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TOM GRAINGER
To Whom It May Concern

Third Prize winner of the 16th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

GILLIAN BLORE
The Wisest Thing I’ve Ever Heard

"After dinner and six martinis Blair tells me I’m a crypto-misogynist because I don’t read enough female authors." First prize winner of the 12th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

The Tobacco Lit Writing Contest

Nicotine or the word processor: which is more addictive? CLOSED.

The Snowplow Buccaneer

First Prize winner of the 2018 Geist Work Shanty Writing Contest.

The Stewardess Swims Over the Sea

First prize winner of the 1st Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

The Tobacco Lit Writing Contest FAQ

Get all the answers to your slow-burning questions about the Tobacco Lit Writing Contest.

The Two-Slice Toaster Move

Third prize winner of the 5th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

The Paper Dress

Second prize winner of the 8th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

LESLIE STARK
The Glamour

First prize winner of the 7th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

CHRISTOPHER GEISEL
The Other James Buchanan

First prize winner of the 1st Annual Short Long-Distance Writing Contest.

Milton Acorn
The Jackpine Sonnet Campaign

From Jackpine Sonnets, published by Steel Rail Educational Publishing in 1977.

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.

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.

ANNE SORBIE
The Bride’s Feet

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

TAMMY ARMSTRONG
The Foggeries - 13th Annual Postcard Contest 1st Prize

The Foggeries by Tammy Armstrong - 13th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest 1st Prize Winner

Robyn Jeffrey
The First Move

Honourable mention in the 1st Jackpine Sonnet Contest.

The Death of Thomas Jerusalem Wall

Honourable mention in the 6th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

The Flower Lights Up

A play in one act: Guy Lafleur and Wayne Gretzky stuck in an overturned car—2nd Prize winner of the Tobacco Lit Writing Contest.

The Geist Erasure Poetry Contest

Erase an excerpt from Wacousta, one of the oldest Canadian novels, into your own prize-winning poem. This contest is now closed.

SHENA MCAULIFFE
The Course to the Horizon

First Prize winner of the 16th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

The End

Honourable mention in the 3rd Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

Carrie Clickard
The Bookaneer Life: A Librarian’s Sea Shanty

Third prize winner of the 2018 Geist Work Shanty Writing Contest.

The 11th Annual Postcard Story Contest Shortlist

Announcing the shortlist for the 11th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest!

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.