The Broken City, a Web-based literature/arts magazine, is accepting submissions for its summer 2010 edition: Still Life, Fast Moving: cities, nature, and the amalgamation of the two. Send poetry, fiction, non-fiction, comics, art and photography. Deadline: June 30, 2010. More details...
Geist magazine invites entries for the Jackpine Sonnet Contest. First prize: $500. Entry fee: $10 (includes digital subscription) Deadline: July 1, 2010. Winners will be published in Geist magazine, Poetry Is Dead magazine and the Tyee. More details...
Bread'n Molasses, Atlantic Canada's lifestyle magazine for positive thinkers seeks short fiction, creative non-fiction, memoir, personal essays and poetry. 2000 words max. Any theme but nothing too dark or sarcastic. Loves work that inspires or motivates others. Payment: two copies. Email submissions to editor@breadnmolasses.com.
Page Forty-Seven, an online anthology of literary short fiction, invites original work from new and established writers. Payment: $25-$75 per story. Maximum story length: 10,000 characters. More details...
Front&Centre (ON) is looking for new "salty, ballsy, edgy short fiction." Especially interested in new fiction from young Canadian writers. More details...
The Writers' Union of Canada is hosting its 2010 Postcard Story Competition. Grand prize: $500. Accepting fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and prose. Length: 250 words (excluding title). Deadline: February14, 2010. More details...
Independent publisher and literary magazine Leaf Garden Press (US) seeks eclectic poetry, prose, and visual arts. More details...
All Rights Reserved invites submissions of poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, art, and photography for its Spring 2010 issue. Deadline: January 31, 2010 (note: old submission deadline on website). Payment: free copy. More details...
Ryga: A Journal of Provocations, a quarterly dedicated to honouring the legacy of one of Canada's greatest political writers, is seeking fiction for its second issue. More details...
Snare Books invites entries for The Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry. First prize: publication of the manuscript and a $500 honorarium. Entry fee: $30. Deadline: January 31, 2010. More details...
The New Bedlam Project (ON) seeks entries into its first short fiction contest. Prize: Prize package plus pro-payment for the entry. Deadline: January 29, 2010. More details...
Bananafish (US) seeks honest, true to life, and engaging fiction, memoir, and creative nonfiction. Length: 2000 words max. Every word should have a purpose. More details...
Memoirs Ink's Elements Writing Contest is accepting entries of short personal essay, creative non-fiction, poemoir or vignette. Theme: Air/wind/space. Deadline: April 2010). Length: 750 words max. Prizes: US$500, US$250, US$125 + publication. Entry fee: US$10 first entry. More details...
SFU's The Writer's Studio and Anvil Press (BC) are looking for original, book-length manuscripts (one winner each in creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry), by emerging Canadian writers who have not previously published a book. Entry fee: $55. Deadline: May 31, 2010. More details...
Descant seeks submissions of fiction, poetry, essays and artwork for a themed issue: Ghosts / The Uncanny. Aims to "explore the murky connections between life and death, science and superstition, folk beliefs and fictions." Deadline: March 1, 2010. Payment: $100 honourarium. More details...
Soliloquies Anthology (Montreal, QC) is currently accepting prose (3500 words max.), non-fiction (2000 words max.) poetry (8 pages) and drama (8 pages) for their winter issue. Deadline January 29, 2010. Send submissions with a 70-word bio to submissions@soliloquiesanthology.com
Entries of memoirs, personal essays, and creative non-fiction stories are invited for the Memoirs, Ink. Annual Personal Essay Contest. Any topic. Length: 3000 words max. First prize: US$1000. Entry fee: US$15. Deadline: August 14, 2010. More details...
Entries of memoirs, personal essays, and creative non-fiction stories are invited for the Memoirs, Ink. Half-Yearly Personal Essay Contest. Any topic. Length: 1500 words max. First prize: US$1000. Entry fee: US$15. Deadline: February 14, 2010. More details...
Blue Mountain Arts (US) is interested in reviewing pieces for publication on greeting cards. Pays. For writer’s guidelines send a blank e-mail to writings@sps.com with “Send Me Guidelines” in the subject line.
