CBC Literary Prizes
From Canada Council for the Arts
Prizes for short fiction, nonfiction and poetry, open to amateur and professional Canadian writers, administered with CBC.
- Amount
- $1,000 to $6,000
- Who can apply
- Individual artists
- Where you must live
- Canada
- Art forms
- Writing
- Application fee
- Not stated
- Kind
- Prize or award
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Eligibility
Page (canadacouncil.ca/funding/prizes/cbc-literary-prizes): "open to amateur and professional Canadian writers" across "Short Story, Nonfiction, and Poetry" categories.
What to send
"Application-based." Winner receives "a two-week writing residency at the Banff Centre" in addition to the cash prize; full eligibility and submission details are on cbc.ca/books/literaryprizes, not this page.
Not yet checked against the funder's page.
Source: https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/prizes/cbc-literary-prizes (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on September 27, 2026.
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