In Fall 2024, an English-language fiction writer from Quebec will spend three weeks in Ireland for the third Max Margles Writing Residency.
To read the full call for entries, including the application criteria and more information on this residency, please click this link to our website.
The Quebec Writers’ Federation is delighted to partner with the Irish Writers’ Centre and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre on this project. We are grateful to Mrs. Roslyn Margles for making it possible.
Le 12 novembre 2024, la QWF décernera un prix de 3 000 $ pour souligner l’excellence en traduction littéraire de l’anglais vers le français.
Liens pertinents :
- Appel de candidatures
- Les Prix littéraires de la QWF (EN/FR)
- Les gagnants et finalistes des années précédentes (EN)
Le Prix de la Fondation Cole est généreusement financé par la Fondation Cole.
Si vous avez des questions ou des préoccupations concernant ce formulaire, n'hésitez pas à nous envoyer un courriel à Riley@qwf.org.
On November 12, 2024, QWF will award a prize of $3,000 to honour excellence in fiction by a Quebec English-language writer.
Relevant Links:
- Full Call for Submissions
- QWF Awards Overview (Including Links to Other Categories)
- Past Winners/Finalists
The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction is generously sponsored by Paragraphe Bookstore.
If you have any questions or concerns about this form, please do not hesitate to send us an email at Riley@qwf.org.
On November 12, 2024, QWF will award a prize of $3,000 to honour excellence in dramatic literature by a Quebec playwright writing in English. The winning playwright will be offered an opportunity to have a professional reading or workshop hosted by Infinithéâtre in its 2024-2025 season. This prize is awarded every two years.
Relevant Links:
- Full Call for Submissions
- QWF Awards Overview (Including Links to Other Categories)
- Past Winners/Finalists
The QWF Playwriting Prize is generously sponsored by Gabriel Safdie and Infinithéâtre.
If you have any questions or concerns about this form, please do not hesitate to send us an email at Riley@qwf.org.
On November 12, 2024, QWF will award a prize of $3,000 to honour excellence in poetry by a Quebec English-language writer.
Relevant Links:
- Full Call for Submissions
- QWF Awards Overview (Including Links to Other Categories)
- Past Winners/Finalists
The A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry is generously sponsored by Byron Rempel.
If you have any questions or concerns about this form, please do not hesitate to send us an email at Riley@qwf.org.
On November 12, 2024, QWF will award a prize of $3,000 to honour excellence in non-fiction by a Quebec English-language writer.
Relevant Links:
- Full Call for Submissions
- QWF Awards Overview (Including Links to Other Categories)
- Past Winners/Finalists
If you have any questions or concerns about this form, please do not hesitate to send us an email at Riley@qwf.org.
On November 12, 2024, QWF will award a prize of $3,000 to honour excellence in a debut book by a Quebec English-language writer.
Relevant Links:
- Full Call for Submissions
- QWF Awards Overview (Including Links to Other Categories)
- Past Winners/Finalists
The Concordia University First Book Prize is generously sponsored by Concordia University.
If you have any questions or concerns about this form, please do not hesitate to send us an email at Riley@qwf.org.
On November 12, 2024, QWF will award a prize of $3,000 to honour excellence in children's literature by a Quebec English-language writer. This year, the prize will be awarded to the author of the eligible book of fiction, non-fiction, or poetry in the sub-category of picture books and books for beginning readers that the jury deems to have made the most significant contribution of the year to the body of Quebec English-language children’s literature. Longer chapter books, middle-grade and young adult literature published this year and next may be submitted next year for the 2025 Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Books deemed borderline by the publisher may be submitted in either year; QWF will determine the suitable category and, if required, will hold the submission for the following year and notify the publisher.
Relevant Links:
- Full Call for Submissions
- QWF Awards Overview (Including Links to Other Categories)
- Past Winners/Finalists
The Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature is generously sponsored by John Blachford.
If you have any questions or concerns about this form, please do not hesitate to send us an email at Riley@qwf.org.
On November 12, 2024, QWF will award up to three prizes of $1,000 each to honour excellence in spoken word as a literary art. The prize is open to Quebec-based spoken word artists, storytelling artists, and literary performance artists working primarily in English in any form of performative writing, including poetry, story, monologue, hip hop, dub, sound poetry, experimental, or interdisciplinary work.
Winners' videos will be shown at the QWF Awards Gala. All finalists will be invited to perform at the Read Quebec Book Fair in December 2024 and their performances will be preserved online via the SpokenWeb Archive of the Present.
Relevant Links:
- Full Call for Submissions
- QWF Awards Overview (Including Links to Other Categories)
- Past Winners/Finalists
If you have any questions or concerns about this form, please do not hesitate to send us an email at Riley@qwf.org.