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30 Oct

Briarpatch launches writing contest

<p>Briarpatch is pleased to announce our first annual creative writing contest! We are now accepting submissions of original, unpublished writing in the categories of short fiction and creative non-fiction (memoir, personal essay, literary journalism). With award-winning author Lee Maracle as our judge and $600 in cash prizes to give away, this opportunity is not to be missed! The deadline for entry is December 1, 2011. For full contest details check out <a href="http://briarpatchmagazine.com/">briarpatchmagazine.com</a></p>

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4 Oct

A new fellowship for foreign reporting

<p>It's a unique opportunity for any Canadian journalist or graduate student who wants to pursue a significant foreign story and needs the money to do it.</p>

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29 Sep

COPA nominees announced

<p>The second and final set of finalists in the 2011 Canadian Online Publishing Awards has been announced. The leaders in this round include <em>Cyberpresse</em> (seven nominations), <em>Edmonton Journal</em> and <em>Toronto Star</em> (six nominations each) in the newspaper division, while <em>Fashion </em>and<em> Truck News</em> (three nominations each) lead the magazine categories. Online-only title <em>Toronto Standard</em> takes four nominations in this round.</p>

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19 Jul

One month left to apply for Peter Gzowski Life Literacy Fellowship

<p>Journalists have one month left to apply for the Peter Gzowski Life Literacy Fellowship, which grants reporters $3,000 to research and develop a story on adult literacy in Canada. Last year's winner was Susan Quinlan of the <em>Prairie Post West Newspaper,</em> who wrote about the growing Low German Mennonite community in southern Alberta, and its struggles to access literacy courses. Check out the <a href="http://abclifeliteracy.ca/peter-gzowski-life-literacy-fellowship">ABC Life Literacy Canada website</a> to read her story and for more information on the fellowship.</p>

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27 Jun

RTNDA Award winners announced

The Canadian Association of Electronic Journalists, RTNDA Canada, announced its award winners June 25 in Halifax. The awards honour top news stories and programming in Canadian radio and TV. Regional […]

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22 Jun

CBC wins big at international radio awards in NYC

CBC Radio won 26 awards at the 2011 New York Festivals Radio Program and Promotion Awards, which recognizes the world’s best radio programs. Included in the record-number of awards: a […]

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21 Jun

The skinny on the Micheners

The winner of the 2010 Michener Award will be announced tonight. But what is the history behind Canada’s most prestigious journalism award for public service journalism? What news organization has […]

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20 Jun

Toronto Sun columnist honoured by Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame

Longtime Toronto Sun baseball columnist Bob Elliott — also known as Whispering Bob — has been honoured with the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s Jack Graney Award, presented to media […]

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20 Jun

WMA winners announced

Winners of the 2011 Western Magazine Awards were announced Friday in Vancouver. Swerve magazine was the biggest winner of the night, taking home Western Canada magazine of the year, as […]

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14 Jun

Toronto Star wins second consecutive CJF Excellence Award

Cited for its “dogged pursuit of issue-based stories,” the Toronto Star won the Excellence in Journalism Award (large media category) for the second year in a row at the Canadian […]

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