Short story contests for youths, teens and adults; Non-Fiction contest; Shotgun wants words; and Food pieces wanted

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Hi, Brian.

The 2015 Elora Writers' Festival Writing Contest is underway,

Categories: Adult: Age 20+ (Entry fee $15; Prizes $200, $150, $100)

Teen: Age 15-19  (Prizes $200, $150, $100)

Youth: Age 14 and under (Prizes $150, $100, $50)

Theme: Open – just tell us a great story

Judges:

Youth: Kira Vermond, Lisa Dalrymple, Lisa MacColl

Teen: Heather Debling, Heather Wright

Beer and Butter Tarts 
from Stained Pages Press

Adult: Beike Stengos, Barbara Kyle, Sharon Blomfield, Lisa McLean

 Deadline April 3, 2015 Contest details here.

Thank you!

Jean Mills 

Contest Chair

Stained Pages Press is looking for long-form writing about Canadian food, to be published online as part of a weekly feature. Looking for fiction, essays, fully-researched articles and personal essays about food — either by a Canadian or featuring Canadian food items. Payment: 50% of all profits from donations to the site (PayPal tipjar & Patreon) during the week that your work is featured.

Deadline: Ongoing. Guidelines here.

They just care about your writing. Armchair/Shotgun is accepting short fiction, poetry, and visual arts on any topic or theme for issue #6. Printed on “real honest-to-goodness paper.” All submissions judged anonymously. 

Deadline: March 31, 2015. Guidelines here.

EVENT Magazine’s Annual Non-Fiction Contest

 Writers are invited to submit manuscripts exploring the creative non-fiction form.

Entry Fee: $34.95 (includes 1 year of EVENT)

Multiple entries are allowed; however, each entry must be accompanied by a separate fee. No simultaneous submissions.

Maximum entry length is 5,000 words, typed, double-spaced.

Prizes: $1500 in prize monies available, plus payment for publication! This year's judge is Andrew Westoll.

Deadline: April 15, 2015 Guidelines will soon be available here.

Besides the contest, EVENT also accepts submissions year-round:

EVENT publishes fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction. While most of our contributors are Canadian, we accept English-language submissions from writers around the world.

EVENT’s editorial team seeks the very best in fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction by new and established authors. Although we favour manuscripts with strong narratives, we also crave diversity and seek a variety of voices.

Fiction: We want readability, style, well-handled characters and a strong, effective point of view (although not necessarily all in the same story).

Poetry: We are eclectic and always open to content that invites involvement. Send us your work.

Non-Fiction: The creative non-fiction we publish mainly comes through our annual Non-Fiction Contest. (See above.)

Full submission guidelines here.

See Brian Henry’s schedule here, including writing workshops and creative writing courses in Barrie, Brampton, Bolton, Burlington, Caledon, Cambridge, Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, London, Midland, Mississauga, Newmarket, Niagara on the Lake, Orillia, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, Stouffville, Sudbury, Thessalon, Toronto, Windsor, Halton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.