Canadian
Chapbook Awards
Here’s
a list of annual prizes that result in chapbook publication. For more details on deadlines and specifics, up-to-date submission requirements,
guidelines, etc, please visit the sites. I consulted with all the
presses/journals listed below, but any errors are my responsibility. If you see
a mistake, please let me know. If you know of additional Canadian chapbook
awards, please let me know.
Note
that the
bpNichol chapbook award, administered by Toronto’s Meet
the Presses collective, is awarded to chapbooks published by a Canadian press in the previous year and result in a $4000
award for the author and $500 for the press. Chapbooks can be submitted by the
press or the author. Check the site for specific information.
"Cost
to author" refers to the cost authors must pay per chapbook should they decide
to buy additional copies.
"Sales
on site" refers to whether or not the chapbook will be sold by the press via its
web site.
Press/Journal : Bywords.ca
Name
of Award: John Newlove Poetry Award
Entry
Fee: $0
Prize
Amount: Honorarium for reading
varies (up to $250)
Print
Run: 126
Comps
to author: 26
Cost
to author: half price retail
cost.
Sales
on site: Yes
Press/Journal: Tree Press/Tree Reading Series
Name
of Award: Tree Press Chapbook
Contest
Entry
Fee: $0
Prize: $250
Comps
to author: 10
Note that the categories of "cost to author," "print run" and "sales on site" are flexible and depend on wishes of winner and size of book.
Press/Journal: Frog Hollow Press
Name
of Award: Frog Hollow Press Chapbook
Contest
Entry
Fee: $0
Prize: $0
Print
Run: 100
Comps
to author: 10
Cost
to author depend on cost of publication,
including mailing proofs to author, endpapers, etc.
Sales
on site: Yes
Press/Journal: Vallum
Name
of Award: The Vallum Chapbook Award
Entry
Fee: $25
Prize: $115
Print
Run: 125
Comps
to Author 10
Cost
to author: $10
Sales
on site: Yes
Press/Journal : Kalamalka
Press
Name
of Award: John Lent Poetry/Prose
Award
Entry
Fee: $10
Prize: $500
Print
Run: “varies from
year-to-year depending on available materials, available storage capacity, how
recent titles have been selling... so, last year it was 75; this year it's 55,
i think.” Kevin McPherson
Comps
to author: 10% of total print run
Cost
to author: Author discount is
usually 25%
Sales
on site: Yes
Press/Journal :
Metatron
Name
of Award: Metatron Prize for Rising
Authors
Site:
http://www.onmetatron.org/metatron-prize-2017/
Entry
Fee: $15-$30 ($15 Submission Fee,
$30 With Feedback)
Prize: $500
Print
Run: 500
Comps
to author: 10
Cost
to author (to purchase additional copies):
50% of Retail Price
Sales
on site: Yes
Press/Journal
: Big Pond Rumours
Name
of Award: Big Pond Rumours Chapbook Contest
Site:
http://www.big-pond-rumours.com/index_files/Page296.htm
Entry
Fee: $0
Prize:
$0
Print
Run: 100
Comps
to author: 25 to winner; 20 to 2 runners up
Cost
to author (to purchase additional copies): 50%
4 comments:
This is great! There is also the annual Metatron award out of Montreal which results in chapbook publication, though it just closed for 2017.
Hi Amanda -
Can you add my micro press as well? Big Pond Rumours runs a contest that runs from January through February each year and charges no fee for submission. The winner receives 25 copies, two runners up receive 20 copies. The contest is restricted to Canadian authors and all work submitted must be previously unpublished. Authors published to date: Nelson Ball, Sharon Berg, *Harold Feddersen, *Debbie Okun Hill, John Oughton, Brian Purdy, Bob Wakulich. (* forthcoming)
Sharon Berg
Great list, thanks Amanda!
~ Carol
thanks everyone. perhaps this should be an annual list. if so, Liv, perhaps you can send me the info on the Metatron Prize (i thought it was a perfect bound book, not a chapbook); Sharon, that's great! if you could send me the info as an e-mail to amanda at amandaearl dot com, filling in all the info, such as author copies, etc. that would be great!
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