The Women’s Freedom Song Contest runs from Dec. 1 to March 1, 2025
Announcement Dates: March 8, International Women’s Day
Seeking Anthems, Music videos and Lyric/Poems that deal with issues of concern to women. (Open to all genders)
Judges: Karen Bliss, Ruth McCartney, David Eaton, Brent Backhus, Diana Williamson
Entry is through the FilmFreeway platform or from the site. Go here for full details.
The contest runs from Dec.1 to April 2, 2025.
Announcement Dates: April 9, International Songwriters Day.
We’re seeking “Inspirational” songs, music videos and lyrics/poems.
The contest is run by NB resident, CEO Diana Williamson who has written 2 x #3 Billboard Hot Club Chart Songs, authored the book “101 Tips and Tricks of Successful Songwriting” and is head of Themusiclibrary.org that places music in film & TV.
Entry is through the FilmFreeway platform or from the site. Go here for full details.
Do you write poetry? Do you want to be published in one of Canada’s premier journals? Do you want to win $2000 AND get paid for your publication?!
The Fiddlehead’s Ralph Gustafson Poetry Contest is open for submissions from now until Monday, December 2, 2024! (more…)
Fiddlehead Summer Fiction Contest: The Fiddlehead’s 2024 Fiction Contest is now open for submissions!
The Fiddlehead invites authors, emerging and established, to send us their best piece of writing by September 2, 2024 to be considered by acclaimed author and judge Zilla Jones. Don’t miss your chance to win $2000 and be published in our winter 2025 issue!
See the full guidelines here.
The Fiddlehead’s 2024 Creative Nonfiction Contest is now open and closes June 3, 2024. The prize is $2,000 CAD for Best Creative Nonfiction Essay.
This year’s judge is Lorri Neilsen Glenn. (more…)
The NotaBle Acts Theatre Company is seeking submissions for its twenty-third annual provincewide playwriting competition.
Contest winners will have their work featured as part of the 2024 NotaBle Acts Summer Theatre Festival, to be held in Fredericton, July 25-August 3. (more…)
Note: You must be a New Brunswick resident to participate in the New Brunswick Writing Competition, unless you are a Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick member. WFNB members can participate from anywhere.
The program celebrates eight categories of unpublished writing in the genres of novel, short story, single poem, poetry manuscript, books for young people, and stories by teens, as well as unpublished short film script, and narrative non-fiction. (more…)
International Songwriters Day (April 9), would like to invite you to our fifth year of the “International Songwriters Day Song Contest” to once again, help kick off this special day. Have you written the next hit? Well we want to hear it!
Our contest is open to writers all around the world, from all levels of experience. (more…)
Welcome to the 6th year of the Womens Freedom Song Contest! We are looking for the next “Female Anthem.” Do you have an inspiring song, music video or lyric about women to share? Got one kicking around, sitting on a shelf ready to be polished or already up your sleeve? Well send it in!
Are you an amazing “undiscovered” songwriter or perhaps already a song pro with tons of experience? (more…)
Hello Playwrights and Theatre Makers!
Notable Acts is happy to announce our twenty-second annual province-wide playwriting competition! Contest winners will have their work featured in the 2023 NotaBle Acts Summer Theatre Festival, held in Fredericton: from July 26th – August 5th.
If you’re a New Brunswick playwright, we are seeking submissions in three main categories: one for 15-30 minute site-specific plays, one for 7-10 minute short plays, and another for 30-60 minute one-act plays. Two additional contest categories are for New Brunswick Middle and High school playwrights.
The Guernica Prize recognizes the best literary fiction novel that pushes boundaries and is cutting edge. Each entry must be an unpublished novel of at least 40,000 words. A $50 entry fee (online submission through Submittable only) must accompany each submission. Authors may submit more than one manuscript but each manuscript must include a separate entry fee. The name of the author or anything identifying the author should appear nowhere in the manuscript.
The prize consists of $1,000 and a publication contract with Guernica Editions. The winning author agrees to publication with Guernica. Please name your file your manuscript title or the first three words of the manuscript title if the title is longer than three words.
The Guernica Prize is open to Canadian citizens and/or residents of Canada only. Please note that submissions to the prize are final. If a submission is retracted, there is no refund of the entry fee.
Click here to see a list of previous winners.
Submission period: January 1st – April 30th
Details here.
Can you write the next female anthem? Contest starts Dec.1 and runs until March 1! Winners will be announced on International Womens Day, March 8.
