories and poetry are encouraged to submit their works to the 25th Annual Power of the Pen Creative Writing Contest. Entrants must be between the ages of 12 and 18 and be a resident of Hamilton, Burlington, Flamborough, Dundas, Ancaster, Stoney Creek, Grimbsy and communities within the outermost boundaries of those locations.
Prizes:
Open to Everyone
Rules and Guidelines:
Universe poems, which might include the Big Bang, gravity, the sun, stars, space ships, aliens, comets, the Milky Way, our planet in relation to others, and astronauts / space travel. Poems may also be about star gazing, visiting other planets, vacationing in outer space, space junk, astrology, asteroids and outer space discoveries or events like landing on the Moon. Your work should raise questions, humour, or deep thought, and perhaps a new perspective.
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.
$15000 to winner, $2000 to runner up
Although our deadline is November 30 (postmarked, if mailed), you may submit anytime. By entering our contests you have a chance to win:
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.
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.
PRISM has a total of four recurring contests: our annual Creative Non-Fiction contest, The Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize, The Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction and The Grouse Grind Prize for V. Short Forms. Each contest is open to all writers, international and Canadian. For contest details visit the respective contest pages.
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.
Genre: Creative Non-Fiction.
The Malahat Review invites writers to enter the Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize.
The contest is open to Canadian and international writers anywhere in the world.
Deadline: August 1, 2024 at 11:59pm PDT
One winner will receive a prize of CAD $1,250 and be published in the magazine's winter 2023 issue #225.
Entries accepted via Submittable only. (See below for instructions.)
The CBC Poetry Prize is open between April 1 and June 1 at 4:59 p.m. ET annually.
The winner receives $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, a two-week writing residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and their work will be published on CBC Books.
Four finalists each receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and their work is also published on CBC Books.
Who can enter?