Contest Winners

Thank you to all the writers who shared their short form pieces with us and our esteemed fiction judge, Gwen Benaway! Here are the twelve longlisted submissions from this year's contest. Thank you to all the writers who shared their short form pieces with us and our...

Photo credit: Carissa D'andradeYou've waited long enough. Here are the fourteen longlisted poems from our 2019 Poetry Contest!Room's 2019 Poetry Contest: The Longlist“Against Tyrannical Lines” by Steffi Tad-y“Arktos / Exóriotos” by kerry rawlinson“Courage” by Katie...

Congratulations to the following three writers, whose essays have been selected by our esteembed judge, Terese Marie Mailhot, as the winners and honourable mention for our 2019 Creative Non-Fiction Contest! Photo credit: Carissa D'andradeCongratulations to the...

The selection process is never easy, but here are the six shortlisted essays for the 2019 CNF Contest as chosen by our esteemed and hardworking judge, Terese Marie Mailhot! Photo credit: Carissa D'andradeThe selection process is never easy, but here are the six...

We are over the moon to be sharing with you the winners of our Fiction Contest 2019!First of all, we would like to extend our gratitude again to our judge, Catherine Hernandez, for her work on the contest, and to every writer who shared their work with us. Short...

After much careful deliberation by our judge, Catherine Hernandez, author of award-winning Scarborough and and the forthcoming I Promise, the shortlist is finally here. Congratulations to the three writers, whose short stories were handpicked by our judge! After much...

Thank you to all the writers who shared their short stories with us and our esteemed fiction judge, Catherine Hernandez! Here are eight longlisted short stories from this year's contest. Thank you to all the writers who shared their short stories with us and our...

The results are in! Congratulations to the following artists on winning Room’s fourth Cover Art Contest! You can find the first place winner’s work on the cover of our very next issue, 42.2, and the second place winner featured in the same issue. We want to give a...

Congratulations to the two Short Forms Contest first-place winners and the honourable mention, as chosen by judge Hiromi Goto! Room's 2018 Short Forms Contest #2 WinnersCongratulations to the two first place winners and the honourable mention, as chosen by judge...

We're excited to announce the shortlist from our 2018 Short Forms Contest! Here are the six shortlisted short forms pieces, as selected by our esteemed judge Hiromi Goto. We're excited to announce the shortlist from our 2018 Short Forms Contest! Here are the six...