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If you've always wanted to publish a fictional short story, now could be your chance.
The 24th annual University of British Columbia fiction competition is open for submissions.
Writers in the Southern Interior of B.C. are being urged to submit their entries for the annual Okanagan Short Story Contest.
“The annual short story contest is one way for developing writers to gain their foothold in the literary world. I’ve seen winners of story prizes use them to find literary agents and book deals,” says Kevin Chong, author and creative writing professor in UBCO’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies.
The emerging writer contest has a long history of introducing budding writers to the Okanagan community, with previous winners going on to publish with Penguin Random House, Arsenal Pulp Press, NeWest Press, as well as numerous national and international magazines and journals.
Entries are open to fiction writers in the Southern Interior of B.C. from east of Hope, west of the Alberta border, north of the US border and, south of Williams Lake.
All entries must be original stories, between 1,000 and 4,000 words, writers are welcome to submit as many as they choose, however, there is a $20 entry fee for each story but no charge for students in the high school category. The money from the submissions will go towards creative writing scholarships for UBC Okanagan students.
The Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies is offering cash prizes for the top three stories—$1,000, $400 and $200. The first prize winner also wins a one-week retreat at The Woodhaven Eco Culture Centre in Kelowna. And the top short story by a high school student receives a $200 prize.
All stories will be judged by the UBCO creative writing faculty as well as celebrated novelist, critic and screenwriter Naben Ruthnum, who is originally from Kelowna. Ruthnum also won the Journey Prize in 2013 for his short story “Cinema Rex” and he’s since published the thriller "Find You in the Dark," under his pseudonym Nathan Ripley.
Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m., Friday, January 31, 2022.
