Charles R. Saunders Prize
From Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia
Introduced in 2023, the Charles R. Saunders Prize ($1,900 value) is awarded each year to an emerging or early-career writer with a book-length speculative fiction work-in-progress that shows promise and career-advancing merit.
- Amount
- Up to $1,000
- Who can apply
- Individual artists not confirmed - check the funder's page
- Where you must live
- Not found
- Art forms
- Writing
- Application fee
- Not found
- Kind
- Prize or award
- How to get it
- Open application “You must be an established resident of Nova Scotia, having lived in Nova Scotia full-time for the 12 months prior to the date of submission.”
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Eligibility
You must be an established resident of Nova Scotia, having lived in Nova Scotia full-time for the 12 months prior to the date of submission. (Out-of-province post-secondary students and seasonal residents are ineligible.) You must be an emerging or early-career writer who has published no more than one (1) book-length literary project in any form or genre, including traditionally published, partner- or hybrid-published, and self-published projects. not confirmed - check the funder's page
What to send
Not found
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Key details not found yet: deadline and entry fee.
Source: https://writers.ns.ca/programs/emerging-writers-prizes/saunders-prize/ (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on October 30, 2026.
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