Canadian Writers' Contest Calendar
2023
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Across The Universe Contest 13
Acrostic Story Contest 13
Alberta Literary Awards 72, 73
City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize 73
Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction 72
Golden Pen Award 73
Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama 72
Howard O’Hagan Award for Short Story 72
James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction 72
Jon Whyte Memorial Essay Prize 72
Memoir Award 72
R. Ross Annett Award for Children’s Literature 72
Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize 73
Short Story Collection Award 73
Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry 72
Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Non-Fiction 72
Alberta Playwrights’ Network 27
Alberta Playwriting Competition 27
Sharon Pollock Award 27
Novitiate Prize 27
Alice Munro Writers & Readers Festival 25, 26
Anvil Press 50, 54
Arc Poetry Magazine 53
Diane Brebner Prize 53
Arc Poetry Society 18, 19, 27
Archibald Lampman Award for Poetry 27
Poem of the Year 18
Arthur Ellis Awards 72
Best Crime First Novel 72
Best Crime Novel 72
Best Crime Novella 72
Best Crime Short Story 72
Best French Crime Book 72
Best Unpublished First Crime Novel 72
Brass Knuckle Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book 72
Howard Engel Award for Best Crime Novel Set in Can 72
Juvenile or YA Crime Book 72
Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery 72
Arts and Letters Awards Office 71
artsnb [Arts New Brunswick] 44
Lieutenant-Governor’s Awards for High Achievement 44
Alden Nowlan Award 44
Pascal Poirier Award 44
ArtsNL [Arts Newfoundland & Labrador] 74
BMO Winterset Award 74
Atlantic Book Awards 62, 63
Ann Connor Brimer Award for Atlantic Canadian Children’s Literature
Evelyn Richardson Prize for Non-Fiction 62
J. M. Abraham Poetry Prize 62
Nova Scotia Poetry Award 62
Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award 62
Atlantic Journalism Awards 18
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Banff Centre Bliss Carman Awards 67
Creative Non-fiction 67
Fiction 67
Poetry 67
Bannister Poetry Anthology Contest 39
BC and Yukon Book Prizes 68
Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award 68
Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature 68
Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize 68
Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize 68
Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize 68
Jim Deva Prize for Writing That Provokes 69
Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize 68
Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Prize 68
Best Unpublished Crime Manuscript (Unhanged Arthur) 59
Betty Drevniok Award 20
Briarpatch Magazine 69
Writing in the Margins Briarpatch Writing Contests 69
Brucedale Press 13
Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest 21
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Canada Council for the Arts 20, 36, 38, 48
Governor General’s Literary Awards 20, 35, 48
Canadian Authors Association Niagara Branch 15, 39
Bannister Poetry Anthology Contest 39
Fifteen Stories High 15
Canadian Book Club Awards 55
Canadian Children’s Book Centre 8, 10, 11
Amy Mathers Teen Book Award 10
Frances E. Russell Grant 8
Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction 10
TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award 11
Canadian Committee on Labour History 6, 18
Canadian Community Newspaper Association 25
Hon. Edward Goff Penny Memorial Prizes for Young Canadian Journalists 25
Canadian Historical Association 6, 8, 18
Canadian Historical Association Awards 6, 73
Albert B. Corey Prize 73
Canadian Committee on Women’s and Gender History 73
CHA Journal Prize 73
Clio Prize 73
Eugene A. Forsey Prize in Canadian Labour and Working Class History 6, 73
François-Xavier Garneau Medal 73
Graduate 73
Hilda Neatby Prize in Women’s History 8
Hilda Neatby Prize - English Article 73
Hilda Neatby Prize - French Article 73
John Bullen Prize 73
Sir John A. Macdonald Prize 73
Wallace K. Ferguson Prize 73
Canadian Playwriting Competition 74
Canadian Political Science Association 45, 70, 72
C.B. MacPherson Prize 71, 72
Jill Vickers Prize 45
Donald Smiley Prize 70
Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers [CANSCAIP] 41, 42
Chapter Book 41
Middle Grade 41
Picture Book 41
Young Adult 41
Canadian Stories 35
Poetry 35
Short Stories 35
Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award 66, 67
carte blanche Contest 22
CBC Literary Awards 22, 38, 61
CBC Nonfiction Prize 22
CBC Poetry Prize 38
CBC Short Story Prize 61
Circle Project Assoc. Inc. 64
City of Ottawa 7
City of Regina Writing Award 9, 10
City of Toronto Book Awards 31
City of Vancouver Book Award 37
Clash of the Query Letters 13
Collins Writing Contest 22
Concordia University First Book Prize 39, 50
Contemporary Verse 2 [CV2] 29, 55, 65
2-Day Poem Contest 29
Foster Poetry Prize 55, 65
Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest 23
Creative Nonfiction Collective 22
Crime Writers of Canada 59, 72
Best Crime First Novel 72
Best Crime Novel 72
Best Crime Novella 72
Best Crime Short Story 72
Best French Crime Book 72
Best Unpublished First Crime Novel 72
Brass Knuckle Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book 72
Howard Engel Award for Best Crime Novel Set in Canada 72
Juvenile or YA Crime Book 72
Whodunit Award for Best Traditional Mystery 72
