Toronto Star Short Story Contest
Description
Anyone who lives in Ontario and is 16 or older can submit. Writers can submit until 5 p.m. on Feb. 28. Submissions are limited to one entry per person and the story can’t be any longer than 2,500 words. It must also be an original and unpublished work.
Other Criteria
Province: Ontario
Scholarship ID: 586
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Tomiwa Ademidun CreatorThe Toronto Star Short Story Contest offers one of the biggest prizes for a short-story contest in the country. The first-place winner receives $5,000 and the choice between a 30-week creative writing program at Humber School for Writers or a weeklong writing workshop at Humber’s Lakeshore campus during the summer. The winning story will also be published in the Star.
The second- and third-place winners receive cash prizes of $2,000 and $1,000 respectively.
Writers can submit until 5 p.m. on Feb. 28. Submissions are limited to one entry per person and the story can’t be any longer than 2,500 words. It must also be an original and unpublished work.
Anyone who lives in Ontario and is 16 or older can submit.
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