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2011 Writing Contests
3 contests, $6,000 in cash prizes!
Bliss Carman Poetry Award
The poetry first prize is in part donated by the Banff Centre for the Arts, who will also award a jeweller-cast replica of poet Bliss Carman’s silver and turquoise ring to the first-prize winner. (1-3 poems per entry, maximum 150 lines per entry)
Judge: Sylvia Legris
Short Fiction
(one story per entry, maximum 10,000 words)
Judge: Marilyn Bowering
Creative Non-Fiction
(one article per entry, maximum …
The Poetic Licence Contest for Canadian Youth 2011
Deadline January 15, 2011
The League of Canadian Poets, a national not-for-profit poetry organization founded in 1966, invites Canadian youth to participate in its Poetic Licence Contest.
There are two age categories, junior (grades 7-9) and senior (grades 10-12).
First place poems in each category will receive a cash prize of $350, second place winners will receive $300 and third place winners will receive $250.
All winning poems will be published in the League of Canadian Poets’ …
ARC Poem of the Year Contest
ARC POEM OF THE YEAR CONTEST
First prize is $1,500.00, Second prize is $1,000.00 and third prize is $750.00.
Contest Entry:
Entry fee is $32, in Canadian funds, which entitles you to a one-year subscription of Arc mailed to a Canadian address, beginning with the Summer 2010 issue. (If you already have a subscription, you can give your new one-year subscription to a friend. Please include their mailing address.) Alternately, you can choose to have one issue sent to a U.S. or overseas address.
You …