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Danuta Gleed Award 14
Darling Axe Editing 13, 14, 40, 58
Clash of the Query Letters 13, 14
Synopsis Skirmish 40
The First Page Challenge 58
Dartmouth Book Awards 63
Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction 63
George Borden Writing for Change Award 63
J.M. Abraham Poetry Award 63
Margaret and John Savage First Book Award for Fiction 63
Margaret and John Savage First Book Award for Non-Fiction 63
Dave Greber Freelance Writers Awards 44
Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers 60
Digital Publishing Awards 12
Donner Book Prize 67
Douglas College Review 60
Event Non-Fiction Contest 60
Dr. William Henry Drummond Poetry Contest 56
Dreamers Magazine 14
Dreamers Creative Writing 14, 35
Dreamers Flash Fiction and Non-fiction Contest 57
Dreamers Haiku Contest 35
Dreamers Stories of Migration, Sense of Place and 14
Dreamers Writing 57
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ECW Press 59
Eden Mills Teen Poetry Contest 45
Eden Mills Writers Festival Children’s Poetry Contest 37
Editors Canada 11
Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest 26
Ekphrastic Writing Literary Contest 12
Event Non-Fiction Contest 60
Exile Publishing 14, 15, 45, 46
Exile’s Poetry Competition 14
Exile’s Short Fiction Competition 45
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Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction 34
Federation Of BC Writers 52
Flash Fiction 52
Short Fiction 52
Creative Non-fiction 52
Poetry 52
Fiddlehead Magazine 43, 54, 69
Creative Non-Fiction 43
Fiction 54
Poetry Contest 69
Fifteen Stories High 15
Foster Poetry Prize 55, 65
Fred Cogswell Award For Excellence In Poetry 59
FreeFall Magazine Contests 31
Fiction 31
Poetry 31
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Geist Magazine 29, 30, 57
Geist Erasure Poetry Contest 57
Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest 29
Geist Magazine Postcard Contest 30
Gettoknow Contest 42
Government of Newfoundland & Labrador Arts and Letters 70, 71
Junior Division-Poetry 70
Junior Division-Prose 71
Senior Division-Dramatic Script 71
Senior Division-Non-Fictional Prose 71
Senior Division-Poetry 71
Senior Division-Short Fiction 71
Grain Magazine 57
Short Grain 57
Grande Prairie Public Library 22
Griffin Poetry Prize 46, 75
gritLIT Writing Competitions 15
Grouse Grind Prize for Very Short Forms 36
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Haiku Canada 20
Betty Drevniok Award 20
Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize 44
Huron County Library 26
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IBBY Canada 8
In Places Between 30
International 3-Day Novel Contest 50, 53, 54
Island Literary Awards 20, 21
Creative Non-Fiction Award 21
Literature for Children Award 21
Marie Coyoteblanc Award for Indigenous Writing 21
Poetry Award 21
Short Story Award 21
Student Award 21
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Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction Contest 9
James Bartleman Aboriginal Youth Creative Writing 38
Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Contest for Canadian Youth 32
John Glassco Translation Prize 47
John V Hicks Long Manuscript Award 46
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Kobzar Emerging Writers 70
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League of Canadian Poets 32
Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Contest for Canadian Youth 32
Lionel Gelber Prize 61
Literary Translators’ Association of Canada 47
Lush Triumphant 36
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Magpie Award for Poetry 30
Malahat lite 19, 34, 51, 65
Malahat Review 19, 34, 51, 65
Constance Cooke Creative Nonfiction 51
Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction 34
Long Poem Prize 19
Open Season Awards 65
Manitoba Book Awards 66, 67
Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction 67
Best Illustrated Book of the Year 67
Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award 67
Children’s Illustration
Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book 67
John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer 67
Lansdowne Prize for Poetry 67
Manuela Dias Design and Illustration Awards 67
Martyn Godfrey Young Writers’ Award 27
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Awards 67
Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction 67
Massey College 25
Millennium Library 66, 67
Munk School for Global Affairs & Public Policy 62
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National Magazine Awards 7
National Media Awards Foundation 12
National Newspaper Awards 7
Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards 43
Newfoundland and Labrador Credit Union Fresh Fish 43
News Media Canada 25
Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest 23
Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop Writing Contests [NOWW] 23, 24
Bill MacDonald Prize for Prose 23
Short Fiction 23
Creative Non-fiction 23
Short Crime Fiction 23
Literary Critical Writing 23
Kouhi Award 23
Margaret Phillips Award 24
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Okanagan Short Story Contest 19
Ontario Creates 17, 66
Ontario Honours and Awards Secretariat 38
Ontario Poetry Society , The [TOPS] 28, 40, 49, 50, 52, 53, 58
Spring Peepers Poetry Competition 40
Ted Plantos Memorial Award 52
Translating the Cosmos Poetry Competition 58