Join us in celebrating this day and enter your song, poem/lyric or music video in our contest. Do they celebrate the power and strength of a woman? Well send them in. (Open to all genders). The only limit is your imagination!
Go here to apply.
On Saturday, August 5th 2023, KIRA will be welcoming talent from across the province to perform at the KIRA Amphitheater and to compete for the titles of New Brunswick’s Talent and the top prize of $5,000.00.
Apply until February 15th, 2023.
Do you have a talent to showcase in Atlantic Canada’s largest Amphitheater? If so, apply now for a chance to be crowned New Brunswick’s Talent and a $5,000.00 Cash Prize. Once Application is submitted, please forward a short video showcasing your talent to kira@kingsbraegarden.com
Registration closes Feb 16, 2023, 4:00 a.m.
Details here.
International Songwriters Day (April 9), would like to invite you to our fifth year of the “International Songwriters Day Song Contest” to once again, help kick off this special day. Have you written the next hit? Well we want to hear it!
Our contest is open to writers all around the world, from all levels of experience. This year’s theme is “Inspiration.” We are looking for songs, music videos and lyrics that inspire, think (new beginnings, second chances, starting over), etc. They can be ballads but they should have an element of hope or redemption in the storyline, to fit the theme.
Our judges are : Mike Gormley, LAPD Mgmt. who helped launch the careers of Rod Stewart, BTO, Rush, The Police, Danny Elfman, the Bangles, Martin Isherwood, Head of Music at Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA), Rick Rose (former staff writer for Sony ATV Nashville & Warner Chappel), David Eaton, Producer/Engineer for (Polyphonic Spree, Dynamite Hack, Archivist for Warner/Elektra/Atlantic) and Diana Williamson who has written 2x#3 Billboard Hot Club chart songs, is author of “101 Tips and Tricks of Successful Songwriting, and VP of Themusiclibrary.org.
Go here for full details.
CBC Information Morning Moncton Presents the HUBCAP Comedy Festival Open Mic Stand-up Contest.
This could be your big break!
The HUBCAP Open Mic Stand-up Contest is back to kick-off the Comedy Festival, and we want to hear you stand and deliver your funniest material.
Competition day is Wednesday, February 1, 2023. at the Old Triangle Irish Alehouse at 7 p.m.
To enter for a chance to compete live on stage, email your contact information (name, address and phone #) and a youtube link to a 2 or 3 minute video of your funniest material to info@hubcapcomedyfestival.ca.
Deadline to enter is noon on Friday, January 20, 2023.
HUBCAP will upload accepted contestant Videos for viewing and fan votes to the competition’s Facebook event page.
Judges panel and online voting take place from 6 p.m. Monday, January 23 until noon on Thursday, January 26.
Full details are here.
The 2022-23 NB Writing Competition is now open!
The New Brunswick Writing Competition began in 1985, the same year as the WFNB’s date of incorporation. We’ve held it annually ever since, awarding hundreds of prizes over the decades. Many past winners have since achieved national and international publishing fame. It opens every year on December 1. See the guidelines below, and click the titles on the right for a description of each category.
Member pricing available. Please log in with your account prior to purchasing a competition submission.
Submission Categories:
The annual Silver Wave Film Festival features something for everyone. The event offers a showcase of multicultural, international, French and English programming of all genres and lengths and a comprehensive industry series which brings experienced and emerging producers and filmmakers together.
Silver Wave is jam packed with exciting events and programming with diversity and depth. The Festival is the brainchild of the board and staff at the New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative and is the staff’s volunteer labour.
