J.M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award
From Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia
J.M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award One prize ($2,000) is awarded each year for a book of poetry that was written by a full-time resident of Atlantic Canada and published or distributed for the first time in Canada in the year prior to the submission deadline.
- Amount
- Up to $2,000
- Who can apply
- Individual artists
- Where you must live
- Atlantic Canada
- Art forms
- Writing
- Application fee
- $45
- Kind
- Prize or award
- How to get it
- Open application “awarded for a book of poetry written or co-written by an Atlantic Canadian author that was published and/or distributed for the first time in Canada in the year prior to and including the submission deadline.”
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Eligibility
awarded for a book of poetry written or co-written by an Atlantic Canadian author that was published and/or distributed for the first time in Canada in the year prior to and including the submission deadline. For the 2027 award, the eligibility year runs from November 2, 2025, to November 1, 2026.
What to send
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Source: https://writers.ns.ca/programs/book-awards/j-m-abraham-award/ (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on October 17, 2026.
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