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Cosmonauts Avenue is an online, monthly literary journal run by women and non-binary
folks dedicated to elevating and amplifying underrepresented voices. Their annual nonfiction Prize is open for
submissions.
“What are we looking for? We love writing that is
personal, necessary, darkly funny, unfunny, candid, unique, upsetting, untold,
and writing that is deeply good and deeply you. The winner will receive $500
and publication in Cosmonauts Avenue.”
Reading fee $12 U.S.
Contest judge: Esmé Weijun Wang is a novelist and essayist. She is the author of the New York
Times-bestselling essay collection, The Collected Schizophrenias (2019), for
which she won the Graywolf Nonfiction Prize. Her debut novel, The Border of
Paradise, was called a Best Book of 2016 by NPR and one of the 25 Best Novels
of 2016 by Electric Literature. She was named by Granta as one of the “Best of
Young American Novelists” in 2017 and won the Whiting Award in 2018. Born in
the Midwest to Taiwanese parents, she lives in San Francisco.
Cosmonauts
Avenue also accepts regular submissions of short fiction (8,000 words
max), flash fiction, poetry, nonfiction, interviews, and comics. Guidelines here.
The South Simcoe Creative Works Writing Contest is accepting poetry and prose
entries from writers of all ages, in all genres.
$1000 in prizes to be won!
Entry fee $5 for children (8–10 and 11–13) $10 for youth (14–17) and $15
for adults.
Contest judge for adult fiction is rumoured to be Brian Henry,
publisher of Quick Brown Fox, Canada’s most popular blog for writers.
Deadline
May 1, 2019. Contest details here.
Dear Brian,
I'm writing
on behalf of Vallum: Contemporary
Poetry, a Montreal-based literary magazine. Our magazine and
contributors have won some of literature's highest honours, including the
Pulitzer Prize, Pushcart Prizes, the Griffin Poetry Prize, the Governor
General's Award, National Magazine Awards, and more.
I’m writing
to let you know about our current call for submissions for our upcoming issue,
Vallum 16:2 “Fear.” If you could help spread the word about the call for
submissions in your networks, that would be fantastic. All the pertinent info
is below:
Call for
Submissions – Vallum 16:2 “Fear”
It has
been said by writers like William Golding that fear is the most destructive of
human emotions. It may be a fear of the known or of the unknown, a fear that
seems overwhelming and unbeatable. Franklin D. Roosevelt said "The only
thing we have to fear is fear itself." How is fear represented in poetry,
specifically in your poetry? What are we afraid of?
Send
us your best poems!
{Like everyone else} Vallum strongly encourages submissions from
LGBTQI2S, Indigenous writers, writers of colour, gender non-conforming writers,
differently abled writers or persons with mental or physical challenges, and
all who are otherwise affected by structural inequality. Under no circumstances
does Vallum tolerate bigoted, violent or sexually abusive content.
Thanks and
all the best,
Rosie Long Decter
Publicist
Vallum Society for Education in Arts and Letters
The CANSCAIP Writing for Children
Competition 2019 is open for submissions!
CANSCAIP (Canadian Society of
Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers) welcomes entries by
unpublished writers for the 22st annual Five writers will each receive $500 for
the winning entry of a Picture Book, Early Reader, Chapter Book, Middle Grade,
or Young Adult. Two finalists for each of these
categories will also be selected.
All writers receive feedback for their
entry. The feedback is generally a few
sentences or a short paragraph, and is a unique benefit of entering
the Writing for Children Competition.
Captain Monty Takes the Plunge by Jennifer Mook-Sang, now published by Kids Can Press, was a contest finalist in 2014 |
CANSCAIP submits the winners and finalists to publishers Annick
Press, Kids Can Press, and Scholastic Canada for their consideration. Some
of the previous Writing for Children Competition
winners and finalists have had their work published.
ELIGIBLE WRITERS
- Unpublished
writers* who have not been professionally published, in
any genre or for any age, and who do not currently have a contract
for a future book
- Self-published
writers whose book has sold fewer than 200 copies
- Writers
must be over the age of 18
- Writers
must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents
*Writers with stories, articles, poems etc.
published in anthologies, textbooks, magazines, journals, etc. (publications
with content by multiple writers) are eligible.
ELIGIBLE ENTRIES
Fiction or nonfiction, text only, no
illustrations
Maximum 1,500 words of text in English
The Entry fee is $30 for one entry, $50 for two
entries, $75 for three entries.
Deadline: May 31, 2019. Full guidelines here.
The Niagara Branch of the Canadian Authors
Association is holding its 34th
Annual Poetry Anthology contest for residents of Ontario. Entries must
be in English, previously unpublished and not submitted for consideration
elsewhere.
Entry fee:
$15 for up to three poems and $4 for each additional poem, payable to Canadian
Authors Association – Niagara Branch.
Prizes: First place–$300; Second place–$200; Third place–$100
Please
indicate where you heard about our contest.
Winning
entries and runners-up will be published in the annual anthology, The
Banister.
Deadline: May 31, 2019. Full guidelines here.
See Brian Henry’s schedule here, including Saturday writing workshops, weekly writing classes,
and weekend retreats in Algonquin Park, Alliston, Bolton, Barrie,
Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood, Georgetown, Georgina, Guelph,
Hamilton, Jackson’s Point, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Midland, Mississauga,
New Tecumseth, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, Sudbury,
Toronto, Windsor, Woodstock, Halton, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York
Region, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
Thanks for sharing the information about writing contests. If you are looking for Free Poetry Contests then please visit Free Poetry Contests, Here we provide contests that you can enter with confidence that your writing will be read, considered and that you'll have a chance at the prize.
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