Ultra Short Poetry Competition 49
World Around Us 28
Ottawa Book Award 7
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Pacific Spirit Poetry Contest 61
PEI Writers’ Guild 21
Polar Expressions Publishing 49
Pottersfield Press 32
Pottersfield Prize For Creative Nonfiction 32
Prairie Fire Press Inc. 67
Short Grain Contest 67
PRISM International 9, 36, 49
Grouse Grind Prize for Very Short Forms 36
Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction Contest 9
Kate Black Creative Non-Fiction Contest 49
Prix du livre d’Ottawa 7
Prix Trillium 66
Pulp Literature Press 21, 30, 45, 60
Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest 21
Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize 44
Magpie Award for Poetry 30
Raven Short Story Contest 60
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Quebec Writers’ Federation 39, 50
Quebec Writers’ Federation Awards 50
A. M. Klein Prize 39, 50
Cole Foundation Prize for Translation 39, 50
Concordia University First Book Prize 39, 50
Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children’s and Youth 39, 50
Judy Mappin Community Award 39, 50
Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction 39, 50
Max Margles Fiction Prize 39, 50
Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize Fiction 39, 50
QWF College Writers Award 39, 50
QWF Prize for Playwriting 39, 50
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Raven Chapbooks Poetry Contest 68
Raven Short Story Contest 60
ReLit Awards 16
Room Magazine 26, 42, 43, 52, 63
Creative Non-Fiction Contest 42
Fiction Contest 26
Poetry Contest 52
Short Forms Contest 63
Royal Canadian Legion 47
Literary Contests—Essay, Poetry 47
Royal City Literary Arts Society 34, 59
Fred Cogswell Award For Excellence In Poetry 59
Royal City Literary Society Write On Contest 34
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Saskatchewan Book Awards 64
Aboriginal Peoples’ Publishing 64
Award For Publishing 64
Book of the Year 64
Children’s Literature Award 64
City of Regina Award 64
City of Saskatoon 64
Fiction Award 64
First Book Award 64
Non-Fiction Award 64
Poetry Award 21, 64
Prix du Livre Français 64
Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild 10, 46, 57
Scholarly Writing Award 64
Science in Society Awards 71
Science Writers & Communicators of Canada 71
Scotiabank Giller Prize 51
Scugog Council for the Arts 12
Shevchenko Foundation Emerging Writers Short Prose 70
Short Prose Competition for Developing Writers 21
Shuswap Association of Writers 17
Spring Peepers Poetry Competition 40
Spring Pulse Poetry Festival 56
St. Jerome's University 26
Stephen Leacock Association 31, 75
Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour 75
Stephen Leacock Student Humorous Short Story Competition 30
subTERRAIN Magazine 36
Surrey International Writers’ Conference Writing Awards 56
SIWC Non-fiction Award: 56
SIWC Storyteller’s Award: 56
SIWC Writing For Young People Award: 56
Synopsis Skirmish 40
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Ted Plantos Memorial Award 52
Ten Stories High see Fifteen Stories High 15
The Malahat Review see Malahat Review 65
The New Quarterly [TNQ] 23, 26, 37
Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest 26
Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest 23
Peter Hinchcliffe Fiction Award 37
The Ontario Poetry Society [TOPS] see Ontario Poetry Society, The
Theatre BC 74
Tisdale Writers Group Writing Contest 28
Tom Fairley Award 11
Toronto Metropolitan International Screenwriting 40, 41
Toronto Screenwriters 41
Translating the Cosmos Poetry Competition 58
Trillium Book Award 16, 66
Two-Day Poem Contest 29
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Ultra Short Poetry Competition 49
University of British Columbia 9, 19, 36, 49, 61
University of New Brunswick 43, 54, 69
University of Toronto 25, 62
University of Victoria 19, 34, 65
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Vallum [magazine] 33, 48
Vallum Award for Poetry 48
Vallum Chapbook Contest Award 33
Vivalogue Publishing 33
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West Coast Book Prize Society 69
Willliam Southam Journalism Fellowships 25
Word Guild Writing Awards 28
Fresh Ink 28
Word On The Lake Writing Contest 17
World Around Us 28
Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador 43
Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick Competitions 24
Alfred G. Bailey Prize for Poetry 24
David Adams Richards Prize 24
Dawn Watson Memorial Prize 24
Douglas Kyle Memorial Prize 24
Fog Lit Books for Young People Prize 24
Jane LeBlanc Screenwriting Award: 24
Narrative Non-fiction prose 24
Sheree Fitch Prize for Teen Writers 24
Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia 6, 63
Budge Wilson Short Story Prize 6
H.R. (Bill) Percy Short Creative Non-Fiction Prize 6
Joyce Barkhouse Writing for Children & Young Adult 6
Nova Writes Competition 6
Rita Joe Poetry Prize 6
Writers Guild of Alberta see also Alberta Literary prizes 72-73
Writers’ Trust of Canada 9, 60
Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers 60
RBC-Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award 9
Writers’ Union of Canada 14, 21
Danuta Gleed Award 14
Short Prose Competition for Developing Writers 21
Writing for Children Competition 41
Writing in the Margins Briarpatch Writing Contests 69
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Young Alberta Book Society 27
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