Canadian Writers' Contest Calendar
2023
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A

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Best Unpublished First Crime Novel 72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Best Unpublished Crime Manuscript (Unhanged Arthur) 59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

C

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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E

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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F

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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G

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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H

Haiku Canada 20

Betty Drevniok Award 20

Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize 44

Huron County Library 26

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I

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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J

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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K

Kobzar Emerging Writers 70

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L

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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M

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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O

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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P

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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R

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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T

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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V

Vallum [magazine] 33, 48

Vallum Award for Poetry 48

Vallum Chapbook Contest Award 33

Vivalogue Publishing 33

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W

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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Y

Young Alberta Book Society 27

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Z

no entries

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