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Announcing the 2024 Constance Rooke CNF Prize winner
Congratulations to Marcel Goh, who's won $1,250 CAD as well as publication in our winter issue #229 for his piece, "Lanterns."
Read more and find out what the judge had to say.
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Shortlist for the 2024 Constance Rooke CNF Prize
Eight pieces made it to the shortlist!
The winner, as chosen by contest judge Gloria Blizzard, will be announced by October 11 on our website and social media. They'll win $1,250 CAD and their writing will appear in our winter issue #229.
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Announcing the 2024 Far Horizons Award for Poetry winner
Congratulations to Craig Francis Power, who's won $1,250 CAD as well as publication in our fall issue #228 for his poem, "Walking My Three-Year-Old to Nanny's Place, Easter Sunday 2017."
Read more and find out what the judge had to say.
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Shortlist for the 2024 Far Horizons Award for Poetry
Ten poems made it to the shortlist!
The winner, as chosen by contest judge Patrick Grace, will be announced by July 13 on our website and social media. They'll win $1,250 CAD and their poem will appear in our fall issue #228.
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Announcing the 2024 Novella Prize winner
Congratulations to Ryan Cannon, who's won $2,000 CAD as well as publication in our summer issue #227 for his novella, "A Hunting Story."
Read more and find out what the judges had to say.
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Shortlist for the 2024 Novella Prize
Seven novellas made it to the shortlist!
The winner, as chosen by contest judges Jenny Ferguson and Jack Wang, will be announced by April 12 on our website and social media. They'll win $2,000 CAD and publication in our summer issue #227.
Event
National Poetry Month open mic & reading
Join us in collaboration with Planet Earth Poetry on Friday April 5 @ 7:30pm at Russell Books!
Hosted by Editor Iain Higgins and featuring:
John Barton
Yvonne Blomer
Warren Heiti
Philip Kevin Paul (pictured)
Have you had poetry published in The Malahat Review? The open mic before the reading is reserved for poets published in any issue of the journal.
Visit Planet Earth Poetry's website or follow them on Instagram @planetearthpoetry to find out more.
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Announcing the 2024 Open Season Awards winners
Congratulations to Dominique Bernier-Cormier (poetry), Jody Chan (fiction), and Aldyn Chwelos (cnf; pictured), who have each won $2,000 CAD as well as publication in our spring issue #226.
Read more about the winners and to find out what the judges had to say.
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Shortlists for 2024 Open Season Awards
We're pleased to announce the shortlists for our Open Season Awards!
The winners, as chosen by contest judges Kayla Czaga (poetry), Michelle Poirier Brown (cnf), and Deepa Rajagopalan (fiction), will be announced by January 19 on our website and social media. They'll each win $2,000 CAD and publication in our spring issue #226.
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Announcing the 2023 Constance Rooke CNF Prize winner
Congratulations to Siavash Saadlou, who's won $1,250 CAD as well as publication in our winter issue #225 for his memoir, "The Enemy."
Read more about the winner and what judge Daniel Allen Cox had to say.
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Shortlist for 2023 Constance Rooke CNF Prize
We're pleased to announce the shortlist for our CNF Prize!
The winner, as chosen by contest judge Daniel Allen Cox, will be announced by October 13 on our website and social media. Who will win the $1,250 CAD prize and publication?
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Announcing the 2023 Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction winner
Congratulations to Eleanor Fuller, who's won $1,250 CAD as well as publication in our fall issue #224 for her story, "The Hennessy Family Rosary."
Read more about the winner and what judge Susan Sanford Blades had to say.
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Shortlist for 2023 Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction
We're pleased to announce the shortlist for our Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction!
The winner, as chosen by contest judge Susan Sanford Blades, will be announced by July 24 on our website and social media. Who will win the $1,250 CAD prize and publication?
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Announcing the 2023 Long Poem Prize winners
Congratulations to Bren Simmers and Domenica Martinello (pictured).
Both will receive $1,250 CAD as well as publication in our summer issue #223.
Read more about the winners and what judges Bertrand Bickersteth and Jennifer Lynn Still had to say.
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Shortlist for 2023 Long Poem Prize
We're pleased to announce the shortlist for our Long Poem Prize!
The two winners, as chosen by contest judges Bertrand Bickersteth and Jennifer Lynn Still, will be announced by April 13 on our website and social media pages. Who will win the two $1,250 CAD prizes and publication?
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Announcing the 2023 Open Season Awards winners
Congratulations to Caroline Harper New (poetry), Deepa Rajagopalan (fiction), and Gloria Blizzard (cnf; pictured)! Judges Ki'en Debicki, Ben Lof, and Bahar Orang had great things to say about their work.
All three winners will receive $2,000 CAD each as well as publication in our spring issue #222.
Read more about the winning pieces and what the judges had to say.
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Shortlists for 2023 Open Season Awards
We're pleased to announce the shortlists for our Open Season Awards!
The winners, as chosen by contest judges Ki'en Debicki (poetry), Ben Lof (fiction), and Bahar Orang (cnf), will be announced by January 20 on our website and social media pages. Who will win the three $2,000 CAD prizes and publication?
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