Writers' Union of Canada Short Prose Competition Closing date: 25th February 2019. Prize: $2,500 awarded to a Canadian writer. Free entry. Looking for: Prose up to 2,500 words by developing Canadian writers. Website: https://www.writersunion.ca/short-prose- competition  Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest  Closing date: 28th February 2020. Prizes: $1,000 for one winning entry. Entry fee: $40 per essay (includes a 1-year Canadian subscription or renewal to The New Quarterly). Looking for: One personal essay, no word limit, by a Canadian writer Website: https://tnq.ca/edna-staebler-contest/ Diana Woods Memorial Award in Creative Nonfiction. Closing date: 28th February and 31st August 2019. Prizes: $250 plus publication. Entry fee: Free entry. Looking   for:   an   essay   of   up   to   5,000   words   on   the subject of their choice. Website: https://lunchticket.org/contests/ CBC Non-Fiction Prize Closing date: 29th February 2020. Prizes: Can$6,000, 4 x $1,000. Entry fee: $25. Looking for: Non-fiction, up to 2,000 words. Website:   https://www.cbc.ca/books/literaryprizes/the- 2020-nonfiction-prize Desperate Literature Prize Closing date: 15th March 2020. Prizes:   €1,000,   Italian   writer's   retreat   and   publication, 2x€250 Entry fee: First entry - €20; each further entry $10. Looking   for:   Original   work   of   short   fiction   under   2000 words. Website: https://desperateliterature.com/ Fourth Genre Steinberg Essay Prize Closing date: 15th March 2020. Prize: $1,000. Entry fee: $20. Looking for: Creative non-fiction, up to 6,000 words Website: http://msupress.org/joumals/fg/steinberg/?id=50- 214-6 The Alpine Fellowship Prize 2020 Closing date: 1st April 2020. Prizes:   1st   -   £10,000   cash   prize;   2nd   -   £3,000   cash prize;   3rd   -      £2,000.   The   winner   and   two   runners   up are invited to attend the Fjällnäs symposium. Entry Fee: None stated. Looking   for:   Writing   on   the   theme   of   Forgiveness   and Retribution. Website: h  t  t  p  s  :  /  /  a  l  p  i  n  e  f  e  l  l  o  w  s  h  i  p .  s  u  b  m  i  t  t  a  b  l  e  .  c  o  m  /  s  u  b  m  i  t  /  1  5  6  0 72/alpine-fellowship-writing-prize-2020 2020 Tusculum Review Nonfiction Prize Closing date: 1st April 2020. Prizes: $1,000 and creation of a limited edition chapbook. Entry fee: $15. Looking for: a single essay between 2000 and 6500 words. Website: https://web.tusculum.edu/tusculumreview/contest/   Killer Nashville Claymore Award Closing date: 1st April 2020. Prizes: $3,000 prize fund, publication. Entry fee: $40. Looking   for:   Unpublished   manuscripts   with   elements of thriller, mystery, crime or suspense. Website: https://killernashville.com/claymore/