The Amazon Canada First Novel Award is currently seeking submissions for the Youth Short Story category. Authors between the ages of thirteen and seventeen are invited to submit a short story under 3,000 words.
The deadline for submissions is February 14, 2022, at 4:59 p.m. ET.
Instructions on how to submit can be found at thewalrus.ca/amazon-first-novel-award.
The winner in this category will receive $5,000 and a mentorship lunch with editors of The Walrus. The shortlist will be announced in early May 2022, and the winner will be announced on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at an award ceremony in Toronto.
The winner in this category will receive $5,000 and a mentorship lunch with editors of The Walrus. The shortlist will be announced in early May 2022, and the winner will be announced on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at an award ceremony in Toronto.
The guiding principle of the First Novel Award is to build an awards program that can launch a writer’s career.