Second
annual Kobo emerging writer prize. Free contest – three $10,000 prizes
Award includes monetary prize and
marketing support for debut books in three categories: Literary Fiction, Genre
Fiction - Romance, and Non-Fiction
Three
categories: Literary Fiction, Genre Fiction (this year Romance, with a
different genre showcased each year), and Non-Fiction. Traditionally published
and self-published books are eligible for submission. Each winning author will
be awarded a $10,000 cash prize as well as promotional, marketing, and
communications support. No entry fee.
Submissions
will be accepted at www.kobo.com/emergingwriter until March 11 for debut books
published in 2015 by Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada. Submissions
can be made by publishers or directly by authors. A winning book from each
category will be chosen through a judging process led by top Canadian authors –
Camilla Gibb for Non-Fiction; Gail Anderson-Dargatz for Literary Fiction; and
Lynsay Sands for Genre Fiction (Romance).
Deadline: March 11, 2016. Full contest details here.
Southword Journal Online (published at least twice yearly by The Munster
Literature Centre) seeks poems and prose (in English and Irish) for their
summer issue. Payment for accepted pieces: €30/poem and/or €120/story.
Alice Munro Short Story Contest
$1,500 prize for adults, $500 prize for youth, and $500 prize for an emerging GTA author between
the ages of 20 – 30. Sponsored by the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto. Must be
living in the GTA or have grown up in that area. Entry fee: $25 for adults; $10 for youth.
The
winning entry will be the Canadian work of up to 2,500 words in the English
language, fiction, written by an author not yet published in book format.
Deadline April 1, 2016. Full contest rules here.
Dear
Brian,
The 2016 Elora Writers'
Festival Writing Contest. The 2016 writing competition is underway.
Categories:
1. Adult: Age 20+
(Entry fee $15; Prizes $200, $150, $100) (Canadian writers only, please)
2. Teen*: Age 15-19
(Prizes $200, $150, $100)
3. Youth*: Age 14 and under
(Prizes $150, $100, $50)
*Open to young writers
who reside in Wellington, Waterloo, Dufferin, Halton and Hamilton-Wentworth
counties/regions.
Theme: Open – just tell us a great
story
Deadline April 6, 2016. Full contest details here.
Thank you!
Jean Mills
Contest Chair
Elora Writers' Festival
See Brian Henry’s schedule here, including writing workshops and creative writing courses in Algonquin Park, Alton, Barrie, Bracebridge, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood, Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Ingersoll, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Midland, Mississauga, Newmarket, Orillia, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, St. John, NB, Sudbury, Thessalon, Toronto, Windsor, Halton, Ingersoll, Kitchener-Waterloo, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
See Brian Henry’s schedule here, including writing workshops and creative writing courses in Algonquin Park, Alton, Barrie, Bracebridge, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood, Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Ingersoll, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Midland, Mississauga, Newmarket, Orillia, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, St. John, NB, Sudbury, Thessalon, Toronto, Windsor, Halton, Ingersoll, Kitchener-Waterloo, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
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