Grain's Seedling Prize

1. The fee for Canadian entrants is $30 (includes GST) for a maximum of three pages (8.5"x11" pages, 12 pt. font, or 2500 words max). 
   
   Early-bird Deadline: May 15. Submit an extra entry (maximum of three pages) at no additional costs. 
    
2. The fee for US and international entrants is $30, payable in US or Canadian funds.
   
   *Please make your cheque or money order payable to the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild (SWG). You may also pay online via Stripe (see below). If payment is from a name other than that which is on your submission, please let us know. Every entrant receives a one-year (four-issue) digital subscription to Grain Magazine, starting after payment is received.
    
3. Each entry must be original, unpublished, not submitted or accepted elsewhere for publication or broadcast, nor entered simultaneously in any other contest or competition. Work that has appeared online is considered published and is not eligible.
    
4. All entries in this contest will be judged anonymously, on merit alone. The judges' decisions are final. Judging is anonymous. Do not print, type, or write your name on the text pages of your entry.
    
5. Entries must be accompanied by one cover page, regardless of the number of entries submitted, and must provide the following information. If you are submitting via email, include this information in the body of your email.
   • Your name, complete mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
   • Title of your entry or entries.
   • Genre
   • Method of Payment (if submitting by email).
      
6. Entries must be printable on 8 1/2 x 11-inch pages and must be sent as individual files if emailed.
    
7. Names of the winners and titles of the winning entries will be posted on the Grain website and on social media in December. Contest winners will be notified directly by email.
    
8. MAIL: Send your entry or entries to

Grain Seedling Prize
PO Box 3986
Regina, SK  S4P 3R9
Canada

Mailed entries will not be returned. Keep a copy of your entry.

9. EMAIL: Send your entry or entries as individual files to grainmag@skwriter.com with a subject line that contains the author’s full name, contest name, and payment method (cheque, money order, or Stripe). EXAMPLE: Jane Doe, Seedling Prize, Cheque OR John Smith, Seedling Prize, Stripe. 
   *REMEMBER: Judging is anonymous. Do not put your name on your entry. 
   *Acceptable file formats are Word (.doc or .docx) or PDF.
    
10. All entries must be POSTMARKED or EMAILED by the deadline. Entries postmarked or received by email after this date will not be accepted.
     
11. Entries by fax will not be accepted.

You may enter as many times as you like, provided you include another entry fee for each entry beyond the first; therefore, two Canadian entries would cost $60.

No. If you are sending more than one piece per submission, send only one cover page that includes all the information for every piece of writing you are entering up to three pages. [Example, a one-page piece could be mostly visual and another two-page piece mostly text]. Don't forget to include your complete contact information!

Your Grain subscription will be increased by four issues for each entry fee received beyond the first. So, if you enter twice, you will receive a two-year (eight-issue) subscription to Grain Magazine. If you already have a subscription to Grain, we'll simply add another four issues to your current subscription for each entry fee received. If you’d rather your additional entry fee go towards a subscription for someone else, please indicate this on your cover letter, and provide your friend’s name and mailing address.

No. Winners and the names of the winning pieces will be posted on our website and social media in December. Winners will be published in the Winter 2027 issue of Grain.

Because we are using a postmarked deadline, if the deadline falls on a day when the post offices are closed, we will accept entries postmarked on the next business day.

Selections for the Reader's Choice Prize will be posted on Grain's website. Readers will have one week to cast their votes for their favourite selection. The winner of the Reader's Choice Prize will be announced, along with the 1st and 2nd prize winners, in December and published in the Winter 2027 issue of Grain.