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Ten Submission Missteps to Avoid
Once a month we at Descant have our ‘reading session’ when we try, like a dog and his tail, to catch-up with our submissions. We receive about a thousand envelopes a year, packed with poems, fiction,...
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Reminder: Winston Collins/Descant Prize for Best Canadian Poem
Descant is currently accepting submissions for the 2010 Winston Collins/Descant Prize for Best Canadian Poem. The winner, announced on February 20th, 2010, will be awarded $1000 Canadian; two...
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Deadline Reminder: Winston Collins/Descant Prize
We’ve been getting a flood of submissions in the last few weeks for the 2009/2010 Winston Collins/Descant Prize for Best Canadian Poem in anticipation of our October 9th, 2009 deadline. The winner will...
View ArticleShort Fiction contest for Emerging Writers
If you’re not a poet, and you’re feeling left out from the Winston Collins poetry contest, don’t worry — the Writers’ Trust of Canada is accepting submissions for the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for...
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2009-2010 OAC Writers Reserve decisions are in!
Thank you to everyone that submitted an OAC Writers Reserve application to DESCANT. The deadline for 2009-2010 submissions has now passed and our final decisions are made. All applicants will be...
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You’re Invited: ’10 DESCANT/Winston Collins Prize Announcement & Celebration!
DESCANT/Winston Collins Prize — Announcement & Celebration Friday, February 19th, 2010 / 6-8pm PageWave Graphics 533 College Street, Suite 402, Toronto (on the corner of College and Euclid, three...
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Announcing the 2010 Winston Collins/Descant Prize for Best Canadian Poem Winner!
Descant is pleased to announce the Winner and Honourary Mentions for the 2010 Winston Collins/Descant Prize for Best Canadian Poem! Descant Editor-in-Chief, Karen Mulhallen, presented the $1,000 prize...
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Winston Collins Winner and Honourable Mentions of 2011
On February 8, 2011 Descant announced the winner and two honourable mentions for this year’s 2011 Winston Collins/Descant Prize for Best Canadian Poem at Supermarket, Toronto. The night went off...
View ArticleDESCANT Congratulates 23 Poets
Further to our blog entry of February 16th, we would like to confirm the names of each poet short listed for this year’s Winston Collins Prize for Best Canadian Poem.* For 2011, our ‘short list’...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Finalists for the Winston Collins/Descant Prize for Best...
On Wednesday, February 20th we will celebrate the memory of Winston Collins by announcing the winner of the 2012/2013 Winston Collins/Descant Prize for Best Canadian Poem. In anticipation of this...
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