Here are some upcoming writing contests:
Writers Union of Canada 16th Annual Writing for Children Competition
Prize: $1500.00 – finalists and winners will have their story submitted to three Canadian children’s publishers.
Deadline: April 24, 2012
Entry fee: $15.00
Malahat Review 2012 Far Horizons Award for Poetry
Prize: $1000.00 CDN
Entry fee: $25 CDN/$30USD/$35 elsewhere
Deadline: May 1, 2012
Malahat Review Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize 2012
Prize: $1000.00
Essay, memoir or literary journalism = creative nonfiction
Deadline: August 1, 2012
Malahat Review University of Victoria 50th Anniversary Prize
Prize: $2,200.00
Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Dramatic Monologue
Deadline: August 15, 2012
VANESSA SHIELDS 