CanWrite! Conference Story Contest

The Contest - Media Inquiries/Printable Flyer - Previous Contest Results

"So, you think you CanWrite!"

Sixth Annual Contest

The Canadian Authors Association is pleased to announce its Sixth Annual CanWrite! Conference Story Contest.

Guidelines

This short story contest is open to all ages and all Canadian and U.S. residents. Please pay close attention to the following guidelines:

Short stories must be fiction, unpublished, and no longer than 1,500 words in length.
Entries should be typed and double spaced with the story's title appearing on each numbered page.
Please include a separate sheet with your name, address, phone number, email address, word count and title—as well as your payment and a self-addressed stamped envelope for the contest results.
The entrant's name must not appear on the manuscript.
The final deadline for entries is February 28, 2008.

Prizes

The top ten selections will be published in an anthology that will be launched at our 87th CAA Annual Conference in Edmonton on July 3-6, 2008.
The top three winners will also receive $500, $200 and $100 plus a free conference registration with no cash value. (Winners must attend the conference to receive this free registration.)

Judging will be completed through a blind process with final selections made by our contest judge. Manuscripts will not be returned. Results and story evaluations will both be released in July.

Entry

The entrant's fee is $15 Canadian per story. Please make all cheques or money orders out to "Canadian Authors Association" and mail your entry to

CanWrite! Conference Story Contest,
c/o Evan Kenney,
32 Green Meadow Crescent,
Welland, ON L3C 6X3

Early Bird Special

Submit your story no later than November 30, 2007 and you'll receive a one-page evaluation with comments from a professional member of the Canadian Authors Association. Please include a self-addressed stamped envelope.

Final Deadline

The final deadline for entries is February 28, 2008.

Judging

This year's guest contest judge is Leo Brent Robillard.

This year's guest contest judge is Leo Brent Robillard. Robillard is the acclaimed author of two critically acclaimed novels, Leaving Wyoming and Houdini's Shadow. Both were long-listed for the ReLit Award, and Leaving Wyoming was chosen as part of Bartley's Top Five in The Globe and Mail for best first fiction of 2005. His work has appeared in over fifty publications including CV2, The Fiddlehead, Grain and Queen's Quarterly.

You can visit his website at www.leobrentrobillard.com.

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Obtaining More Information

Media Inquiries

For more information or for media inquiries, please contact Evan Kenney at or 905-734-7180.

Download the Flyer

All the information is available on a printable PDF flyer:
View the 2008 CanWrite! Conference Story Contest flyer (PDF - 132k).

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Previous Contest Results

The results of the 2007 contest are:

Winners

First Prize: Gilles Babin with "Reruns"
Second Prize: Diane Fretz with "Give and Take"
Third Prize: Susan Eldridge-Vautour with "Line in the Sand"

Honourable Mentions

Susan Eldridge-Vautour with "Threadbare"
Ken Kalman with "The Witnesses"
Sarah Raymond with "Charm Bracelet"
Esther Dagan with "Harvesting a Memory"
Andrew Simpson with "Not From Around Here"
Joan Crate with "Learning to Pray"
Catherine Butler with "So Now That You Know"

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