Call for New Brunswick Submissions
In New Brunswick at the Crossroads (WLUP 2017), Tony Tremblay calls New Brunswick the “least studied” of the Canadian provinces.
Pause for a moment: this means that New Brunswick is the junior partner of the Maritime region, a region whose competition for neglect under the literary nationalist project are, arguably, the prairie provinces and the North. Hamilton Arts & Letters wishes to offer a redressal of sorts with Issue 11.2, the forthcoming New Brunswick Poetry issue, in which Guest Editor Shane Neilson curates a kaleidoscope of critical perspectives upon the English-language poetry of the province.
Read More»Competition Aims for more Young Writers
It’s that time again. WFNB is hosting its annual writing competition, and this year we are offering extra incentive for young writers in middle and high school to get involved.
As educators, it is important that we encourage, prepare, and provide our youth with the occasion to test their skills in a “real world” environment. For this purpose, we have reached out to New Brunswick’s Department of Education and English teachers across the province to notify them of our WFNB Annual Writing Competition as well as this special offer.
Read More»The All-Canadian Twitter Pitch
Want the chance to have your work considered by Canadian publishers such as Goose Lane Editions, ECW Press Book Thug, Thistledown Press, and Turnstone Press?
The team at Digiwriting.com invites you to participate in #CanLitPit on Wednesday August 10, 2016. Following a similar style to other Twitter pitch events, this version is only open to Canadian writers, publishers and literary agents.
Read More»Writer-in-Residence Sought – Saint John
Writer-in-Residence for Older Adults Writing Project 2016-17 @ Saint John Free Public Library
Request for Applications
Read More»2nd Annual NB Book Awards Competition Now Open
The Fiddlehead and the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick are now accepting submissions for the 2nd annual New Brunswick Book Awards. The program will celebrate books published in the 2016 calendar year and in three categories: poetry, fiction and non-fiction. The awards will be presented at a gala ceremony in Fredericton in April 2017.
Read More»Call for Submissions: CBC Poetry Prize
The submissions period for the 2016 CBC Poetry Prize is now open! We hope you can share this information with your networks and on social media.
More info: http://www.cbc.ca/books/2016/04/2016-cbc-poetry-prize-now-open.html
Deadline: May 31
Great Blue Heron Poetry Contest & Sheldon Currie Fiction Prize
$2,400 in Prizes to be won!
Sheldon Currie Fiction Prize: Stories on any subject. Total entry not to exceed 20 pages.
Great Blue Heron Poetry Contest: Poems on any subject. Total entry not to exceed 4 pages. Maximum 150 lines. Entries might be one longer poem, or several shorter poems.
Deadlines: Fiction entries must be postmarked by June 1, 2016 and Poetry must be postmarked by June 30, 2016
For complete submission guidelines, please go to www.antigonishreview.com and click on contest.
Province-Wide Playwriting Competition: NotaBle Acts Theatre
The NotaBle Acts Theatre Company is now looking for submissions for its fifteenth annual province-wide playwriting competition. Contest winners will have their work featured as part of the 2016 NotaBle Acts Summer Theatre Festival, to be held in Fredericton, July 20th– 30th.
Read More»TWUC call for submissions
The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) is pleased to announce that submissions are being accepted until March 1, 2015 for the 22nd Annual Short Prose Competition for Developing Writers. The winning entry will be the best Canadian work of up to 2,500 words in the English language, fiction or non-fiction, written by an author not published in book format.
Malahat Review call for submissions
The Malahat Review, Canada’s premier literary magazine, invites entries from Canadian, American, and overseas authors for the Long Poem Prize.
Two awards of $1,000 CAD each are given. Poets contributing to The Malahat Review have also won or been nominated for National Magazine Awards for Poetry and the Pushcart Prize. The Long Poem Prize is offered every second year, alternating with the Novella Prize.
