The Writers' Union of Canada : Short Prose Competition

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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.

$2,500 Prize; Winner and finalists will have their stories submitted to three Canadian magazine publishers for consideration.

Entry Fee: $29 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
2010 Award Winner

Previous Winners
2009 Award Winner
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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