In promoting the 2010 CBC Literary Awards, our aim is to reach as many writers of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction (more below) as we can. Please feel free to forward this email on to your writers.

Creative Nonfiction is a category that includes memoir, biography, humour writing, essay (including personal essay), travel writing, and feature articles. While the events must be real and the facts true, creative nonfiction conveys your message through the use of literary techniques such as characterization, plot, setting, dialogue, narrative, and personal reflection. In works of creative nonfiction, the writer’s voice and opinion are evident. The work should be accessible to a general reading audience (i.e., not written for a specialized or academic audience).

Some info in brief:
- Categories are Fiction (2000 to 2500 words), Nonfiction (2000 to 2500), and Poetry (1000 to 2000).
- Submission must not have been previously published.
- Deadline is November 1, 2010.
- Open to Canadian citizens only.
- First prize for each category is $6000.00.
- Second prize in each category is $4000.00.
- Cost per submission is $25.00.
- See the link below for more info and to submit your work and pay online.

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/literaryawards/about/

Thank you very much!
Regards,
The CBC Lit Awards Team