September 3, 2010
Write a postcard story (up to 500 words) which has the following sentence in it somewhere:
They found that it was broken.
August 27, 2010
Where do you do your writing? It’s a question I get asked often. I have a small office at my house that overlooks a deck and some leafy summertime trees. When it’s winter, the window becomes glazed with frost in spectacular patterns. I sit with my back to the view and with a bookshelf to the right of me. It’s filled with books I mean to read and photographs of my family. Opposite I have a painting that is dear to me; the desk if filled with CDs, pens and notes. I think anyone wandering in (not that anyone’s allowed to wander in!) would find it a cosy place to write. But I’m lucky to be able to write off a home office as a business expense. Before I could do that, I always tried to make a little spot that was purely for writing – a small desk in the corner of my bedroom when I was a student or a comfy chair in the living room where I could cuddle up with a laptop (not such a good idea if you value your back.) It’s worth a little thinking time. A place that is dedicated to your writing is essential. It shows you (and those around you) that writing is important.
August 8, 2010
Deadline November 3rd:
You have a little while to get ready for this, but it doesn’t hurt to start thinking and writing early – it’ll give you time to edit too. Check their website out for more info: http://www.writersunion.ca/cn_shortprose.asp
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| $2,500 Prize; Winner and finalists will have their stories submitted to three Canadian magazine publishers for consideration.
Entry Fee: $25 per entry, cheque or money order made payable to The Writers’ Union of Canada.
Deadline: November 3
Eligible Writers
- Canadian citizens or landed immigrants
- All writers who have not been published in book format, in any genre and who do not have a contract with a book publisher
Eligible Entries
- Nonfiction and fiction prose; up to 2,500 words, English language
- Not previously published in any format
- Multiple submissions are welcome
How to Submit Entries
- Typed, double-spaced, on numbered pages, plain 8.5” x 11” paper, not stapled
- Submissions will be accepted by hardcopy only
- A separate cover letter with full name, address, phone number, e-mail address, number of pages of entry, and whether submission is fiction or non-fiction. Please type name of entrant and title of entry on each numbered page.
Manuscripts will not be returned.
Latest Winner
2009 Award Winner
Previous Winners
2008 Award Winner
2007 Award Winner
2006 Award Winner
2005 Award Winner
2004 Award Winner
Deadline
- Postmarked: November 3
Results
- Results will be posted at www.writersunion.ca.
Send entries to:
SPC Competition, The Writers’ Union of Canada, 90 Richmond St. E, Suite 200, Toronto, ON, M5C 1P1
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