CBC Short Story Prize promoted
The CBC Short Story Prize is one of Canada’s richest prizes for original, unpublished work. You can submit your unpublished story between 1200 and 1500 words to the competition. First Prize is $6000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, publication in Air Canada’s enRoute magazine and the CBC Canada Writes website, plus a two-week residency at The Banff Centre’s Leighton Artists’ Colony and an interview on CBC Radio.
Four runners-up each receive $1000 courtesy of the Canada Council for the Arts, and their stories will be published on the Canada Writes website. The competition deadline is November 1st. Get all the details at Canada Writes.