CommuterLit has four writing contests per year. Simultaneous submissions, submissions of reprints (stories or poems previously published in print or online) and multiple submissions 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
Valentines Week 2025 — Love Stories (max. word count of 2,500). Submission window: Jan. 13-27, 2025. Winning entries will appear on CommuterLit the week of Feb. 10-14, 2025.
Poetry Week 2025 — Poem or series of poems (max. word count 1000). Submission window: April 7 – 28, 2025. Winning entries will be posted the week of May 12-16, 2025.
Flash Fiction Week 2025 — Flash Fiction stories (max. word count 500). Submission window: May 19 – June 9, 2025. Winners will be posted on CommuterLit the week of June 23-27, 2024.
Halloween Week 2024 — Congratulations to the winners:
FIRST-PLACE
Tired of your old life? “Vultures” by Julia McCoy
SECOND-PLACE
Do you hear that? “Coffin Bell” by Erica Berquist
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
Have you ever wanted something so badly? “No Trade Backs” by Eric Allec
What’s in the water? “Thirteen Feet Deep” by Travis Walter
Alone in the woods in the dark. “The Night I Met Little Ottie” by Jeremy Homesley