Prize: $4,500 over three genres
(poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction)
Entry fee:
$35 CAD for residents of Canada
$40 USD for residents of the USA
$45 USD for entries from elsewhere

$15 for additional entries, any genre, no limit!

The deadline is fast approaching! Polish your poetry, fiction, and/or creative nonfiction and submit to this year's Open Season Contest for a chance at cash, publication, and BOOKS.

This year, in addition to the grand prize, we're giving away a prize of seven books (pictured above) to one lucky entrant! To be eligible, all you have to do is enter the contest. We'll draw one entrant's name at random after all entries have been received. The book-prize winner will be announced in late November.

Here's the list of titles...

Ten Canadian Writers in Context, ed. Marie Carriere, Curtis Gillespie & Jason Purcell (University of Alberta Press)

Late Victorians by Vincent Colistro (Véhicule Press)

Buoyancy Control by Adrienne Gruber (BookThug)

Kids in Triage by Kilby Smith-McGregor (Wolsak & Wynn)

Model Discipline by Michael Prior (Véhicule Press)

U Girl by Meredith Quartermain (Talonbooks)

Into the Current by Jared Young (Goose Lane Editions)

Full contest submission guidelines available on the Malahat website.