Book Awards, Writing Contests

Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fition
Maximum word count: 4,000 words. Please submit only one piece per submission. Entries must be original, previously unpublished in print or online. PRI
Deadline: 2026-03-01

CBC Nonfiction Prize
Submit your original, unpublished works of nonfiction up to 2,000 words. There is no minimum. Open to all Canadian citizens and permanent residents of
Deadline: 2026-03-01

Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize
The Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize is a writing competition sponsored by the stage and radio series Selected Shorts. This long-running s
Deadline: 2026-03-06

Ellen S. Jaffe Humanist Award for Poetry
Open to Everyone in Canada and the U.S. Accepting 12 poems and no less and no more on one of the following humanist themes of family, community, tradi
Deadline: 2026-03-15

North Shore Writers Association Annual Writing Contest
$100, $75, and $50 prizes awarded to Fiction, non-fiction, and poetry entries. One $100 prize for Writing for Children and YA category. Two $75 youth
Deadline: 2026-03-15

Independent Publisher Book Awards
Conducted annually, the Independent Publisher Book Awards honor the year’s best independently published titles from around the world. The awards are
Deadline: 2026-03-26

Letter Review Prize for Unpublished Boks
Three Winners are announced who have a brief extract published, receive a letter of recommendation from our Judges for publishers, and share in the $1
Deadline: 2026-03-28

Letter Review Prize for Poetry
Three Winners are announced who are published and share in the $800 USD total prize pool. Twenty writers are Longlisted.
All entries considered
Deadline: 2026-03-28

Letter Review Prize for Nonfiction
Three Winners are announced who are published and share in the $1000 USD total prize pool. Twenty writers are Longlisted. All entries considered for p
Deadline: 2026-03-28