2020 National Capital Writing Contest
33rd Annual NCWC
Sponsored by the Canadian Authors Association – National Capital Region
This competition is now closed to entries. Thank you and good luck to all those who submitted stories or poems.
Short Story or Poetry
First place: $300
Second place: $200
Third place: $100
Three honourable mentions for each category.
For our 2020 contest, we will publish a 20/20 anthology, which will include the top 10 stories and the top 10 poems. (Authors will retain all rights.)
Finalists will be announced in late spring. Awards Night will be Tuesday, May 12, 2020.
Contest Rules
- The contest is blind-judged. The creator’s name or other identifiers must not appear on the submitted content.
- Judges’ decisions are final.
- No entries will be returned.
Short Story
- maximum 2,500 words, in English
- unpublished
Poetry
- maximum 60 lines including title and blank lines
- in English
- unpublished
- no Haiku
Find the winners of the 32nd Annual National Capital Writing Contest here:
2019 National Capital Writing Contest
See our list of writing contests and calls for submission here:
Contests and Calls for Submission
Awards Night will be Tuesday, May 12, 2020. For our 2020 contest, we will publish a 20/20 anthology, which will include the top 10 stories and the top 10 poems (Authors will retain all rights.)