The New Brunswick Writing Competition |
The program celebrates eight categories of unpublished writing in the genres of novel, short story, single poem, poetry manuscript, books for young people, and stories by teens, as well as unpublished short film script, and narrative non-fiction. You must be a New Brunswick resident to participate in our provincial competition, unless you are a WFNB member - members can participate from anywhere.
The New Brunswick Writing Competition began in 1985, the same year as the WFNB's date of incorporation. It’s been held annually ever since, awarding thousands of dollars in prizes over the decades. Many past winners have since achieved national and international publishing fame.
The 2024 competition is now closed, and we appreciate the high volume of submissions this year. Thank you! Winners will be contacted in mid-May, prior to the literary soiree awards ceremony and readings that will take place on May 31 at the Empress theatre in Moncton.
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Moncton, NB, November 24, 2023- The 2024 annual New Brunswick Writing Competition judges have been selected, and they will review submitted unpublished manuscripts from New Brunswick writers between January 1 and March 31, 2024. The program celebrates eight categories of unpublished writing in the genre of novel, short story, single poem, poetry manuscript, books for young people, and stories by young people, as well as unpublished short film script, and narrative non-fiction. Check out the bios and photos of our judges by clicking the submission category links below.
The judges for 2024 are as follows:
The David Adams Richards Prize for Fiction Manuscript – Trudy J. Morgan
(15,000 to 30,000 words - Individual stories in a collection can be previously published, but a novella or novel extract must be unpublished. First Prize $400, Second Prize $200, Third Prize 1 year WFNB membership)
The Douglas Kyle Memorial Prize for Short Fiction – Willow Kean
(Single story - 2,000 to 4,000 words. First Prize $250, Second Prize $150, Third Prize 1 year WFNB membership)
The Alfred G. Bailey Prize for Poetry Manuscript – Susan Gillis
(48 to 96 pages - Individual poems can be previously published, but the manuscript must be unpublished. First Prize $350, Second Prize $200, Third Prize one year WFNB membership)
The WeyMedia Books for Young People Award - Lorna Schultz Nicholson
(Short stories or poems written for young people - children’s, middle grade or YA - up to 4,500 words. First Prize $200, Second Prize $100, Third Prize one-year WFNB membership)
The Dawn Watson prize for Single Poem – Jeanette Lynes
(Single poem, up to 100 lines. First Prize $200, Second Prize $100, Third Prize one-year WFNB membership)
The Sheree Fitch Prize for Teen Writers – Jay McGrath
(Short story - 400 words, or poem - up to 100 lines, written by teens age 13 to 18. First Prize $100, Second Prize $50, Third Prize one-year WFNB membership)
The narrative nonfiction prize - Shelly Kawaja
(Narrative nonfiction prose - 1,500 to 3,000 words. First Prize $200, Second Prize $100, Third Prize 1 year WFNB membership)
The Jane LeBlanc Screenwriting Award – Carlos Anthony
(Short Film Scripts (up to 15 minutes in length), Unproduced or produced accepted. Must have been written within the last two years. First Prize $500, Second prize, $150, Third Prize, one-year WFNB membership.)
WHEN: The 2024 season will run from January 1, 2024 to March 31, 2024
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