Valentines Week 2026 — SUBMISSION WINDOW OPEN! We are looking for romantic love stories (happy, sad or somewhere in between) with a maximum word count of 2500 words. Please do not submit poetry to this contest.
Submission window: Jan. 12-26, 2026. Winning entries will appear on CommuterLit the week of Feb. 9-13, 2026. Simultaneous submissions, submissions of reprints (stories previously published in print or online) and multiple submissions (please one story per submission) are welcome.
The top five submissions in each contest are posted on CommuterLit and receive cash prizes:
First-place: CA$100
Second-place: CA$50
(3) Honourable Mentions: CA$25
Entry fee: CA$4
Submit your entry
Short week next week
CL editor Nancy Kay Clark has to take a personal day on Monday, Jan. 19. So next week’s newsletter and week of postings will start on Tuesday, Jan. 20.
