Contest of the Day -- Danuta Gleed Literary Award

The Writers' Union of Canada invites entries for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award. A $10,000 prize will be awarded to a Canadian writer for the best first collection of published short fiction in the English language; second and third prizes: $500 each. The award recognizes the best first English-Language collection of short fiction by a Canadian author. The award was created in 1997 by John Gleed of Ottawa, husband of the late Danuta Gleed, in celebration of her life and career as a writer of short fiction. Deadline: January 31, 2006. Full details...