Our Annual Literary Prize is back again for 2023, with bigger cash prizes, publication for all shortlisted entries in our annual anthologies, a televised award ceremony, and an inspiring new theme.
Most events are installed on their deadline date, unless there is a long submission window or unless it's a rolling submission.
P=Poetry, N=Nonfiction, F=Fiction
Contest
Events
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A prize of $1,200 and publication in Mudfish is given annually for a single poem.
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Winners receive publication, promotion, and a cash prize.
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The theme is ‘blue’, but how you interpret and handle that – maybe literally, maybe in one of its varied metaphorical meanings – is entirely up to you.
£7.50
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This year our editors are looking to read your best short narratives, whether they are stories, essays, poems, or hybrid forms.
$20
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1 event,Fiction and Poetry Writing Competition open to all Canadian authors with $700 in prizes and the chance to work with a professional editor and be published in an annual anthology!
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This year’s LGBTQ writing contest theme, FIRSTS, is an opportunity to share your own queer travel adventurers with an LGBTQ audience. Your essay just might inspire someone to stretch their comfort zone and try a new activity!
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100 words about 5 minutes of your life, on the theme of AWAY. Interpret any way you’d like.
$5
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The prize is only open to short fiction, but it can be in any fiction genre and you may write about any subject you wish.
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“Changing My Mind,” might refer to trying to change the minds of others, something you changed your mind about, or a subject you wish you could look at differently.
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Submit a story that responds to or somehow reflects the theme “Endings.”
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We carry no expectations for the content or tone of submissions. |