It’s finally here! Congrats to the following five writers who were shortlisted by our judge, Janika Oza, for our 2025 Fiction Contest! — Room Magazine’s 2025 Fiction Contest Shortlist Georgie Millionaire by Camille Pavlenko Studies in Lepidopterology by Abby Denne...
Photo credit: Yi Shi Janika Oza (she/her) is a writer, editor, and educator based in Toronto. Her best-selling debut novel, A History of Burning (2023) won the 2024 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature and was a finalist for numerous awards including the Carol...
It's time! Here are the winners of the 2024 Short Forms Contest, as chosen by our wonderful judge, Zalika Reid-Benta. Congratulations to these writers on their big success for their short works! --------------- FIRST PLACE: Definitions of Non-Fish, by Shaheen Virk...
Drumroll, please! We are thrilled to announce the winners of our 2024 Poetry Contest. A huge congratulations to the following three poets whose works were handpicked by esteemed judge, Rafeef Ziadah. Enough waiting: here are the three winners! -------------- FIRST...
“The Air Itself is One Vast Library” is the Third Place Winner of Room’s 2024 Poetry Contest, as judged by Rafeef Ziadah. You can find the full list of winners, and what Rafeef had to say about each winning piece, here. THE AIR ITSELF IS ONE VAST LIBRARY ...on...
We’re just as excited as you are: the 2024 Short Forms Contest Shortlist is here! A big thank you to our esteemed judge, Zalika Reid-Benta, for her time, effort, and careful consideration of submissions. Congrats to these writers! — Room Magazine’s 2024 Short Forms...
We are so excited to announce the longlist for our 2024 Short Forms Contest! A big thank you to our Room collective members for carefully selecting this longlist, and a big congratulations to these talented writers. — Room Magazine’s 2024 Short Forms Contest Longlist...
It’s finally here! Congrats to the following poets whose works were shortlisted by our judge, Rafeef Ziadah, for our 2024 Poetry Contest! ----- Room Magazine’s 2024 Poetry Contest Shortlist Processions of the Small, by Heather Simeney MacLeod daughters of palestine’s...
Photo credit: Rogene Reid Zalika Reid-Benta’s debut novel, River Mumma, has been lauded as one of 2023’s best fiction books on a variety of platforms, including CBC Books, Indigo Books, Kobo Books and The Walrus.It was also the October 2023 pick for the CityLine book...
We are thrilled to bring you the results of this year’s Creative Non-Fiction Contest, judged by Angela Sterritt. The wait is over: here are this year’s winners! —- FIRST PLACE: Handful of Her Ashes for the Potter, by Judith Newcomb Stiles Judith Newcomb Stiles Stiles...
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