Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers
From The Writers' Union of Canada
Established in 1993 in honour of the Union's 20th anniversary, the Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers aims to discover, encourage, and promote new writers of short prose in order to provide opportunity and exposure to developing writers.
- Amount
- Up to $2,500
- Who can apply
- Not stated
- Where you must live
- Canada
- Art forms
- Writing
- Application fee
- Not stated
- Kind
- Prize or award
Always confirm the details with the funder before you apply. Saves stay in this browser, on this device. See them all on the Saved tab.
Eligibility
"A $2,500 prize is awarded to a Canadian writer for the best piece of unpublished prose of up to 2,500 words in the English language."
What to send
"The Union submits the winning entry and those of the eleven other finalists to three Canadian magazines for consideration."
Not yet checked against the funder's page.
Source: https://writersunion.ca/awards (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on September 26, 2026.
See something wrong or out of date?