2025 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers - Creative Nonfiction
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Prize Guidelines
A prize of $10,000 will be awarded for the best work of unpublished creative nonfiction. Three finalists will each receive $2,500 and will be featured in an award ceremony.
To be eligible, a writer must be:
- A Canadian citizen or permanent resident
- Published in an independently edited literary magazine or anthology or journalistic source (provided the applicant has published literary journalism as opposed to reportage)
- Unpublished in book form and without a book contract (a self-published book or chapbook is not disqualifying)
To submit an entry:
- Eligible candidates should send up to 10 pages (maximum 2,500 words) of previously unpublished creative nonfiction.
- Candidates grant Writers’ Trust of Canada permission to publish their work in print and digital formats should they be shortlisted (all rights reserved by the author).
NOTE: once you click submit, your submission is final and is automatically sent to jurors. Please ensure that you are happy with your submission and that it is in its final form before submitting.
Formatting guidelines:
- Give your submission one overall title. Include that title at the top of your manuscript and in the file name of your PDF, and ensure both match the name given for your submission. You do not need a title page within your submission.
- Your manuscript must not include your name or any identifying information.
- Include consecutively numbered page numbers.
- Do not use large images within your manuscript.
- Use any font you wish in 11 pt size.
- Double or 1.5 line spacing is preferred.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2024 (11:59pm PT)
Three finalists will be announced in spring 2025. The winner will be announced in June. All applicants will be invited to literary career development webinars in spring 2025.
For more information, please visit writerstrust.com or contact:
Devon Jackson, Senior Program Manager
djackson@writerstrust.com