http://www.placesforwriters.com/ Resources for Canadian writers, updated daily with contests, calls for submission, and other literary tidbits. en Copyright 2008 Sun, 11 May 2008 09:18:12 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Geist (BC) challenges entrants to write a short story that occurs in two Canadian time zones. Maximum length: 500 words, fiction or non-fiction. First prize: $250. Winning entries will be published in Geist and at geist.com; selected stories will be posted at thetyee.ca. Entry fee: $20 (includes subscription), $5 for each additional entry. Deadline: June 1, 2008. More details...]]> http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/05/short-longdistance-writing-con.html http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/05/short-longdistance-writing-con.html Contests Deadlines: June 08 contest flash fiction short story Sun, 11 May 2008 09:18:12 -0500 Orbis seeks submissions from international writers. Submit four poems or two prose pieces (500-1000 words). Readers' Award: £50 for piece receiving the most votes in each issue; £50 split between runners-up; and Featured Writer receives £50. Provides proofs with editorial suggestions. More details...]]> http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/05/uk-journal-pays-and-responds.html http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/05/uk-journal-pays-and-responds.html Calls Deadlines: Ongoing poetry prose Sun, 11 May 2008 09:06:13 -0500 Ascent Aspirations (BC) invites titillating poetry and flash fiction submissions for their Erotica contest. Winners and selected entrants will be published in a perfect-bound anthology in Fall 2008. First prize for poetry and flash fiction: $100 and one copy of anthology. Seeks soft and sensual submissions, full of longing and desire. Poem length: 60 lines max. Flash fiction length: 800 words max. Deadline: July 31, 2008. Entry fee: $5 per poem or 3 poems for $10; $10 per piece of flash fiction. More details...]]> http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/05/bc-magazine-wants-your-tastefu.html http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/05/bc-magazine-wants-your-tastefu.html Contests Deadlines: July 08 contest erotica fiction flash poetry Sun, 11 May 2008 08:51:35 -0500 Ricepaper (BC) seeks poetry, fiction, non-fiction and drama by Asian Canadians. Also publishes articles (query first). Payment: modest honorarium. More details...]]> http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/05/seeking-creative-writing-from.html http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/05/seeking-creative-writing-from.html Calls Deadlines: Ongoing fiction non-fiction poetry Sun, 11 May 2008 08:31:52 -0500 May 31, 2008. More details...]]> http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/05/win-cash-for-flash-fiction.html http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/05/win-cash-for-flash-fiction.html contest flash fiction Mon, 05 May 2008 21:59:44 -0500 Skive Magazine (Australia) invites entries for the 4th annual Skive Short Story Prize. First prize: US$200. Submit stories 500-2000 words. Entries also considered for the June 2008 issue. New deadline: May 15, 2008. More details... ]]> http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/05/short-story-contest-with-austr.html http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/05/short-story-contest-with-austr.html Contests Deadlines: May 08 contest fiction short story Fri, 02 May 2008 19:24:40 -0500 The Invisible Majority is accepting submissions for works of fiction, non-fiction, humour, art, music and video for their inaugural issue. Theme: "Made In China". Upcoming themes: Elections, Poverty, Food & Drink, Water. Submissions:1500 words max. Deadline: May 30, 2008. More details...]]> http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/05/the-invisible-majority-is-acce.html http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/05/the-invisible-majority-is-acce.html Calls Deadlines: May 08 call submission fiction humour nonfiction Fri, 02 May 2008 17:05:41 -0500 Arc: Canada's National Poetry Magazine invites entries to its 13th Annual International Poem of the Year Contest. First prize: $1500, second prize: $1000; third prize: $750. Winning poems published in Arc's Winter 2008 issue. Entrants may submit up to two unpublished poems. Entry fee: $23 (includes subscription). Deadline: June 30, 2008. More details...]]> http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/05/poetry-contest-with-big-prize.html http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/05/poetry-contest-with-big-prize.html Contests Deadlines: June 08 contest poetry Fri, 02 May 2008 16:56:59 -0500 PistolPress is looking for submissions for "The Future Hygienic," a collection of falsely-based history and facts (anticipated pub. date: Fall 2008). Accepting prose, poetry, essays, journalism, illustrations and photographs. Theme: "fake history, geography, politics, art, and other such contrivances." Open word count. Deadline: July 15, 2008. More details...]]> http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/05/wanted-false-history-and-facts.html http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/05/wanted-false-history-and-facts.html Calls Deadlines: July 08 anthology fiction journalism poetry prose submission Fri, 02 May 2008 16:44:03 -0500 Room Magazine invites entries for their 2008 Annual Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Non-fiction Contest. First prize in each category: $500. Deadline: May 15, 2008. Poetry: max. 3 poems or 150 lines. Fiction: 4000 words max. Entry Fee: $27 (includes subscription); non-Canadian entries: $39.Winners will be published in a 2009 issue. More details... ]]> http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/05/fiction-poetry-and-creative-no.html http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/05/fiction-poetry-and-creative-no.html Contests Deadlines: May 08 contest creative non-fiction fiction poetry Fri, 02 May 2008 16:11:36 -0500 Earth Vision invites entries of short fiction, creative non-fiction, poetic prose and poetry for the The Earth Vision nature writing contest 2008. First Prize: $500. Theme: nature, deep ecology, or spiritual ecology. Deadline: October 15, 2008. Entry fee: US$12. More details...]]> http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/04/contest-seeks-writing-about-th.html http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/04/contest-seeks-writing-about-th.html Contests Deadlines: October 08 contest creative non-fiction poetry prose short fiction Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:41:50 -0500 Lies With Occasional Truth seeks "the very best writing by the very best writers in Canada (and sometimes by Americans who pretend, in their cover letters, to be Canadian)." Publishes fiction only, 3000 words max. Especially fond of plot-driven, humorous, and topical stories (also zombies and werewolves). Accepts submission year-round. Publishes quarterly. More details...]]> http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/04/seeking-fictionlies-from-canad.html http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/04/seeking-fictionlies-from-canad.html Calls Deadlines: Ongoing Canada fiction humour submission zombies Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:01:00 -0500 The New Quarterly (ON) invites submissions of fiction, poetry, interviews, and writing about writing. Wants to be delighted by a story well-told. Payment: $200 per short story, novel excerpt, and essay, and $30 per poem or "postscript" story. More details...]]> http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/04/print-mag-seeks-writing-from-g.html http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/04/print-mag-seeks-writing-from-g.html Calls Deadlines: Ongoing essay fiction poetry Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:17:29 -0500 Shameless Magazine co-editors are seeking submissions for an anthology for teen girls to be published by Tightrope Books in Spring 2009. Looking for creative non-fiction essays by women and trans-identified adults about how their formative teen experiences shaped them as writers and people. More details... ]]> http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/04/seeking-essays-about-transiden.html http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/04/seeking-essays-about-transiden.html Calls anthology creative non-fiction Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:11:43 -0500 Groundwood Books (ON) seeks novel-length character-driven fiction for children of all ages. No anthropomorphic animals or elves/fairies as main characters. More details...]]> http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/04/toronto-publisher-seeks-childr.html http://www.placesforwriters.com/2008/04/toronto-publisher-seeks-childr.html Calls Deadlines: Ongoing books children Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:06:50 -0500