Happy New Year! Start 2019 with a big commitment to writing by entering our biennial Long Poem Prize contest. We're giving away two prizes of $1000; the winners will be published in our Summer 2019 issue, and interviewed for our website and e-newsletter.

We're also giving away a stellar book prize! All you have to do is submit to the contest, and you'll be automatically entered in a draw to win books of poetry from Canadian publishers:

Sit How You Want by Robin Richardson (Véhicule Press, 2018)

False Spring by Darren Bifford (Brick Books, 2018)

Infinite Gradation by Anne Michaels (House Sparrow Press, 2017)

East and West by Laura Ritland (Véhicule Press, 2018)

Listen Before Transmit by Dani Couture (Wolsak & Wynn, 2018)

Full Circle by Helen Fogwill Porter (Breakwater Books, 2018)

Ritual Lights by Joelle Barron (Goose Lane Editions, 2018)

Ekke by Klara du Plessis (Palimpsest Press, 2018)

The House of Charlemagne by Tim Lilburn (University of Regina Press, 2018)

Contest judges are Jordan Abel, Sonnet L'Abbé, and Gillian Sze. Read interviews with the judges and discover what they're looking for in a winning entry!

Entries cost $35 (Canada), $40 (US), $45 (international); all additional entries cost $15, no limit. All entries come with a new one-year subscription (or extension of existing subscription) to The Malahat Review.

Contest submission and payment details available here.