The New Quarterly invites entries for The Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest. $1000 for the winning poem; another $1000 in prizes.

All submissions considered for paid publication. Seeks poems written in response to an occasion.

Entry fee: $40 (includes a 1 year subscription to The New Quarterly: Canadian Writers and Writing).

Entrants must be Canadian residents or citizens.

Deadline: February 28, 2011.

Visit the website for more info:  http://tnq.ca/

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The New Quarterly invites entries for The Edna Staebler Personal essay Contest. $1000 for the winning essay; all submissions considered for paid publication ($250).

We are interested in essays of any length, on any topic, in which the writer’s personal engagement with the topic provides the frame or through-line.

Our only restrictions are that the work be previously unpublished and the writer Canadian.

Entry fee: $40 (includes a 1 year subscription to The New Quarterly: Canadian Writers and Writing).

Deadline: March 28, 2011.

For details visit: http://tnq.ca/