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Maisonneuve's Genre Fiction Contest: Science Fiction
Start: 2012-01-25
End: 2012-04-02
"La Sortie de l'opéra en l'an 2000" by Albert Robida.
Presenting: Maisonneuve's first annual Genre Fiction contest!
Starting now, Maisonneuve will run a literary contest every year, with the contest's genre changing from year to year.
This year's theme: science fiction.
(In future years, it could be fantasy, romance, noir—who knows! But it's SF this year.)
Send us your finest original stories of the future, near-future, utopias, dystopias, aliens and the unknown limits of the universe!
Word limit: 1,200
Due date: March 19, 2012.
Entry fee: $25 (includes one-year subscription to Maisonneuve)
The first-place winner receives $300 and publication in Maisonneuve.
Two runners-up receive $100 each and publication on maisonneuve.org.
Submit your story in the field below, with a cover page that includes your name, the title of your story, your phone number, your email address and your mailing address. Judging is blind, so do not include your name in the story itself.
Questions? Email office [at] maisonneuve.org
The contest is open to Canadian citizens and residents only. You are free to submit multiple entries. Maisonneuve retains first serial print and electronic rights for all winning entries.
You must be logged in to submit your entry. (This is to stop bots from flooding the entries with spam.) If you don't have a Maisonneuve login, you can register quickly and easily here.
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ISSUE 42 Winter 2011
online content:
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Our Tar-Sands Man in Washington
Gary Doer was hailed as one of Canada's greenest leaders. Then he became ambassador to the US—and started shilling for Alberta oil. [full text] -
Against the Memory Industry
Is the cult of remembrance holding us back? In an era of Google archives and tragedy tourism, we need to relearn how to forget. [full text] -
Someone Has to Save Us From This
The first-place story from the 2011 Quebec Writing Competition. [full text] -
Kingers
One of two second-place stories from the 2011 Quebec Writing Competition. [full text] -
A Photo Examination
One of two second-place stories from the 2011 Quebec Writing Competition. [full text]
also in this issue:
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Getting Plowed
In this exclusive investigative report from Montreal, Maisonneuve exposes the bid-rigging, violence and sabotage at the heart of an unlikely racket: snow removal. -
In the House of the Lord
The Jackson Avenue Housing Co-operative and the religious battle raging in one of Canada's poorest neighbourhoods. -
After Jack
Last May, Jack Layton led the NDP to the greatest victory in party history. Now that he's gone, will the party be able to maintain its momentum? - [see full issue contents]