Alice Munro Short Story Contest

Quick Glance: Short story competition for not yet professionally published young authors in Canada.

Key Highlights:

  • Location: Online submission

  • Prize: $500 top prize.

  • Fee: $10 per entry

  • Entry deadline: Opens Jan 1rst, Closes March 15th (2024)

  • Eligibility: Canadians under 19.

  • Website: https://www.alicemunrofestival.ca/shortstorycontest

**Information updated July 2024

Overview:

The winning entry will be a work of fiction up to 2,500 words in the English language, written by an author not yet published in book format.  

Eligible entries:

  1. Short fiction prose; up to and including 2,500 words (title excluded), English language

  2. Name must not be on the submitted file

  3. Not previously paid to be published in any format

  4. Must be writers’ original works

  5. Multiple submissions welcome – (only one entry per writer is eligible for award)

**Last updated July 2024 (description taken from the program’s website)

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