NLCU Fresh Fish Award
From Writers Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador
(February 25, 2026 – St. John’s, NL) WritersNL is excited to announce the call for submissions for one of the country’s most lucrative literary awards for unpublished writers: the NLCU Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers .
- Amount
- Up to $5,200
- Who can apply
- Individual artists
- Where you must live
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Art forms
- Writing
- Application fee
- Not stated
- Kind
- Prize or award
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What is offered
Money to you
- The winning author will receive a cash prize of $5,200;
- The runners-up will each receive $1,200.
In the funder's words, from their page, read September 26, 2026.
Eligibility
Entrants must be current members of WritersNL with a completed, unpublished manuscript in any genre (Writers may join WritersNL at the time of submission) Writers must not yet be published in book form in any genre Entrants must have lived in Newfoundland and Labrador for the 12 months immediately prior to the call for submissions OR must have lived in Newfoundland and Labrador in any combination of 36 of the last 60 months Writers are permitted to submit only one entry per year , in any genre Manuscripts must be single-authored Manuscripts must be in English Manuscripts that contain other...
What to send
Each manuscript must be typed in 12 point font and double-spaced (poetry manuscripts do not have to comply with the double-space requirement) Handwritten manuscripts will NOT be accepted Submissions should be sent as either a PDF or a Microsoft Word document Pages must be numbered and the title should appear on every page All Fresh Fish submissions must be anonymous — your name or identifying information must not appear anywhere in your submission Entries that do not adhere to these guidelines...
Checked against the funder's page, September 26, 2026.
Source: https://writersnl.ca/literary-awards/nlcu-fresh-fish-award/ (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on September 26, 2026.
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