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Vallum Chapbook Award 2019 submission deadline

First prize in the Vallum Chapbook Award competition is publication and $300 (Cdn). Selections from the winning chapbook will also appear in the print and digital Vallum magazine. Participants are invited to join the club with some of the most renowned poets published as part of the Vallum Chapbook Series, …

Royal City Literary Arts Society Write On! 2018 Contest winners announced

Founded in 2012 in New Westminster, BC, Royal Literary Arts Society (RCLAS) is a vibrant community of writers in the Lower Mainland and beyond. RCLAS has once again flung open the doors for aspiring writers to submit their best efforts in any of three writing genres (fiction, non-fiction and poetry) …

Canadian Notes & Queries Call for Submissions – Writing in An Age of Unravelling

In an age of unprecedented environmental and social instability, how are writers in Canada responding to being ‘stalked’ by extinction? What are the effects on storytelling, language, one’s sense of purpose and role in being a writer? Are new stories called for, and if so, what might they be? Canadian …

Shab-e She’r Poetry Month Celebration

Tranzac Club Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, Ontario

The most diverse poetry reading and open mic in Toronto, Shab-e She’r has been bridging the gap between diverse poetry communities, bringing together people from different ethnicities, nationalities, ages, disabilities, religions (or lack thereof), poetic styles, voices and visions. At Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) we don’t just wait for diversity …