Thursday, January 27, 2011

Nanaimo Short Fiction Contest 2011

Nanaimo Arts Council
7th Annual Nanaimo Short Fiction Contest

The Nanaimo Arts Council is pleased to invite you to enter the 7th annual Nanaimo Short Fiction Contest. This event is held in cooperation with Vancouver Island University – Creative Writing and Journalism Department. Local writers of all ages, living on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, can submit original stories of up to 2,000 words in junior, youth and adult categories.

Cash prizes will be awarded as well as a bursary for course study in Creative Writing at Vancouver Island University.

This is a great opportunity for local writers to shine! Winners of Nanaimo Short Fiction contest awards have continued to succeed in their writing careers. Two local writers, Judith Millar and Roy Innes,  have gone on to compete for the John Kenneth Galbraith Literary award.  
Entry forms for the Nanaimo Short Fiction Contest are available at the Nanaimo Arts Council gallery #259 Nanaimo North – Town Centre or online at nanaimoartscouncil.ca. The deadline for entries is March 1, 2011. Entry fee is $15 per submission. For more information call 250.729.3947 or email admin@nanaimoartscouncil.ca


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