Contests Deadline Mar 31, 2023 Arc Award of Awesomeness In April 2020, Arc began a monthly prize – a 50/50 cash prize, a vintage object d’art (loosely interpreted) and the all the honour and respect that comes with winning the Arc Award of Awesomeness. Deadline Feb 1, 2023 Poem of the Year Arc’s Poem of the Year contest started in 1995 and attracts submissions from around the world. Arc’s annual poetry contest is among the richest in the country, offering $5,000 for the winning poem, a $500 award for the poem selected as Honourable Mention, and a $250 prize for the Readers’ Choice selection. Deadline Mar 31, 2023 Archibald Lampman Award The Archibald Lampman Award recognizes an outstanding book of English-language poetry by an author living in the National Capital Region. Deadline Sep 4, 2023 Diana Brebner Prize The Diana Brebner Prize is awarded yearly for the best poem written by a National Capital Region poet, who has not yet been published in book form. The prize honours the late Diana Brebner, an award-winning Ottawa-based poet who was devoted to fostering literary talent among new, local writers. Tamarack Prize The Tamarack Prize is awarded to an outstanding poem published in Arc in the preceding year. Selected by a prominent member of Canada’s literary communities, the award includes a $250 prize. Critics’ Desk Award The Critics’ Desk Award marks the importance that the thoughtful treatment of poetry holds in the evolution and wider appreciation of the genre.
Deadline Mar 31, 2023 Arc Award of Awesomeness In April 2020, Arc began a monthly prize – a 50/50 cash prize, a vintage object d’art (loosely interpreted) and the all the honour and respect that comes with winning the Arc Award of Awesomeness.
Deadline Feb 1, 2023 Poem of the Year Arc’s Poem of the Year contest started in 1995 and attracts submissions from around the world. Arc’s annual poetry contest is among the richest in the country, offering $5,000 for the winning poem, a $500 award for the poem selected as Honourable Mention, and a $250 prize for the Readers’ Choice selection.
Deadline Mar 31, 2023 Archibald Lampman Award The Archibald Lampman Award recognizes an outstanding book of English-language poetry by an author living in the National Capital Region.
Deadline Sep 4, 2023 Diana Brebner Prize The Diana Brebner Prize is awarded yearly for the best poem written by a National Capital Region poet, who has not yet been published in book form. The prize honours the late Diana Brebner, an award-winning Ottawa-based poet who was devoted to fostering literary talent among new, local writers.
Tamarack Prize The Tamarack Prize is awarded to an outstanding poem published in Arc in the preceding year. Selected by a prominent member of Canada’s literary communities, the award includes a $250 prize.
Critics’ Desk Award The Critics’ Desk Award marks the importance that the thoughtful treatment of poetry holds in the evolution and wider appreciation of the genre.
