Hideout Residencies — The Hideout

Applications for the Susan Buchanan Hideout scholarship (for Maritime-based writers and creatives) are now open!

The Susan Buchanan Hideout Scholarship is awarded each year to an emerging or established writer, artist, or wellness practitioner residing in the Maritime provinces (PEI, NB, or NS). Winner of multiple Island Literary Awards, as well as a PEI Book Award, Susan Buchanan was a well-loved and deeply admired Island writer and disability rights activist who co-owned a bed and breakfast called Evening Primrose on the Hideout property in North Tryon with her life partner Jeanne Sullivan.

Scholarship recipients will still be responsible for travel and food costs. Applications are welcomed from all. Folks who identify as BIPOC or 2SLGBTQ+ are especially encouraged to apply. Be in touch to discuss accessibility questions and concerns.

The scholarship deadline for 2025 is March 1. After this date, we will review all scholarship applicants and select one recipient, based on a combination of financial need and project proposal.

For writers, artists, and creatives who wish to apply for the Susan Buchanan scholarship, please send us:

• (1) a short (up to five-page, or up to five images) writing or portfolio sample (preferably related to your project):
• (2) a short (250 word) synopsis of your project;
• (3) a short explanation of why being selected for a scholarship is important to you.

For all applications, email info@thehideoutpei.com and please include Hideout Residency in the subject line of your email.

Past Susan Buchanan Hideout Scholarship recipients include:

• 2020 - William Bonfiglio (NB)
• 2021 - Vanessa Bradley (current PEIWG board member & co-Chair!)
• 2021 - Sandra Murdock (NS)
• 2022 - Debbie Langston (former PEIWG board member!)
• 2023 - LJ Lawlor (former PEIWG board member!)
• 2024 - Julie Bull (PEIWG member!)
• 2024 - Storme Arden (NS)

Yolk Literary Journal is now accepting submissions for their Volume 4.2!

Yolk Literary Journal's Volume 4.2 will be an open-themed issue. We accept Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Visual Arts from Canadian artists.

For the purpose of this publication, they consider a Canadian to be:

• Anyone with Canadian citizenship or permanent citizenship, at home or abroad;
• Anyone currently residing in Canada.

The submission deadline is January 31.

They offer $30 per page for all genres, up to a maximum of $200. They also pay $200 for their print cover art. Contributors selected for their print issue will also receive a free copy of the journal.

Please review the submission guidelines on their website before submitting your work. Feel free to contact them with any further questions at themail@yolkliterary.ca

Contest — gritLIT

There's still time to submit to gritLIT's (Hamilton’s Readers and Writers Festival) Short Story Writing Contest, which is open to submissions of original fiction or creative non-fiction (up to 500 words) from across the country.

This year’s theme is "CONNECTION—interpret this theme creatively to explore what connection means to you!" This year introduces a new staged writing challenge, where successful long-listed entries will be invited to expand their stories in three stages.

Deadline:

• January 15, 2025.
• Entry Fee: $15

Prizes:

• First Place: $500
• Two Honourable Mentions: $150 each

Additional Rewards: All winners will be invited to read at gritLIT 2025 in April. Winning stories will be published on the gritLIT website.

Please read the submission rules carefully, especially the Writing Stages section.

New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2025

Genre: Flash Fiction

Entry Fee: £10 per entry, £19 for two entries, and £27 for three entries

Deadline: January 31, 2025

Prize:

• First prize of £1,000;
• Second prize of £300;
• Third prize of £200

Description: The New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2025 is open to stories of up to 300 words on any theme or subject. It is open to entrants from anywhere in the world and £1 from each entry will be donated to charity (First Story).