Literary

Open to Everyone

Open to Everyone

Rules and Guidelines

Open to Canadians and permanent residents of Canada only

Rules and Guidelines:

Poems are to be no longer than 8 lines and no more than 8 words on a line. Spaces between the stanzas count as lines. Poem title & space between the title and body of the poem do not count as lines. All themes and styles welcome. Poems to be typed one poem per page, single spaced either Times New Roman or Arial #12 Font on white letter size paper (8 ½ x 11). Poems submitted may be previously published, but no previous contest winning poems please.
 

Through its Literary Projects Program, Toronto Arts Council (TAC) provides funding to professional, non- profit, Toronto literary organizations and collectives to pursue one-time or time-limited literary projects involving production, presentation and other activities that contribute to the development of the literary arts in Toronto. The City of Toronto supports this program through a funding allocation approved annually by Toronto City Council.

The John Hobday Arts Management Awards are awarded to outstanding managers of professional arts organizations across Canada for the purpose of professional development or mentoring.

• The professional development and resourcing award is given to an exceptional manager in the field of the arts who wishes to participate in a short-term program, a seminar or a recognized workshop.
• The mentoring award is given to an arts manager who wishes to acquire new knowledge, skills and experience through the supervision of a mentor.

Room is Canada’s oldest feminist literary journal, and has published fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, art, interviews, and book reviews for forty years. Published quarterly by the West Coast Feminist Literary Magazine Society, also known as the Growing Room Collective, Room showcases writing and art by women (cisgender and transgender), transgender men, Two-Spirit and nonbinary people.

Room is Canada’s oldest feminist literary journal, and has published fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, art, interviews, and book reviews for forty years. Published quarterly by the West Coast Feminist Literary Magazine Society, also known as the Growing Room Collective, Room showcases writing and art by women (cisgender and transgender), transgender men, Two-Spirit and nonbinary people.

Room is Canada’s oldest feminist literary journal, and has published fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, art, interviews, and book reviews for forty years. Published quarterly by the West Coast Feminist Literary Magazine Society, also known as the Growing Room Collective, Room showcases writing and art by women (cisgender and transgender), transgender men, Two-Spirit and nonbinary people.

The City of Windsor’s Arts, Culture & Heritage Fund (ACHF) invests in the soul of our City by providing financial assistance to locally-developed arts, culture and heritage projects that provide exciting, surprising and meaningful opportunities to strengthen our creative community.

About

Established in 2015 in memory of Sally Manning to provide support to Aboriginal and First Nations writers.

The Sally Manning Memorial Writing Fund was established to provide support to Aboriginal and First Nations writers.

Prerequisites

To be eligible, individuals must be of First Nations, Inuit or Métis background and a current or former resident of the Northwest Territories, the Yukon or Nunavut.

Call for Submissions