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We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $20.1 million in writing and publishing throughout Canada.

	The Ontario Arts Council is an agency of the Government of Ontario.

The Writers' Union of Canada holds an annual literary award, Danuta Gleed Literary Award, for best first collection of short fiction, and three annual writing competitions: Short Prose Competition for Developing Writers, Writing for Children Competition, and Postcard Story Competition. The submission deadlines for the award and competitions remain the same each year.

Please send all submissions to the Toronto office:
90 Richmond Street East, Suite 200
Toronto ON M5C 1P1

Please note that competition results can take up to three months to be announced. Results will be posted on TWUC's website. Submissions will not be returned.

Prizes
Danuta Gleed Literary Award: $10,000 Annual Deadline: February 1
Postcard Story Competition: $500 Annual Deadline: February 14
Writing for Children Competition: $1,500 Annual Deadline: April 24
Short Prose Competition for Developing Writers: $2,500 Annual Deadline: November 3

Please note: If the annual deadline for any of the competitions falls on a weekend or holiday, the deadline will roll onto the next business day. Please check indivdual contest webpages for current deadlines.