We are always impressed by the volume and quality of the work submitted to the Annual Contest. Thank you for your participation and keep those submissions coming!
Please note: continue to submit short fiction, short plays and graphic art to the Claremont Review, but keep them separate from Annual Contest entries. Good luck and keep writing!
* The entry fee is $20.00 for up to 3 poems or 1 story.
* If you would like to submit both genres (poetry & fiction) the entry fee is $25.00
* All entrants receive a one year subscription to the Claremont Review.
- Send us a separate cover letter that includes: your name, address, phone, e-mail information, where you attend school, the categories entered, the titles of your pieces, and a short bio. Fiction entries please include a word count. Please do NOT put your name on the entries themselves.
- Include a SASE (self addressed stamped envelope) only if you wish notification of results. We do not give editorial feedback for contest entries, so your SASE is optional in this case.
- If you choose to include a SASE, submissions from outside Canada (including the USA) must include either International Reply Coupons or Canadian stamps. PLEASE DO NOT PUT AMERICAN POSTAGE ON YOUR SASE- American postage is not valid in Canada. If you cannot purchase an IRC from your local post office, please e-mail lmoran@telus.net for further instructions.
- No faxed or e-mail submissions.
- Contestants must be aged 13-19 years.
- Make your cheque or money order payable to the Claremont Review.
- All Entries must be postmarked by March 15, 2013.
- All entries will be judged anonymously and on merit.
- Winners are announced in May and published in the Fall Issue that year.
We would like to suggest that you get a head start on your planning by reading the winners from previous fall issues. That way you will have a better idea of what we are looking for.
There is a total of $2000.00 in prizes available, with winners selected in both categories as follows:
First Place...........$500.00
Second Place......$300.00
Third Place..........$200.00
All winners and honourable mentions will be published in the Fall issue of the Claremont Review, receive one perfect bound copy of that issue and receive $10.00 per published page.
All contest entries will be considered for publication regardless of contest results.
Your entry fee allows you to enter:
- up to three poems, each on a separate sheet of 8.5 x 11 paper.
Please do not put your name on the poems themselves.
Your entry fee allows you to enter:
- up to three postcard stories (maximum 500 words apiece, double-spaced), each on a separate sheet of 8.5x11 paper, OR
- one longer story (maximum 5000 words, double-spaced)
Give us stories that reveal something about the human condition. Traditional or experimental. Your name should not appear anywhere on the story itself. Be prepared to send us a copy of your story electronically if it is accepted.
Please send:
Please print off the Contest Submission Requirements Check List to be sure you have included all information and then mail your entry, postmarked by the deadline date, to the following address:
Annual Writing Contest
The Claremont Review
4980 Wesley Road
Victoria, B.C. V8Y 1Y9
Canada
