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Canada Writes

CBC recenty launched a new online home for writing as part of www.cbc.ca/books.


Christopher DiRaddo, one of the editors of 'Canada Writes' writes:

"Welcome to Canada Writes!

Canada Writes is the CBC´s home for original writing, including the CBC Literary Prizes.

This is your chance to get your work read, published and recognized throughout
the year.

Canada Writes features:

       * fun writing challenges (where you can win prizes)
       * online writing workshops
       * writing tips, feature articles and interviews with writers from all genres
       * original fiction and essays by your favourite Canadian writers
       * the prestigious CBC Literary Prizes (short story, poetry and creative nonfictioncompetitions)

(For more details, please check out http://www.cbc.ca/canadawrites)"


Source:  Patrick Meikle's Writers_Deadline.
Maple Tree Literary Supplement

Call for Submissions: Ongoing
Issue #11 Deadline: December 01, 2011

The Maple Tree Literary Supplement provides a platform for dialogue or interviews on any topic between and amongst Canadian writers, while featuring their work and, reporting on literary events, landmarks or festivals in Canada and around the world–with an emphasis on their Canadian composition. MTLS has some of Canada’s most exciting writers on its editorial and advisory board, including George Elliot Clarke, Olive Senior, John Ralston Saul or Stephen Brockwell, with Amatoritsero Ede as Managing Editor.

We pay a 30-dollar honorarium to all contributors in all genres. We beleive the same amount of intellectual effort , even if unquantifiable, goes into writing, irrespective of genre. We suggest that you do not forget to fill in your address on the submissions form in order to get paid. Please indicate the genre to which your writing belongs.

Prospective contributors should browse our site at www.mtls.ca and target their submissions to specific sections of the journal – Poetry, Essays, Creative Non-Fiction, Reviews, Roundtable, Impressions, Festival of Life, and Drama. All Contributions and enquiries should be sent to submissions@mtls.ca. While some materials will be solicited directly, unsolicited submissions are welcome. Submissions should be in times new roman and 12 point size, without a numbering. Text should be in word document format and pictures in Jpeg. Please add a cover page with bio and address. All text should be submitted in one file. It is a good idea to take look at those MTLS pages, which is similar to your submission when formatting your material. Reviews for example, should follow the formatting we have on the site.













                    
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