In Celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary of confederation, the theme for this year’s Askew’s Foods Word on the Lake Writing contest is Canada. Stories or poems can be set in the past, present or future and be of any genre as long as they reflect Canada in some way.
Contestants may submit original unpublished works in the following categories: fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
First-place winners will receive a cash prize of $150 plus a 2017 conference package including banquet ticket ($230 value) and be published in the Askews’ Foods Word on the Lake Anthology, which will be available at the festival and after the festival through Bookingham Palace Books, in the Mall at Piccadilly.
The contest is now open and will close at midnight on March 1, 2017.
Winners will be contacted prior to the conference which takes place May 19 to 21 at the Prestige Harbourfront Resort and Okanagan College and will be recognized at the Saturday night festivities.
For further details concerning the writing contest, including submission guidelines and information about the Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival go to www.shuswapassociationofwriters.ca.
The Askews’ Foods Writing Contest is a feature of this year’s Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival. It is a Shuswap Writers Association programme to encourage emerging writers.
Celebrating its 14th year, Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival provides a three day conference that attracts participants primarily from British Columbia and Alberta.
The 2017 festival will feature bestselling authors such as bestselling authors such as Jacqueline Guest, Theresa Kishkan, Halli Lilburn, John Vaillant, Patrick Taylor, and Gail Anderson Dargatz.
Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival is the major annual event of the Shuswap Association of Writers, which is a BC registered Society based in Salmon Arm.
The association’s mandate is to organize events to enrich the cultural life in the community and British Columbia, with a focus on the written arts.