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...
“Dazzle Camouflage” is the honourable mention for Room's Creative Non-Fiction Contest 2019. Here's what the judge, Terese Marie Mailhot, has to say about the essay: “‘Dazzle Camouflage’ was full of beautiful language and the depth of the work was wonderful to sit...
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...
/let it out/ they tear through my rawing throat, saliva & blood bubbling out /let it out/ they tear through my rawing throat, saliva & blood bubbling out wild prairie fire cacophony. /don’t ask why/ /let it out/ her hand presses deep into my chest, pinpointed...
A gargoyle sits at the end of my garden, a plastic resin Mother’s Day present, wrapped with charms of love and my children’s perspicacity. Her name is Marthe and her job is protection. Most of all, she is to guard me and mine from the dragon. A gargoyle sits at the...
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...
“Pieces of Me” is the honourable mention of Room’s 2019 Fiction Contest as selected by judge Catherine Hernandez. I woke up one morning to bigger breasts. I’m not talking triangle pointies from puberty (which hit well over a decade ago), a few extra pounds from the...
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...
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