Pearl Pirie co-judges the 'Poetry on spines' contest for the Ottawa Public Library

OPL's first ever 'Poetry on spines' contest takes place April 7-11

OPL is running a contest called ‘Poetry on spines / Poésie sur dos’ to celebrate National Poetry Month in April.

To participate, just submit one photo of a stack of books to communications@BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca by email. The subject of the photo should be book spines, that you’ve aligned in a creative way to make ‘poetry’ with select words. English and French entries will be accepted from April 7-11. Include your name, phone number, home branch and Twitter handle (if you have one) in the email.

Submissions will be judged over the April 12-13 weekend by Pearl Pirie (English) and Gilles Latour (French). Winners, one in English and one in French, will be announced/contacted on Monday, April 14.

http://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/node/18877

Anita Dolman judges this year's Carleton University Writing Competition

Enter the Carleton University Writing Competition

Do you have the "write" stuff? Then send us your original, unpublished short story, work of creative nonfiction or poetry.

The Carleton University Writing Competition is open to all Carleton staff, faculty, students (full-time or part-time), alumni and retirees.
Deadline: The contest opens September 9, 2013 and closes December 18, 2013.
Categories: short story or creative non-fiction; and poetry (any style or form)

Cash prizes awarded to winning entries.

Full details and rules at http://carletonnow.carleton.ca/writing-competition/

NEW CONTEST from The Puritan! THE THOMAS MORTON PRIZE!‏

Dear Friends, Readers, Writers, and Colleagues,


The Puritan is proud to announce Canada's newest literary contest! The Inaugural Thomas Morton Memorial Prize in Literary Excellence recognizes the best in fiction and poetry for 2012. The winner in each field will receive a generous prize package including monetary compensation as well as a collection of books from some of Canada's most celebrated small presses. The winning entries will also appear in The Puritan's upcoming end-of-the-year Best-Of Print Anthology. Be the first to pin the longest literary prize title in Canada onto your list of accolades. Brave the frontier today!

Bounties


Fiction winner: $650/ Poetry winner: $350

Prize Package includes approximately $500 worth of books for both winners! Titles come from Chaudiere Books, Coach House Books, Cormorant Books, ECW Press, Freehand Books, Goose Lane Editions, Insomniac Press, Mansfield Press, Pedlar Press, and Tightrope Books!

Publication in the Best-Of Anthology and online!

Cost per submission: $10

Fiction up to 12,000 words / Poetry up to 3 pages; Open to International Writers

Multiple submissions accepted; Deadline is September 30, 2012.

Visit our submissions page for more information and to learn how to submit (it's that easy)!

Hope to see your work! Help us spread the word by informing friends, students, and fellow writers. Tweet it, post it, blog it, and help us make two people happy!

Yours,

The Puritan Editors

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