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Announcing the Winners of the 3rd Annual Erasure Poetry Contest

Geist is pleased to announce the winners of the 3rd Annual Geist Erasure Poetry Contest. Many thanks to all those who entered!

LUCIA CORAK, VIRGINIA STAR
Blue's

Honourable mention in the 7th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

MEGHAN NESMITH
Below

Honourable mention in the 7th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

Boulez Conducts Bluebeard

Honourable mention in the 1st Jackpine Sonnet Contest.

Veronica Gaylie
B.C. Interior

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

DONNA KANE
Blue Eye

Third prize winner of the 6th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Contest.

JODI STONE
Artificial Body Parts

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

KEGAN DOYLE
Beyond Saving

A goalie gives his son a tour of his scarred face in the Second Prize-winning entry to the 2015 Short Long-Distance Writing Contest.

IRIS WILDE
Big Skirt

First prize winner of the 4th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

ANITA DOLMAN
Bureau

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

Calling Home From a Phone Booth Outside a Pub in North Dublin

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

SABRINA STOESSINGER
Clapboard Cupid

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

Can't Lit Without It CanLit Story Contest FAQ

Get all your questions answered here!

CanLit Short Story Contest Shortlist

Announcing the shortlist for the Can't Lit Without It CanLit Short Story Contest!

Canada from the Lake

Third prize winner of the 2nd Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

SHAUN HUNTER
Close Encounter with a Cowboy

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

ERIC FOLEY
Common Sense About Smoking

First prize winner of the 6th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

Coconut

Honourable mention in the 2nd Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

Can't Lit Without It CanLit Short Story Contest

Generate a CanLit premise at canlitgenerator.com, use the premise as the basis for a story, and win big! This contest is now closed.

Downtown Eastside Writers' Jamboree Writing Contest

The writing contest is open to all residents of the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver.

BROOKE LOCKYER
Dogs Fall in Love at First Sight, You Know

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

Drunken Laundry Day with Charles Bukowski

Read a poem by Henry Doyle, one of the winning entries in the 2011 Downtown Eastside Writers' Jamboree Writing Contest, featuring skinny hardened rat-faced drug addicts.

ALLEGRA MCKENZIE
Eleanor the Armless Wonder

Fleeting love with Harry Houdini in this honourable mention in the 9th Postcard Story Contest.

Complaints Book

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

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