CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Welcome to John Abbott College’s New Voices Creative Writing Contest Webpage
Short fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry
Local prizes: $300 (Three winners, $100 each, publication in Locus)
QWF grand prize: $1000 (The three winners of the local contest will be entered into the Quebec Writers’ Federation College Writers Award)
- Submissions may be emailed directly to claire.russell@johnabbott.qc.ca (Questions can also be directed to this address.)
Contest Guidelines
Contest Guidelines:
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Accepted genres: creative nonfiction, short fiction, or poetry.
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Maximum length for short stories and creative nonfiction is 4000 words. Maximum length of a poem is 100 lines.
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The writer must be enrolled at John Abbott. Limit of one submission per student.
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Applicant must have had a primary residence in the province of Quebec for at least one year at the time of submission.
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The submission must have been written in English (translations are not eligible).
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Cover letter indicating name, address, phone number and student ID.
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Submissions will be read blind so no identifying information should be included on submission manuscript.
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PDF or Word format only.
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Submissions may be emailed directly to claire.russell@johnabbott.qc.ca (Questions can also be directed to this address.)
- Submission deadline is May 15, 2022
For more information, contact Claire Russell from the English Department: claire.russell@johnabbott.qc.ca
*all identifying information will be removed from submissions before they are sent to the selection committee (submissions will be read blind)
