Deadlines: February 12
Echolocation magazine (University of Toronto) seeks submissions of prose, poetry, creative non-fiction, photography and artwork for Issue 12. Deadline: February 29, 2012.
Essays for Hope (Canada) is seeking essays on a variety of topics for upcoming anthologies (print and ebook). No payment. Profits of each collected donated toward a specific charity (becauseiamagirl.ca, roomtoread.ca, etc.). Deadline: February 1, 2012.
Entries are invited for the 2012 Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art Writing Contest. $500 prizes in each genre: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Also publication in their 50th issue. Entry fee: US$14 (includes a copy of Journal 50). Deadline: February 1, 2012.
Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop (NOWW) is seeking entries for its 14th Annual Writing Contest in four categories: poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and children's story. First prize: $125. Deadline: March 25, 2012. Entry fee: $10.
InkTank Magazine (Canada) is accepting submissions of poetry, prose, and short fiction for their next issue inside(Out). Theme: Inversions. Deadline: February 22, 2012.
The New Quarterly invites entries for the Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest. Prize: $1,000 'for one glorious poem.' Theme: poems of occasion, either personal or public, or poems that make of something an occasion or simply mark one. Deadline: February 28, 2012. Entry fee: $40 (includes subscription) for up to 2 unpublished poems. $5 each for additional poems.
The Malahat Review invites entries for their 2012 Novella Prize. Prize: $1500. Length: 10000-20000 words. No restrictions as to genre, subject matter, or aesthetic approach. Deadline: February 1, 2012. Entry fee: $35-$45 (includes subscription).
Arc Poetry Magazine invites entries for its 2012 Poem of the Year contest. Grand prize: $5000. Deadline: February 1, 2012. Entry fee: $32 (Cdn), which includes a one-year subscription.
Tending Your Inner Garden (US), a women's personal growth program, is seeking women's essays, stories and poems for four seasonal books to be published in 2012. Payment in books. Maximum length: 600 words. Deadlines: January 15, February 15, March 15 and April 15, 2012.
Stone Voices is accepting entries for their first semi-annual art and literary showcase (online and print) Seeks works in which joy and art plays a role -- as a character, the subject, a topic of discussion, the inspiration, etc. One piece of prose (2500 words max.) or two poems. Deadline: February 15, 2012. Entry fee: US$25 (encouraged but not mandatory).
The Friends of the Merril Short Story Contest (Canada) is open to entries. First prize: $350. Accepts Spec Fic (SF/F/H, Magic Realism, etc.) short fiction only. Length: 2500 words max. Deadline: February 15, 2012. International entries welcomed. Entry fee: $5.
Entries are invited for the Friends of the Merril Short Story Contest. First prize: $350 (CDN). Spec Fic (SF/F/H, Magic Realism, etc.) short fiction only (max. 2500 words). Deadline: February 15, 2012. International entries welcomed. Entry fee: $5.
Echolocation (Canada) seeks submissions of poetry, fiction, drama, creative non-fiction, interviews with writers, review essays on recent and forthcoming literary works, and critical essays on any aspect of contemporary writing. Length: Fiction - 10 pages max; Poems - 1-5. Payment: one contributors' copy. Deadline: February 29, 2012.
Summer Literary Seminars welcomes entries to its 2012 Unified Literary Contest. First place winners in fiction and poetry receive publication in The Warlus Online and Black Warrior Review, as well as an all-expense paid trip to one of their programs in Kenya, Eastern Europe or Montreal. Deadline: February 28, 2012 Entry fee: $15USD.
Red Claw Press (Canada) seeks submissions for an anthology on sleep -- in all its meanings/associations. Welcomes all art forms, written and visual, colour & B/W, e.g. poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, comic/graphic, photography, jewellery etc. Payment: one copy. Deadline: February 1, 2012.
Accenti: The Magazine with an Italian Accent announces its 7th Annual Writing Contest. First prize: $1000. Contest is open to fiction and nonfiction on any topic. Submissions in English, 2000 words max. are welcomed from writers, established and emerging, worldwide. Deadline: February 7, 2012. Entry fee: $20. Guidelines
