Canadian Literature seeks essays, reviews, and other responses for a special issue honouring the work of Robert Kroetsch. Length: 6500 words max. (incl. notes and works cited). Deadline: September 1, 2012.

EVENT magazine (BC) invites submissions for its annual Creative Non-Fiction contest. $1500 plus in prizes plus publication. Length: 5000 words max. Deadline: April 15, 2012. Entry fee: $34.95 (includes subscription).

great weather for media (US) is a new publisher looking for poetry, flash fiction, short stories, dramatic monologues, and creative nonfiction. Welcomes submissions for an upcoming print anthology. Focus on edgy and experimental themes and styles. Deadline: April 30, 2012.

Canadian Literature seeks essays, reviews, and other responses for a special issue honouring the teaching, scholarship, and example of Laurie Ricou. Length: 6500 words max. (incl. notes and works cited). Deadline: June 1, 2012.

Marco Polo (US) seeks '100 X 100: One Hundred Short Shorts, One Hundred Words Long.' Submit a short short containing 100 words max. The 100 stories chosen from submissions will be published online. Best story receives a hardcover edition of the book Vitamin P2. Deadline: June 1, 2012.

carte blanche (Quebec) is accepting poetry, fiction, nonfiction, translation, graphic fiction, and photography for its Spring Issue (#15). Also accepts stories in sound via audio submissions. Deadline: March 1, 2012.

Entries are invited for Writers' Village winter 2012 'Best Writing' competition (UK). First prize: £400 ($660); additional prizes available. Any genre. Length: 3000 words max. Entry fee: £10 ($16) per story. International entries are welcome. Deadline: March 31, 2012.

Biff Bam Pop! (Toronto) seeks submissions of short stories for their first e-book of prose short stories. Looking for imaginative fiction with elements of the horror, thriller and/or suspense genre. Deadline: April 1, 2012. Compensation via percentage of book revenue.

New monthly online zine FeatherLit (UK) aims to set a new bar for literary erotica and sex writing. Seeks poetry, fiction, essay, and memoir welcome for their inaugural issue. Length: 500 words max. No payment.

Print and online journal Gnome Magazine (Boston, US) is accepting submissions for their next issue. Theme: Critique. Accepting art exhibition reviews as well as featured articles and proposals. Published in print as well as online. Deadline/payment not indicated.

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.

The Broken City (Toronto), an online literature/arts magazine, is accepting submissions for its summer 2012 edition: The Future. This issue tackles science fiction via poetry, short stories, essays, comics, illustrations and photography. Deadline: June 1, 2012.

re:moved (Canada) is an interactive visual narrative project seeking non-fiction, fiction, or poetry focusing on individual experiences of home and nostalgia. Examining unique perspectives on homes that have been 'lost' (whether through relocation, demolition, or (re)construction), this project aims to collect and display diverse stories. Deadline: April 1, 2012.

Emmerson Street Press (Canada) seeks manuscripts from writers 'who are proud to be a part of the centuries old literary tradition.' Also seeking academics interested in writing an introduction (up to 1000 words) to a reprint classic.

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.

This Is What's There is looking for writers to contribute stories about 'real' places in major cities (250-400 words). Payment: US$25 for the first article and potential contract for more.

The Resurrectionist (UK) is an international biannual printed poetry journal dedicated to modern formalist poetry. Site features a weekly sonnet blog for the staff and contributors to share their work. Rolling submission throughout the year. No payment.

Vallum Magazine seeks poetry for their next issue. Theme: Urban Landscapes / Hidden City. Deadline: April 1, 2012. No email submissions. Mail submissions to: Vallum, P.O. Box 598, Victoria Stn., Montreal, PQ, H3Z 2Y6.

The Ginosko Literary Journal (US) is accepting short fiction and poetry, creative nonfiction, interviews, social justice concerns, and spiritual insights for their next issue. Deadline not provided.

Entries are invited for The New Quarterly Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest. Prize: $1,000. Submit essays of any length, on any topic, in which the writer's personal engagement with the topic provides the frame or through-line. Canadian writers only. Deadline: March 28, 2012. Entry Fee: $40 (includes subscription).

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.

Oolichan Books (Canada) is seeking poetry submissions for Desperately Seeking Susans (Fall 2012) which will feature a wide range of celebrated and established Susans. Now calling for the next generation (proof of name required). Length: 6 pages. Submissions (include literary CV) to sarahtsiang@yahoo.ca. Deadline: March 20, 2012.

New online magazine The Blind Hem welcomes submissions of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Must reference fashion, clothing, art of dress -- how clothing evokes emotion, effects life, memory, etc. Feminist, body-positive, socially aware. Rolling submissions throughout the year.

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).

Entries are open for the Grain Magazine's Annual Short Grain Writing Contest. Deadline: April 1, 2012. Poetry: 100 lines max, any style. Fiction and Post Card Stories: 2500 words max. Entry fee: $35-$40 (includes subscription).