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JESUS HARDWELL
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Jesus Hardwell's third prize winning entry in the 11th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest—whiskey, hunting dogs and cold rain.

And the Winners of the 9th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest are...

Congrats to the winners of the 9th Geist Postcard Story Contest!

A Newbie’s Guide to the Farmers’ Market

Beware Fashionable Dog Ladies in this honourable mention in the 9th 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.

2021 Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest Shortlist

Announcing the shortlisted entrants for the 2021 Postcard Story Contest!

RAOUL FERNANDES
After Lydia

Honourable mention in the 8th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

A Spot to Remember

Second 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.

DOUG SAVAGE
A Long Line

Third prize winner of the 3rd Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

ROSEANNE HARVEY
3 Valley Gap Honeymoon Suite “Cave”

Runner-up in the 1st Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

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.

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.

Kidd Monica
A Large Stake

First prize winner of the 1st Jackpine Sonnet Contest.

2022 Geist Erasure Poetry Contest: Winners!

Announcing the winners of the 2022 Geist Erasure Poetry Contest.

2020 Postcard Story Contest Shortlist

Announcing the shortlisted entrants for the 2020 Postcard Story Contest!

2021 Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest Winners

Announcing the winners for the 2021 Postcard Story Contest!

2nd Annual Erasure Poetry Contest Short List

Many thanks to all those who entered and congratulations to the shortlisted entrants!

2022 Geist Erasure Poetry Contest: Shortlist

Announcing the shortlist for the 2022 Geist Erasure Poetry Contest.

Vaughan Chapman
1963

Second prize winner of the 2009 Fortune Cookie Contest.

2022 Geist Erasure Poetry Contest: Longlist

Announcing the longlist for the 2022 Geist Erasure Poetry Contest.

2018 Postcard Story Contest Shortlist

Announcing the shortlisted entrants for the 2018 Postcard Story Contest!

2018 Geist Work Shanty Shortlist

The 2018 Geist Work Shanty Writing Contest Shortlist.

2019 Erasure Text
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.