On November 9, 2026, 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.
This form can also be used to submit the book to the Concordia University First Book Prize. You will be given the option to add that prize during this submission.
This form closes at 5 p.m. on June 3, 2026.
On November 9, 2026, 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
The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction is generously sponsored by the Lilly and Joshua Ronn Foundation.
If you have any questions or concerns about this form, please do not hesitate to send us an email at Riley@qwf.org.
This form can also be used to submit the book to the Concordia University First Book Prize. You will be given the option to add that prize during this submission.
This form closes at 5 p.m. on June 3, 2026.
On November 9, 2026, 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.
This form can also be used to submit the book to the Concordia University First Book Prize. You will be given the option to add that prize during this submission.
This form closes at 5 p.m. on June 3, 2026.
On November 9, 2026, 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, which offers the only BA and MA English-language Creative Writing programs in Quebec.
Important note: If you are also submitting this book to the Fiction, Poetry, or Non-Fiction prize, do not complete this form. Instead, submit the book using the form for the relevant genre prize. That form will give you the option to also submit the book to the Concordia University First Book Prize.
This form should be used only for the following scenarios:
- You wish to submit the book only to the First Book Prize.
- You have already submitted the book to a genre prize without selecting the First Book option.
If you have any questions or concerns about this form, please do not hesitate to send us an email at Riley@qwf.org.
This form closes at 5 p.m. on June 3, 2026.
Le 9 novembre 2026, la QWF décernera un prix de 3 000 $ pour souligner l’excellence en traduction littéraire de l’anglais vers le français.
Liens pertinents :
- Appel à candidatures
- Les Prix littéraires de la QWF (angl.)
- Les gagnants et finalistes des années précédentes (angl.)
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 9, 2026, QWF will award a prize of $3,000 to honour excellence in children's and young adult literature by a Quebec English-language writer. This year’s call for submissions is for picture books with text and early reader books.
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.
This form closes at 5 p.m. on June 3, 2026.
On November 9, 2026, 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 also be offered the opportunity to have a professional reading or workshop hosted by Infinithéâtre. 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.
This form closes at 5 p.m. on June 3, 2026.
On November 9, 2026, QWF will award one to three prizes totalling $3,000 to honour excellence in spoken word. All finalists will also be invited to perform at a Words and Music Show in the fall.
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.
This form closes at 5 p.m. on July 8, 2026.
Applications are accepted year-round; the workshop committee meets in the summer each year to review the applications and plan the subsequent calendar year’s activities. The workshop committee has already decided on the workshop offerings for 2026. New applications will most likely be considered for 2027. However, if you are ready with your application now, we invite you to send it to us in the event that a spot opens up that would be appropriate for the workshop you are pitching.
Visit QWF's Workshops page to learn more about our workshops.