The Writers' Community of Durham Region

2012 09 18 – 2012 Hazel Hilles Memorial Short Fiction Prize

Dawn — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:01:01 +0000

Contest Name	2012 Hazel Hilles Memorial Short Fiction Prize
Type of Contest	Fiction
Due Date	September 18, 2012
Prizes	First: $500 Second: $100 Third: $100
Cost (if any)	$6
Website	http://www.be-a-better-writer.com/creative-writing-contest.html
Details	Length: no minimum; 5000 words maximum Genre: any genre; any theme Contest judges: Pearl Luke and Robert Hilles

2012 07 31 – The Arborealis Prize for Poetry 2012

Dawn — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:45:33 +0000

Contest Name	The Arborealis Prize for Poetry 2012
Type of Contest	Poetry
Due Date	July 31, 2012
Prizes	First Prize: $200; Second Prize: $150; Third Prize: $100; and three $50 Honourable Mention Awards; All prize winning poems plus up to 60 runners up will be published in a perfect bound anthology.
Cost (if any)	$15 for up to 3 poems; $5 per additional poem
Website	www.theontariopoetrysociety.ca
Details	Poems should be written in ”The People’s Poetry Tradition”. Each poem: 36 lines maximum. Contest judge: Jeff Seffinga. See website for contest details.

2012 10 30 – The Ultra Short Poem Competition

Dawn — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:29:31 +0000

Contest Name	The Ultra Short Poem Competition
Type of Contest	Poetry
Due Date	October 30, 2012
Prizes	First Prize: $100; Second Prize: $75; Third Prize: $50; Fourth Prize: $25; 36 runners up. All winning poems to be published in a chapbook.
Cost (if any)	$10 for up to 5 poems; additional poems $2 each
Website	www.theontariopoetrysociety.ca
Details	Poems should be no longer than 8 lines with a maximum of 8 words per line. Organized by The Ontario Poetry Society and judged by George Swede. See The Ontario Poetry Society website for contest details.

2012 05 28 – Peter Hinchcliffe Fiction Award

Dawn — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:24:38 +0000

Contest Name	Peter Hinchcliffe Fiction Award
Type of Contest	Fiction
Due Date	May 28, 2012
Prizes	Sponsored by St. Jerome’s University dept. of English, this annual contest is for short fiction by writers who have not yet published a novel or story collection. $1000 top prize, all entries will be considered for paid publication ($250) in The New Quarterly, one of Canada’s liveliest literary magazines.
Cost (if any)	$ 40.00
Website	http://tnq.ca/peter-hinchcliffe-fiction-award
Details	Open to Canadian citizens or residents only. No word limit. All entries will be judged blind. $40 entry fee includes a 1-year Canadian subscription to The New Quarterly: Canadian Writers & Writing. Details at tnq.ca/contests

2012 06 15 – Room Magazine’s Annual Contests

Dawn — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:24:16 +0000

Contest Name	Room Magazine’s Annual Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Non-Fiction Contest
Type of Contest	Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Due Date	June 15, 2012
Prizes	First prize in each category is $500, 2nd prize $250, plus publication in the summer 2013 issue of Room.
Cost (if any)	$30 (Canada) / $42 (International)
Website	http://www.roommagazine.com/contest
Details	Open to women writers. Judges: Cathleen With (fiction), Miranda Pearson (poetry), and Kathy Page (creative non-fiction). Entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Canada’s oldest literary journal by and about women. Please visit website for complete details.

2012 05 21 – Musicworks’ Sonic Geography Contest

Dawn — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:28:45 +0000

Contest Name	Musicworks’ Sonic Geography Contest
Type of Contest	Fiction, Non-Fiction
Due Date	May 21^,2012
Prizes	•First Prize: $500 AND get your article published in the magazine and online •Second Prize: $200 AND get your article published online •Third Prize: $100 AND get your article published online
Cost (if any)	$20 (includes cost of 1 year subscription to Musicworks Magazine
Website	www.musicworks.ca
Details	Write prose to describe how sound influences place. How does sound define the chosen location? Listen to your local coffee shop, grocery store, or commute to work. Choose anywhere—urban or rural, indoors or outside, busy and loud or mysteriously quiet—and literally describe what you hear. Write about language, geography, landscape, urbanization, culture, architecture or people. Maximum: 500 words.

