Great Rewards for the Winning Writers – Deadlines in February
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CBC Creative Nonfiction Competition
Open to all Canadian residents. The competition is for original, unpublished work of creative nonfiction between 1200 and 1800 words and carries a grand prize of CA$6.000
Entries close 28 February
https://cbcliteraryprizes.submittable.com/submit/129834/2019-cbc-nonfiction-prize
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Solid Essay Contest
Restrictions: Open to high school students. Genre: Essay Minimum number of words is 600 and maximum is 800.
Prize: Scholarship of $1.000. Deadline: February 8, 2019
https://www.solidessay.com/essay-contest/
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Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers
Restrictions: The nominee must self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer. The nominee must have written and published at least one but no more than 2 books of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry.
Genre: Fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. Prize: $1000. Deadline: February 15, 2019
http://www.lambdaliterary.org/emerging-writer-award/
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Scotiabank Giller Prize
Prize: $100,000 to the winner and $10,000 to each of the finalists.
Open to books published in Canada in English. Books must be published in Canada in English between October 1, 2018, and February 28, 2019, to be eligible. Must be nominated by publishers. Genre: Fiction. Full-length novel or collection of short stories published in English, either originally, or in translation. Deadline: February 15, 2019
http://scotiabankgillerprize.ca/about/submissions/
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The Sunday Times Audible Story Award
Open to any author who has been published in the UK or Ireland. Genre: Short stories of 6000 words or less.
Prize: £30,000. Deadline: February 15, 2019
https://www.shortstoryaward.co.uk/awards/2019/
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RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers
Candidates must be Canadian citizens or permanent resident; Under the age of 35 – Unpublished in book form and without a book contract. Genre: Poetry. Prizes: $5,000, Finalists: $1,000. Deadline: February 18, 2019
https://www.writerstrust.com/awards/rbc-bronwen-wallace-award-for-emerging-writers/
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Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards
Open to citizens or permanent residents of Western Australia. Genre: Book published during the preceding calendar year in a variety of genres. Prize: A$15,000
Deadline: February 18, 2019
http://pba.slwa.wa.gov.au/
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The Kelpies Prize (Scotland)
Open to Scottish authors. Genre: Children’s fiction of both novel and a short length. Prize: £1,000, a publishing contract, a writing retreat, and a year of mentoring by an editorial team.
Deadline: February 28, 2019
https://discoverkelpies.co.uk/kelpies-prize/kelpies-prize-enter/
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