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Grain Magazine’s Annual Short Grain Writing Contest

Grain Magazine’s Annual Short Grain Writing Contest

Saskatchewan Writers' Guild

https://grainmagazine.ca/contests/short-grain

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PO Box 3986
Regina, SK CA

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Web: https://grainmagazine.ca/contests/short-grain
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The Short Grain Contest celebrates poetry and prose from across Canada and internationally. In addition to being published in Grain, cash prizes are available for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places in each genre. Poetry entries to consist of one or two poems no longer than 100 lines each. Fiction entries to consist of one or two stories no longer than 2,500 words each.√

Submission Info

Cost to Enter: $40

Submission Deadline: Apr 01, 2026

Submission Instructions/Form

Open to unpublished manuscripts

Prize Info

First Prize: $1,000 CAD

Second Prize: $750 CAD

Third Prize: $500 CAD

Additional Information: all winning entries will be published in Grain Magazine

Awards, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Short Stories,

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