PEN Canada is pleased to announce that submissions for the 2024 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award are now open. We would be very grateful if you could share the notice of this award with your students, colleagues, members, and anyone else you think might be interested in participating in the competition.

The annual award aims to encourage new writing and to provide a space where unpublished writers can submit short stories, creative nonfiction, journalism, and poetry. A jury of distinguished Canadian writers will judge the shortlisted submissions, and the winning entry will receive a $3,000 CAD cash prize and mentorship from a renowned Canadian author.  

The deadline for submissions is midnight on Sunday, May 19th, 2024.
Submission guidelines can be found on our website here.

The RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award is generously funded by the RBC Emerging Artists Project.