[Wamvan] Current Creative non-fiction writing contests

[Natalie Hill]

Attention writers!  Below is information on 2 current contests for creative
non-fiction.  Unfortunately both require a submission fee (booo), but if
you can afford it and have pieces of unpublished non-fiction, this might be
a great opportunity to get published and/or win some major cash!

First contest - for Room Magazine

second - for Douglas College (EVENT! contest)

http://www.roommagazine.com/contest

Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Non-Fiction Contest

Our annual writing contest is back—with $2250 in prizes! Send us your best
fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction entries by *June 15, 2012* for
your chance to win!

Calling all women writers: sharpen your pencils or fire up your laptop and
send us your fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction contest entries.

*Deadline:* Entries must be postmarked or e-mailed no later than *June 15,
2012*.
*Entry Fee:* $30 per entry (includes a complimentary one-year subscription
to *Room*). Non-Canadian entries: $42 Canadian dollars.
*Prizes:* 1st prize in each category – $500, 2nd prize – $250. Winners will
be published in a 2013 issue of *Room*. Other manuscripts may be published.

*Judges:*
Fiction: Cathleen With
Poetry: Miranda Pearson
Creative Non-Fiction: Kathy Page

*Rules & Details:*
Poetry: max. 3 poems or 150 lines | Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction: max.
3,500 words

More than one entry will be accepted as long as fee is paid for each entry.
No manuscripts will be returned. Only winners will be notified.

There will be blind judging, so please don't put your name or address on
your entry submission. On a cover sheet (for mail entries) or in the body
of your e-mail (for electronic entries), include your name, address and
phone number, as well as the title(s), category and word count of your
submission. Entries must be typed on 8.5 x 11 white paper, and prose must
be double-spaced. Each entry must be original, unpublished, not submitted
or accepted elsewhere for publication and not entered simultaneously in any
other contest or competition.

*Electronic Entries:*
Simply e-mail your submission as an attachment to contests at roommagazine.com,
pay online using the button below, and we'll take care of the rest.
Remember to include your complete contact information in the body of your
e-mail. And please make sure that the contact information you give through
PayPal is the same as in your entry; use the "note to merchant" field, if
necessary.
http://www.douglas.bc.ca/visitors/event-magazine/contestdetails.html#2012Contest

EVENT 2012 Non-Fiction Contest

 *$1500 in prizes available, plus publication!
$34.95 entry fee includes 1 year of EVENT
5,000 word limit
Contest Judge Zsuzsi Gartner
Deadline April 15, 2012*

 Judges reserve the right to award two or three prizes: three at $500 or
two at $750, plus payment for publication in EVENT 41/3. Other manuscripts
may be published. Preliminary judging by the editors of EVENT.
*Final Judge: Zsuzsi Gartner [image: Zsuzsi Gartner]*

Zsuzsi Gartner <http://www.zsuzsigartner.com/> is the author of the
critically acclaimed short fiction collections, *Better Living Through
Plastic Explosives *(Hamish Hamilton/Penguin Canada) and *All the Anxious
Girls on Earth *(Key Porter), the editor of *Darwin’s Bastards: Astounding
Tales From Tomorrow *(D&M) and creative director of *Vancouver Review*’s
“Blueprint BC Fiction Series.” She is an adjunct professor for UBC’s
Optional Residency MFA in Creative Writing. Her stories have been widely
published and anthologized, most recently in *The Walrus*, and *Best
Canadian Stories* 2010 and 2011, and broadcast on CBC and NPR. Zsuzsi has
won numerous national and regional awards for magazine journalism and a
National Magazine Award for Fiction. She lives in Vancouver.


Past judges include: Myrna Kostash, Andreas Schroeder, Sharon Butala, Tom
Wayman, Di Brandt, Terry Glavin, Karen Connelly, Charles Montgomery, Lynn
Coady and Timothy Taylor.

*Contest Details  *

Writers are invited to submit manuscripts exploring the creative
non-fiction form. Check your library for back issues of EVENT with previous
winning entries and judges' comments. Contest back issues are available for
$9 (CAN$13 for overseas residents). Postage and GST/HST included. To
purchase a print copy now, visit our *Online
Sales*<http://www.douglas.bc.ca/visitors/event-magazine/online-sales.html>.


*Rules*

   - Previously published material, including that which has appeared
   online or has been accepted for publication elsewhere, cannot be
   considered. No simultaneous submissions.
   - Judges reserve the right to award two or three prizes: three at $500
   or two at $750.
   - Maximum entry length is 5000 words, typed, double-spaced.
   - The writer should not be identified on the entry. Include separate
   cover sheet with name, address, phone number / email, and title(s). Send to
   EVENT, PO Box 2503, New Westminster, BC, V3L 5B2, Canada.
   - Include a SASE (Canadian postage / IRCs / US $1).
   - Multiple entries are allowed; however, *each* entry must be
   accompanied by its own $34.95 entry fee (includes GST/HST and a one-year
   subscription; make cheque or international money order payable to EVENT).
   Those already subscribing will receive a one-year extension. American and
   overseas entrants please pay in US dollars.
   - Douglas College students, employees and their immediate family members
   are not eligible to enter.
   - Entries must be postmarked by April 15.

 *Entry fee*: $34.95 per entry.

*Deadline for entries*: Postmarked by April 15, 2012.

Send entries to:

*EVENT*
Non-Fiction Contest
PO Box 2503, New Westminster, BC
V3L 5B2   Canada
Phone: 604-527-5293 Fax: 604-527-5095
Email: event at douglascollege.ca
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