2006 Writing Contests

2006 WRITING CONTESTS. 3 CONTESTS. $5,250 IN CASH PRIZES.
Bliss Carman Poetry Award (1-3 poems per entry, maximum 150 lines). The Poetry first prize is in- part donated by the Banff Centre for the Arts who will also award a jeweller-cast replica of poet bliss Carman's silver & turquoise ring to the first prize winner. Judge: Lorna Crozier Short Fiction (one story per entry, maximum 15,000 words). Judge: Sandra Birdsell Creative Non-Fiction (one article per entry, maximum 5,000 words). Judge: Stan Dragland 1st prize $1,000, 2nd prize $500, 3rd prize $250, in all categories Contest Rules: Entry fee $27 (per category). This entitles you or your designate to a one-year (4 issue) subscription to Prairie Fire. Make cheque or money order payable to Prairie Fire and enclose with your entry. Deadline for all contest entries: November 30, 2006. Do not identify yourself on your entry.
Enclose a cover sheet with your name, address, telephone number, the title(s) of your piece(s), and word count (prose) or line count (poetry) along with your entry fee. No faxed or e-mailed submissions please. Your entry must be typed on 81/2" by 11" white paper and the pages clipped, not stapled.
Prose must be double spaced. Entries will not be returned. If you wish to be informed of contest results, include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Each piece must be original, unpublished, not submitted elsewhere for publication or broadcast, nor entered simultaneously in any other contest or competition for which it is also eligible to win a prize. You may enter as often as you like; only your first entry in each category will be eligible for a subscription. Winning pieces will be published in Prairie Fire magazine, with authors paid for publication. Send entries to: Prairie Fire, 423-100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 1H3. Phone: (204) 943-9066, E-mail: prfire@mts.net, www.prairiefire.ca.