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2019 Erasure Poetry Contest Short List
The short list for the 2019 Erasure Poetry Contest. Winners will be announced in Geist 115, on newsstands in April.
The 18th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest
The writing contest whose name is almost as long as the entries! Deadline is April 17, 2023.
DAVID WISEMAN
Survivors
Third Prize winner of the 15th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.
CAMERON MUIR
Palisade at Kevin's Coulee
Second Prize winner of the 15th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.
BARBARA BLACK
Impediment
First Prize winner of the 15th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.
2019 Erasure Text
The 2019 Geist Erasure Poetry Contest
Erase an excerpt from A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by James De Mille, into your own prize-winning poem.
Carrie Clickard
The Bookaneer Life: A Librarian’s Sea Shanty
Third prize winner of the 2018 Geist Work Shanty Writing Contest.
2018 Geist Work Shanty Shortlist
The 2018 Geist Work Shanty Writing Contest Shortlist.
The Geist Work Shanty Writing Contest Examples
Here are some li'l ditties we put together to get those brains a-workin'Deadline: December 15, 2018.
The Geist Work Shanty Writing Contest FAQ
The writing contest that's bringing back the old timey work shanty updated for new timey jobs! Deadline: December 15, 2018.
JANET TRULL
Pay As You Play- 14th Annual Postcard Contest 1st Prize
Pay As You Play by Janet Trull - 14th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest 1st Prize Winner
LANA PESCH
Quit - 14th Annual Postcard Contest 2nd Prize
Quit by Lana Pesch - 14th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest 2nd Prize Winner
2018 Erasure Poetry Contest Short List
Announcing the shortlisted entrants for the 2018 Erasure Poetry Contest!
2018 Postcard Story Contest Shortlist
Announcing the shortlisted entrants for the 2018 Postcard Story Contest!
Vaughan Chapman
1963
Second prize winner of the 2009 Fortune Cookie Contest.
Kidd Monica
A Large Stake
First prize winner of the 1st Jackpine Sonnet Contest.
A Little Girl Fight
Read a story by Lorren Stewart, one of the winning entries in the 2011 Downtown Eastside Writers' Jamboree Writing Contest, about struggle and redemption on the Downtown East Side.
Tavis W. Dodds
320 East Hastings
At the homeless shelter at the First United Church, Tavis W. Dodds learns the closer to the altar, the better the sleep. Winner of the 2009 Downtown Eastside Writers' Jamboree Writing Contest.
ROSEANNE HARVEY
3 Valley Gap Honeymoon Suite “Cave”
Runner-up in the 1st Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.
DOUG SAVAGE
A Long Line
Third prize winner of the 3rd Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.
3rd Annual Geist Erasure Poetry Contest
Erase an excerpt from Cottonopolis by Rachel Lebowitz into your own prize-winning poem.
A Spot to Remember
Second prize winner of the 3rd Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.
2nd Annual Geist Erasure Poetry Contest - NOW CLOSED
Erase a narrative by celebrated Canadian author Sheila Heti into your own poetic masterpiece.
