Young Writers: March 2008 Archives
The Miss G_ Project for Equity in Education (Ottawa, ON) seeks poetry, essays, short stories, rants, monologues, and spoken word pieces for an activist anthology ("actology") that take on and challenge the media. Working title: "The Media is Not Fooling Me: an Actology." Publication date: May 25, 2008. Seeks pieces that are critical of the media from a self-aware perspective that takes into account power and sex/gender/sexuality/race/class/ability. Open to high-school aged writers. Payment: free copy. Deadline: April 25, 2008. More details...
Elora Writers' Festival invites entries for their 5th annual writing competition. Prizes: $100, $75, $50 (Adults) and $75, $50, $25 (Teen and Junior). Age categories:adult, teen (13-19), junior (12 and under). Submit: Short story/personal essay (2000 words) or poetry (75 lines max). Entry fee: $10. Theme: "A Harvest of Words". Deadline: May 2, 2008. More details...
What If? Canada's Creative Magazine for Teens invites poetry entries from young writers for their next Penguin Books Poetry Contest. First prize: Penguin Books prize pack (valued at $50) plus publication in Summer 2008 issue.Theme: Teachers. Open to Canadian writers under 19. Deadline: March 15, 2008. No entry fee. More details...
What If? Canada's Creative Magazine for Teens invites fiction entries from young writers for their next Stone Road Mall Fiction Contest. Prizes: First prize: $100 Stone Road Mall Gift Certificate (winner can arrange to receive gift certificates for stores in their area) plus publication in Summer 2008 issue. Theme: What If? Open to Canadian writers under 19. Deadline: March 15, 2008. More details...
ON SPEC Magazine seeks stories and poetry from young Canadian writers aged 15-23. Accepts speculative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Open to Canadian writers between the ages of 15-23 years of age. Payment: up to $180 plus contributor copies. Deadline: May 31, 2008 More details...
