Image from: http://earlhaig.ca/library/2011/01/enter-the-pierre-berton-writing-contest/ (please note: this contest, if you click on the link, is only for the students at Earl Haig High School!) Ladies and gentlemen of the writing world, please visit the link at the top of this page called: WRITING CONTESTS/SUBMISSIONS  for a long list of writing contests for the upcoming year (that's… Continue reading 2012 LIST OF WRITING CONTESTS POSTED!

Congratulations to all those who submitted, were published, and who won! There are THREE Windsor writers on this list who I know who have won or received an honourable mention. Amazing! Congratulations to Karen Rockwell for taking FIRST PRIZE in the Short Story contest! Congratulations to Lindsay Rivait for getting an honourable mention in the… Continue reading Polar Expressions Poetry & Short Story Contest Results 2011

Just entered my short story into this year's Canada Writes (last year's CBC Literary Awards) short story contest.  Glad I made the deadline. I feel really good about what I wrote. No matter what happens, I'm happy I wrote it.  I hope whoever reads it, enjoys it.  I won't say 'wish me luck'...I'll let the… Continue reading Canada Writes Deadline – Tuesday, November 1, 2011 – Have you entered yet?!

Please see the link below for more information regarding new dates for CBC Literary Awards. I've attached it through a great writing website called Restless Writers...Subscribe if you can! Thanks! http://restlesswriters.ca/2011/09/06/new-online-community-for-canadian-writer...   Restless Writers   Here's a direct link to CBC... http://www.cbc.ca/radio/literaryawards/   NOTE: The Short Story contest is open now!