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You have just 3 weeks to enter our Open Season Contest! Many emerging writers have won these awards, so don't hesitate. Poetry, Fiction, or Creative Nonfiction. What will you submit?

Read Interviews with the Judges of our 2014 Open Season Awards

Jeffery Donaldson Looking for a Necessary Poem: Karen Bannister interviews the judge of our 2014 Open Season Award for Poetry, Jeffery Donaldson.

Yasuko Thanh Looking for Writing without a Veil: Molly McFaul interviews the judge of our 2014 Open Season Award for Fiction, Yasuko Thanh.

Mark Abley Looking for a Voice Accomplished and Original: John Archibald interviews the judge of our 2014 Open Season Award for Creative Nonfiction, Mark Abley.

2014 Open Season Awards

2014 Open Season Awards

Deadline: November 1, 2013 (postmarked)
Prize: $1000 CAD in each of three categories
Entry fee:
$35 CAD for Canadian entries
$40 USD for entries from the USA
$45 USD for entries from elsewhere
(entry fee includes a one-year subscription to The Malahat Review)

Enter up to three poems (1oo lines each max.); one piece of short fiction (2500 words max.); OR one piece of creative nonfiction (2500 words max.)

Read full guidelines on our website.


Interested in how the Open Season Awards might change your life? Read these interviews with past winners!

Lisa Martin-DeMoor

Read an interview with the winner of our 2013 Open Season Award for Poetry, Lisa Martin-DeMoor.

 

 

Carmelinda ScianRead an interview with the winner of our 2013 Open Season Award for Fiction, Carmelinda Scian.

 

 

 

Susan Buis

Read an interview with the winner of our 2013 Open Season Award for Creative Nonfiction, Susan Buis.

 


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