Congratulations to all the short-listed entrants:

• ‘Out of Focus’ by Joe Bongiorno, Montreal, QC
• ‘Rubber Road’ by Terri Favro, Toronto, ON
• ‘Flashback Friday’ by Eryn Hiscock, North York, ON
• ‘The Waking World’ by Mahak Jain, Toronto, ON
• ‘What Lies In God’s Wake’ by Aayushi Jain, Ottawa, ON
• ‘Passing Voices’ by Jasmin Kirkbride, Norfolk, England
• ‘The Chemistry of Unhappiness’ by Erin MacNair, North Vancouver, BC
• ‘When the Parent Company Came for God’ by Brian Rappatta, Goshen, IN, USA
• ‘Chicken’ by Kati Sidwall, Winnepeg, MB
• ‘Me, Unique’ by Lesley Smith, Boulder, CO, USA
• ‘Clouds in her Eyes’ by Glenna Turnbull, Kelowna, BC

2019 LET DOWN YOUR HAIR Speculative Contest Details

Submissions for this contest are now closed.

Are you tired of magazines telling you they just don’t print science fiction? Are you worried your poem has too many goblins to be eligible for such-and-such contest? Fret no more, because here is a contest where the only limit (other than the word limit) is your wicked imagination.

Genre: Any! Fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and anything in between is welcome. We just ask that you keep your piece under 1,800 words.

Prize: $1000 grand prize! Second prize will receive $150. Both winning entries will be published in an upcoming issue of EVENT. All entries will be considered for publication.

Judge: Emily Pohl-Weary

Award-winning author Emily Pohl-Weary’s latest books are Not Your Ordinary Wolf Girl, a young adult fantasy novel, and Ghost Sick: A Poetry of Witness, a collection of poetry about tragedy and resilience in downtown Toronto. Emily grew up reading science fiction and fantasy. Her biography of her grandmother Judith Merril (who wrote and edited speculative literature in 1950s New York) won a Hugo Award and was a finalist for the Toronto Book Award. Merril’s idea of babysitting was to hand Emily a giant stack of fantasy novels before heading off to chain smoke and work in her office. Emily has also published a middle-grade mystery, two poetry collections, a female superhero anthology, and a serialized girl pirate comic. She is an assistant professor in the Creative Writing Program at University of British Columbia, where she teaches writing for young adults and speculative literature, and she’s working on a new novel. www.emilypohlweary.com

Cost: $32.95 per entry; includes a one-year subscription to EVENT and all applicable taxes and shipping—a great deal!