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Open Season Awards
The Open Season Awards is a literary contest held by The Malahat Review in which the top three winners in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction are awarded 1000 CAD each. The judges for the 2014 round will be Jeffrey Donaldson (poetry), Yasuko Thanh (fiction), and Mark Abley (creative nonfiction). It is one of the four main contests held by the magazine.

The others include:

-The Novella Prize/Long Poem Prize

-The Far Horizons Awards

-Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize

Guidelines
Poetry: up to three poems per entry, with a maximum length of 100 lines for each poem.

Short fiction and creative nonfiction: one story or article per entry, maximum length of 2500 words. Word count must be indicated on the first page, and work should be double spaced. Entry fees are listed on Malahat's official website.

No entries will be accepted that have been previously published, submitted, or accepted elsewhere. Submissions may be sent via email or mail.

Previous Prize Winners
2013

Poetry: Lisa Martin-DeMoor

Fiction: Carmelinda Scian

Creative nonfiction: Susan Buis

2012

Poetry: J. Mark Smith

Fiction: Erin Frances Fisher

Creative nonfiction: Tik Maynard

2011

Poetry: Cynthia Woodman Kerkham

Fiction: Philip Huynh

Creative nonfiction: Jessica Hiemstra-van der Horst

2010

Poetry: Lorri Neilsen Glenn

Fiction: Tricia Dower

Creative nonfiction: Melissa Jacques