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Local branch deadlines vary, so this placeholder marks the annual Remembrance contest window. Students submit an original essay or poem on Remembrance in English, French, or bilingual format. Junior essays are up to 350 words, intermediate up to 500 words…
Submission deadline. Poetry up to 32 lines or a short story up to 450 words. Canadian students, kindergarten to grade 12. Free.
School-level deadline projected from the latest verified February cycle. Students enter short story, poem, nonfiction, and, from grades 5 to 12, play categories. English and French tracks…
Deadline projected from the latest verified January to February cycle. Students in grades 4 to 6 submit a 50 to 300 word composition, essay, or poem on what home means to them. Free, English or French…
Deadline projected from the latest verified February cycle. Ottawa-area youth submit short stories, poems, or comics, with English and French opportunities. Free. This is a regional library contest, so Ottawa eligibility applies…
Deadline approximate, projected from the late-February window, verify. Poetry and art on a watershed theme. Students worldwide, kindergarten to grade 12. Free. Confirm the date on the site.
Annual deadline projected from the official October 1 to March 31 cycle. Canadian students in grades 4 to 8 submit original fact, fiction, prose, or poetry up to 5,000 words. Free…
Annual deadline projected from the official December 1 to March 31 window. Alberta students in grades 4 to 9 submit an original short story up to 2,500 words. Free. Winners receive books, certificates, and an online writing workshop with a published author…
Program appears on hiatus, verify before relying on it. Historically a March 31 deadline. Creative writing and art. Canadians of Indigenous ancestry, ages 6 to 29. Free.
Opening date placeholder for the next spring cycle. BC students submit previously unpublished short stories or personal essays. Elementary submissions are up to 1,000 words and high-school submissions up to 1,500 words. Winners receive cash prizes…
Deadline projected from the annual April 30 cycle. Entrants write one piece of up to 1,000 words responding to an official prompt, with forms including poem, letter, article, story, essay, or short script. Free…
Deadline projected from the official March 1 to May 31 annual window. Students submit a braille short story, essay, or poem in English or French on any topic, up to 4,000 words. Free. Cash prizes are awarded in category groups…
Submission deadline, projected from the annual May window. Any creative writing. Indigenous students enrolled in and resident in Ontario, under 18. Free. Twenty-five hundred dollars to up to six recipients. Confirm on the site.