Deadline: November 1, 2012 (postmarked)
Prize: $1000 CAD in each of three categories
Entry fee:
$35 CAD for residents of Canada
$40 USD for residents of the USA
$45 USD for entries from elsewhere

(entry fee includes a one-year subscription to The Malahat Review)

Enter either three poems (100 lines max. each), one work of short fiction (2500 words max.), or one work of creative nonfiction (2500 words max.).

Read full contest guidelines on our website.

Read interviews with the three Open Season Awards judges (Rachel Rose for poetry, Helen Humphreys for fiction, and Susan Olding for creative nonfiction) on our website.

Read interviews with the winners of our 2012 Open Season Awards (J. Mark Smith for poetry, Erin Frances Fisher for fiction, and Tik Maynard for creative nonfiction) on our website.