(December 23, 2024)
The 2024 Winter E-Zine is here, and it’s a testament to the incredible talent within the WritersNL community! This year’s edition brings you fresh, original content that captures the magic of the season, from heartfelt stories of nostalgia to vivid tales that warm the soul.
We’re proud to showcase the work of our members, who poured their creativity into every word. A special congratulations to our contest winners and runners-up—your voices shine brightly in this collection!
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll find:
Runner-Up: “The Light of Christmas” by Sheldon S. Crocker
Runner-Up: “Joyful Noise” by Nicole Little
3rd Place: “One Carol Away from Home” by Inioluwa Akinleye
2nd Place: “The Old Wool Socks” by Lisa McCreary
1st Place: “More Lights than Boughs” by Hilary Cooper
These stories are a celebration of tradition, family, and the spirit of the holidays, offering something for everyone to enjoy.
We hope you love this year’s Winter E-Zine as much as we loved putting it together. Let’s celebrate the voices that make our community so special.
Have a wonderful holiday season and a bright new year ahead!
(November 26, 2024)
Celebrate Winter Traditions with a writing contest from WritersNL!
We’re marking the holidays by toasting to our local authors! To celebrate the busy holiday season, with Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, the New Year, and more, we want to read YOUR stories about what brightens your spirits during the long, dark winter season.
Our 2024 theme is open to many interpretations: holidays, winter, family traditions and celebrations, and more. Fiction, non-fiction, prose, poetry – all formats are welcome for submission.
The top submissions will be compiled into a holiday/winter-themed e-zine, to be distributed electronically to WritersNL’s membership base – now boasting 500 members… That’s 1,000 eyes reading your work.
Click here to view last year’s Winter E-Zine to get an idea!
In this E-Zine, WritersNL will print five stories, with prizes for the top submissions:
🥇 1st Place: $250
🥈 2nd Place: $200
🥉 3rd Place: $150
🏅 Our two runners-up will receive $50 each.
Contest Details:
– Contest is open to WritersNL Members only.
– Limited to one entry per person.
– Entries, regardless of format, can be a maximum of 500 words.
– Poets can submit more than one poem, up to 500 words.
– Winter E-Zine 2023 winners are ineligible for entry.
– All identifying markers will be removed from entries, to be submitted to a jury who will select the top readings.
Submit your stories as a .doc file or pdf to info@writersnl.ca, using the subject line “Winter E-Zine.”
Deadline for entries: 5 p.m. on December 13, 2024.
The e-zine will be released digitally on Saturday, December 23rd, 2024!