1) Best NB Short Film (open to eligible short NB films/videos)
2) Lex Gigeroff Excellence in Screenwriting in a NB Short Film (open to eligible short NB films/videos
3) Excellence in Cinematography in a NB Short Film (open to eligible short NB films/videos
4) Excellence in Art Direction in a NB Short Film (open to eligible short NB films/videos
5) Excellence in Sound Design in a NB Short Film (open to eligible short NB films/videos
6) Excellence in Picture Editing in a NB Short Film (open to eligible short NB films/videos
7) Excellence in Music Composition in a NB Short Film (open to eligible short NB films/videos
8) Outstanding Performance by a NB Actress (open to eligible short NB films/videos
9) Outstanding Performance by a NB Actor (open to eligible short NB films/videos
10) Outstanding Performance by a NB Supporting Actress (open to eligible short NB films/videos
11) Outstanding Performance by a NB Supporting Actor (open to eligible short NB films/videos
12) Best Documentary Short (open to eligible documentaries under 60 minutes)
13) Best Documentary Feature(open to eligible documentaries 60 minutes and over)
14) Best Experimental OR Animated Short Film (open to eligible short films/videos
15) Best Student Short (dependent on number of submissions, open to eligible student films
16) Best Canadian Short (open to eligible Canadian shorts outside of NB)
17) Best International Short (open to eligible International shorts)
18) Best Genre Short (non-drama films including comedy (open to eligible short NB films/videos
19) Jane LeBlanc Filmmaker Award (for first and second time filmmakers
• $200 in workshops/training from the NBFC (2023)
• $800 cash from The LeBlanc Family and generous donations
• $1000 in equipment and post services from NBFC
• $80 (full membership two years) from the NBFC
• Workshopping of winning screenplay Presented by the New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative, Tony Merzetti & the LeBlanc Family
20) CBC/New Brunswick Joy ($8,500)
• $2,500 in cash from CBC
• $1,000 in cash from New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative
• $5,500 in equipment or facilities from the New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative
21) Brian Carty Film Volunteer Recognition Award
22) Jim Lavoie Film Professional Recognition Award
23) Silver Wave WIFT-AT Salute
24) Viewer’s Choice Award
Chosen by the fest audience online.
Canadian artists who have released recordings between May 1, 2021 – July 15, 2022 are eligible to submit to the 2023 CFMAs.
Before Submitting, please review the following: Submission Eligibility & Categories & Criteria
Required Materials for all Album Categories (all except Single of the Year & Young Performer(s)):
Required Materials for Single of the Year:
Required Materials for Young Performer(s) of the Year:
3-Step Submission Process:
Step 1 : Complete the submission form.
Step 2 : Submit your payment via PayPal (you will be automatically redirected to the PayPal payment page after Step 1. You do not have to have a PayPal account).
Step 3 : Upload your Album (after you complete Step 1, you will receive an email with instructions on how to upload your album. This step is not applicable for Single of the Year or submitters to only Young Performer(s) of the Year).
The Fiddlehead‘s 2022 Creative Nonfiction contest is now open and the Fiddlehead is excited to announce that Lindsay Wong will be judging this year’s submissions!
There will be one prize of $2,000 for the winning essay and the deadline for submissions is June 1 2022. Check out the contest submission guidelines for more information!
For full details, visit the Fiddlehead website.
Click this link for more information about the TNB Foundation awards.
Stephen Graham Bird Award
(Acting, Directing or Playwriting)
DEADLINE June 10, 2022
The Stephen Graham Bird Award is designed to recognize and encourage New Brunswick students who have demonstrated exceptional talent and potential, and who are pursuing a career in the theatre. The Stephen Graham Bird Award is for full-time study.
Objectives
To assist New Brunswick students who intend to pursue, or are presently pursuing, a career in theatre as a professional.
To increase the number of professional theatre artists in New Brunswick.
To encourage the development of New Brunswick talent in theatre arts.
Eligibility
To be eligible for consideration an applicant must intend to pursue, or be currently pursuing, full-time studies at a recognized institution, at an undergraduate level or professional training program, for the purpose of pursuing a career as a professional theatre artist. This career may be in acting, in directing, or in playwriting. Only New Brunswick residents are eligible to receive funding. A resident is defined as a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who has resided in New Brunswick for at least one year immediately preceding the application deadline.
Level of Funding
One award in the amount of $3,000 will be awarded per annum. An individual may receive up to a maximum of 4 awards, which must be applied for annually.
Apply here.
J. Patrick Clark Award
(Design, stage management or technical production)
DEADLINE June 10, 2022
The J. Patrick Clark Award is designed to recognize and encourage New Brunswick students who have demonstrated exceptional talent and potential, and who are pursuing a career in the theatre. The J. Patrick Clark Award is for full-time study.
Objectives
To assist New Brunswick students who intend to pursue, or are presently pursuing, a career in theatre as a professional.
To increase the number of professional theatre artists in New Brunswick.
To encourage the development of New Brunswick talent in theatre arts.
Eligibility
To be eligible for consideration, an applicant must intend to pursue, or currently be pursuing, full-time studies at a recognized institution, at an undergraduate level or professional training program, for the purpose of pursuing a career as a professional theatre artist. This career may be in design, stage management or technical production. Only New Brunswick residents are eligible to receive funding. A resident is defined as a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who has resided in New Brunswick for at least one year immediately preceding the application deadline.
Level of Funding
One award in the amount of $3,000 will be awarded per annum. An individual may receive up to a maximum of 4 awards, which must be applied for annually.
Apply here.