2012 09 18 – 2012 Hazel Hilles Memorial Short Fiction Price

Dawn — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:22:31 +0000

Contest Name	2012 Hazel Hilles Memorial Short Fiction Prize
Type of Contest	Fiction
Due Date	September 18, 2012
Prizes	First: $500 Second: $100 Third: $100
Cost (if any)	$6
Website	http://www.be-a-better-writer.com/creative-writing-contest.html
Details	Length: no minimum; 5000 words maximum Genre: any genre; any theme Contest judges: Pearl Luke and Robert Hilles

Register for WCDR Summer SLAM 2012!

Dawn — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:11:37 +0000

Last July, the WCDR breakfast meeting was alive with the sounds of laughter and tears as we held our first SLAM competition. By popular demand, we’re bringing it back in 20112

Here’s how it works:
• Paid-up members can audition at 7 p.m. on Wednesday evening, July 4th in Whitby (watch your emails for the location).

• Those who wish to vie for a place at the July breakfast meeting will each have THREE MINUTES TOPS to perform an original piece of writing.

• CREATIVEJAMES (our own James Dewar) will host the audition round. Judges (who will hold up Olympic-style cards to rate each competitor) will be Sue Reynolds, Sally Moore, Dorothea Helms and two surprise guests.

• The SEVEN highest-scoring slammers will advance to the FINAL ROUND to be held at the WCDR breakfast meeting on Saturday, July 14th.

• At that meeting, hosted by Dorothea Helms, The Writing Fairy, audience members will enjoy all 7 performances and then vote on a ballot for their favourite slammer.

• While the votes are being counted, We will be entertained by a prominent Slam performer from the Toronto scene (name to be advised shortly)

• The SLAM WINNER will take home the coveted WCDR SLAM GAVEL TROPHY and $100.00 cash!

RULES, JUDGING & SECRETS OF SLAM

WCDR Summer SLAM 2012 Registration:

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THE WCDR 2012 SUMMER SLAM!

Dawn — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:07:44 +0000

ONLY WCDR MEMBERS MAY ENTER.

The WCDR SUMMER SLAM is a writing AND performance competition.

ANY form of writing is permitted: poetry, prose, humour, grocery list, monologue, stand-up routine, whatever…

THE 10 RULES OF the WCDR SUMMER SLAM:

1. You are only allowed to perform ONE piece of material.
2. The piece you read/perform must have been written by you.
3. You must perform the piece by yourself. No other humans or other life forms are allowed on stage during your performance
4. Your performance of the piece must be THREE MINUTES or less in length. (This includes EVERYTHING you say. The clock starts when you engage with the audience. i.e. make eye contact, wave, start talking. All performers are given a 10 second grace period, BUT once you go 10 seconds over the 3 minutes you are penalized for every 20 seconds you go over)
5. Only your voice and body may be used in the performance. No props of any kind are allowed. (except the microphone, mic stand and anything containing your reading material. See note on memorization)
6. No costumes. No nudity.
7. No musical accompaniment.
8. Although some singing is permitted, the singing must not exceed 25% of the performance. Judges have final say in this regard.
9. You are not permitted prompting from anyone
10. No racist, sexist or unusually profane language is allowed.

NOTE: The organizers and judges have the right to disqualify or penalize contestants who contravene these rules.

JUDGING:

SEVEN finalists will be chosen at the July 4thAuditions.

The AUDITION JUDGES will base their decisions on the following THREE CRITERIA:

1. Quality of the writing
2. Quality of the Performance
3. IMPACT on the audience

At the July 14th WCDR SUMMER SLAM, all audience members will be given a ballot containing the names of all SEVEN slammers and asked to secretly circle the one name they think should win the WCDR SUMMER SLAM TROPHY and $100.00 in PRIZE MONEY. Ballots will be collected and tallied by an independent group of WCDR members not involved in the competition.

It’s WINNER TAKE ALL!

SECRETS OF SLAM:

1. EXPERIENCE has proven that MAKING AN EMOTIONAL IMPACT or INSPIRING THE AUDIENCE garners VOTES.
2. MEMORIZING your piece is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
2. MOVE YOUR BODY
3. USE YOUR VOCAL RANGE
4. TIMING is CRITICAL – Your performance MUST BE 3 minutes or less
5. PRACTICE with a MICROPHONE
6. THE AUDIENCE PICKS THE WINNER

Business Portrait Session with Photographer Stuart Blower – Payment Page

Christina — Sat, 05 May 2012 02:17:54 +0000

Thank you for registering for our portrait session!

Please pay for your session using the button below – the shopping cart will appear in the top-right corner of the page. All of our online transactions are handled via PayPal.

$60.00 Payment for business portrait session with Stuart Blower.