Deadline: June 3, 2024
Winner receives $1,000
Sponsored by Champlain Regional, Dawson, Heritage, John Abbott, Marianopolis, and Vanier Colleges
The 2024 Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF) College Writers Award is seeking submissions from Quebec-based students enrolled at one of the sponsoring colleges.
The prize will go to the best short story, poem, or work of non-fiction written in English between August 14, 2023 and June 3, 2024. The winner will be announced at the QWF Awards Gala in Montreal on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, and receive a $1,000 cash prize.
Rules and Regulations
- Maximum length for short stories and non-fiction is 4000 words. Maximum length for poetry is 100 lines.
- The writer must have been enrolled in one of the following colleges during the 2023-2024 academic year: Champlain Regional College (Lennoxville, Saint-Lambert, St. Lawrence), Dawson, Heritage, John Abbott, Marianopolis, or Vanier College.
- Applicants must have had a primary residence in the province of Quebec for at least one year at the time of submission.
- The submission must have been written in English (translations are not eligible).
- A total of 24 semifinalists (3 from each campus) will be chosen by college staff and forwarded to the QWF jury.
- 3 finalists will be chosen by a jury assembled by the QWF. The names of all finalists will appear in the QWF’s online literary journal, carte blanche, and on the QWF website. The winner will be announced at the annual QWF Literary Awards Gala held on November 12, 2024.
- Grand prize: $1000 and, when rights allow, publication in carte blanche
- All 3 finalists will receive a pair of tickets to the QWF Awards Gala on November 12 and a free one-year membership in the Quebec Writers’ Federation.
How to Submit
Check with your teacher or your English Department about how to send your story or poem directly to your college’s representative. Please save your document as a PDF file and include your name, email address, and phone number in the document.
For questions about submitting to the prize, contact [email protected].
For media inquiries, contact John Wickham, Communications Officer, at [email protected].