Last chance to submit to the CBC Creative Nonfiction Competition

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Friday, February 27th 2015 Stay Connected to Canada Writes   Welcome to the CBC Books and Canada Writes newsletter! THIS WEEK SUNDAY: DEADLINE TO SUBMIT You have until 11:59 p.m. ET on Sunday to submit your original, unpublished true story to the CBC Creative Nonfiction Competition. You could win prizes from the Canada Council for the Arts, enRoute magazine, and The Banff Centre. Read More EARLYBIRD INCENTIVE FOR YOUTH Our Shakespeare Selfie youth writing challenge returns this spring! Classes who sign up by March 15 will be entered into a draw for a video writers’ workshop with young adult author Kenneth Oppel. For grades 7-9 and 10-12. Read More CBC BOOKIE AWARDS: THE WINNERS Thank you to the thousands of readers who voted in this year's CBC Bookie Awards! Congratulations to the winning authors, whose books received the most votes in each category. Read More RECENT FEATURES Travel blogger La Carmina takes you to the dark side Helen Humphreys on dead spiders and undersung poets Andrew Pyper on happy-hour bribery and literary flirtations Alix Hawley: How I wrote All True Not a Lie in It Visit cbc.ca/canadawrites »