Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest (The New Quarterly)
From The New Quarterly
Annual personal essay contest run by The New Quarterly, established in 2005 through Edna Staebler's bequest.
- Amount
- Up to $1,000
- Who can apply
- Individual artists
- Where you must live
- Canada
- Art forms
- Writing
- Application fee
- 40
- Kind
- Prize or award
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Eligibility
Funder's own page (read 2026-09-28): entrants must be “Canadian (citizen or resident)”; “Submissions must be unpublished, nor can they be accepted for publication elsewhere.”
What to send
A personal essay of any length, on any topic, in which the writer's personal engagement with the topic provides the frame or through-line.
Not yet checked against the funder's page.
Source: https://tnq.ca/espe-step-1/ (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on September 28, 2026.
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