Write With Inspiration From Art!
Write your way to Scugog Arts Excellence through fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction, all inspired by the diverse works from our 2025 Juried Art Show!
Open for Entries: Oct 1, 2025 – Jan 31, 2026
Submit Entries @ https://scugogarts.ca/writing-contest/literary-contest/
WORKS FOR INSPIRATION (see artworks below)
The Unspoken by Kirsten Latimer
Hello from the other side by Jennifer Burrows
Been a Good Day by Delvea Tuff
Shared Sky, Shared Earth by Kate Greenway
Youth 15-21
General 22+
How it works:
- Pick from the selection of four artworks shown in the Scugog Arts 2025 Annual Juried Show to use as inspiration
- Both adults and youth may enter poetry (max 40 lines) or fiction stories (max 2,500 words)
- Pay one entry fee of $20 (General) or $10 (Youth) and enter up to three written pieces
- Fill out the form at scugogarts.ca/call-for-entries pay the entry fee with your submission(s)
PRIZES
1st Prize Poetry (Adult) $100
1st Prize Poetry (Youth) $75
1st Prize Prose (Adult) $100
1st Prize Prose (Youth) $75
The Unspoken
by Kirsten Latimer
Hello from the other side
by Jennifer Burrows
Been a Good Day
By Delvea Tuff
Shared Sky, Shared Earth
by Kate Greenway