Announcements

FreeFall Magazine is proud to announce the winners of the 2019 Prose and Poetry Contest. The contest is open annually until April 30th, with $1700 in prizes to be won by Canadian writers, as well as publication in our Fall issue. This year’s contest was judged by acclaimed Canadian poet and author, Gary Barwin.  …

Prose The Thief, the Crier, and those Damned Dark AgesPhoebe’s Five-Finger RevoltFluidBy the NumbersRoll, Pitch, and YawBloomsConservationGloriaThe Canary’s CallingThree BucksA Tea Party for NomiBarred with WhiteThe Voynich Manuscript Poetry Arc Welding and the Sorcery of Premonition in Beijing, 1989 Tiananmen Square RevisitedWhat I Need is Another Hole in the HeadQuestions for David in the Presence…

The FreeFall Annual Prose and Poetry Contest is open until April 30th, 2020. $1700 in prizes to be won plus publication in the Fall issue. For details and to enter, see the link https://freefallmagazine.ca/contest.html 1st Prize (Poetry and Fiction) $500 Sponsored by Frontenac House and AWCS 2nd Prize (Poetry and Fiction) $250. Sponsored by Freehand Books 3rd Prize (Poetry and Fiction) $75.00…

FreeFall is revitalizing our blog! Stay tuned for more review, interviews, and other intriguing content to stir your imagination and intrigue the mind.  To start the re-launch of the blog, here are the 2018 contest winners! Prose 1st Place: Wayne Yetman for “Cuidado” 2nd Place: Sile Englert for “Selvedge” 3rd Place: Travis Oltmann for “Veneration” Poetry 1st Place: Bruce Meyer for “To the Manor…

Come join us for the launch of the contest issue. May 26th, 2016 at Shelf Life Books 7:00 pm Readers: Ron Ostrander, Sarah Butson, Cassy Welburn, Cara Violini and Anna Brooks

FreeFall would like to congratulate our consulting editor Micheline Maylor, who has been appointed Calgary’s 2016-2018 Poet Laureate and the Artist in Residence at the Calgary Public Library!

Our 26.2 contest issue winners have been announced! Our guest judge this year, Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke has chosen the following poetry and prose pieces: Prose 1st Place: “The Dong” by Sarah Butson 2nd Place: “Penny Blossom” by Anna Brooks 3rd Place: “Day of the Dead” by Cassy Welburn Poetry 1st Place: “Daydreaming Tricia”…

And the Chapbook contest winner is… Nanci Lee for Preparation.  Congratulations Nanci! Preparation will be sent out with select issues of FreeFall 26-2 2015 Contest Short List 2015 Prose Short List: Welcome to Khyber Agency Mnemosyne Run Trust Me The Embrace Penny Blossom The Dong Day of the Dead 2015 Poetry Short List: Finlandia Daydreaming Tricia Rhinocentric…

John Vigna announced the winners of the 2014 Annual FreeFall Prose and Poetry Contest: Prose: Paul-André Betito Joy J. Henry … Kim McCullough Poetry: Michael Fraser Bruce Meyer Amber Moore Congratulations to everyone who made the shortlist. Check out our issue in May to have a gander at John’s comments.

2014 Poetry Short List Prose Short List Commerce This Story was on the TV News Spider Canada’s Breakup Guide You Chubby Assassin Let Nothing Ye Dismay But By God You Knew it Was There Nicky Nicky Nine Door The Come Crying Eggshells and Painted Ladies Poetry Short List The Way it Ends Up Non-fiction Old…

For Immediate Release Contact: Heather Wood, tightropeasst@gmail.com, Jim Nason, jimnason@sympatico.ca Poet and Fiction Writer Jim Nason Purchases Tightrope Books (Toronto, September 17, 2014) Tightrope Books, the independent Canadian publisher of poetry, young adult, and adult fiction has been sold to one of its most distinguished authors, Jim Nason. Nason becomes Publisher of Tightrope Books immediately,…

Congratulations to J.D Mersault. Our newest intern recently had his (non)fiction piece: “The Prince Returns: In Defense of Lawrence Durrell” published by The American Reader. http://theamericanreader.com/the-prince-returns/ Well Done, J.D. J.D. Mersault is a writer and visual artist from Canada. His art theory and review has been published by the Art Gallery of Alberta, and The…

Did you know that our 25th anniversary contest issue is coming up? Submit for the chance to be monumentalized in FreeFall lore. Plus, it’s a superb chance to have the wonderful John Vigna review your work. John Vigna is a graduate of the MFA creative writing program at UBC and alumni of the Iowa Writers’…

Be the first to read Joan Shillington’s Folding the Wilderness Within. We will be posting a brand new interview with Joan. Stay posted.

The City of Calgary Announces Short List for W.O. Mitchell Book Prize The City of Calgary, the Writers Guild of Alberta and the 17th Ave Retail Entertainment District are pleased to announce the short list authors for The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize, one of 17 awards presented as part of The Calgary…

Congrats to Micheline Maylor, Whirr & Click, shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award and to Juleta Severson-Baker, Incarnate, shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. In celebration of this honour we felt we could share some of our favourite reviews of these two wonderful books. Juleta Micheline

2013 Poetry Short List A Kindness of Bees About the Snow Queen After the Stroke The Changeling Coming Out E-Sport coming to an arena nearby Historia est vitae magistra (History is the Tutor of Life) The King of Stonehenge Nameless Creek On Hearing Sex in the Neighbouring Hotel Room Puzzle Re-Reading My Mother’s Chinese Star…

One of FreeFall’s poetry editors, Joan Shillington, recently had her poem, “The Carcass” published in the current issue of The Fiddlehead. Keep your eyes peeled for her new book, Folding the Wilderness Within. Head over to her webpage, http://www.joanshillington.com/ to find out more about this exquisite writer.

Write a story in 500 words or less about what happened on Friday September 13th, 2013 at one of the 13th Avenue and 13th Street intersections in the photos. Then enter our Flash Fiction Contest – entry fee $13.00. First Prize $130.00 There are four photos showing the four possible locations of a 13th and…

Congratulations to, Pamela Porter and John Wall Barger, for making the Raymond Souster Award short list.

We are pleased to announce Winners of the FreeFall Prose and Poetry contest! POETRY 1st Place: blue and white pottery by Ulrike Narwani 2nd Place: Bioluminescent Bay by Laboni Islam 3rd Place: At 15 by dee Hobsbawn-Smith Honourable Mention: Marguerite by Juleta Severson-Baker PROSE 1st Place: The Scream by Chase Baird 2nd Place: Hanging Clothes…

Do you have an outstanding black and white photo? Why not submit it to FreeFall for consideration as a future cover. Submission guidelines at FreeFall

Annual Submission Deadlines: April 30th – Fall Open Issue – Issue released in Sept. – email submissions only August 31st – Winter Open Issue – Issue released in Jan. – email submissions only December 31st – Annual Prose and Poetry Contest Issue – Issue released in May – electronic or paper entries HOW TO SUBMIT…

Poetry short List Titles Our Black Dog Who Disappeared They called him ‘Wing’ Once, in a story One Morning First Frost After Sappho (Fragment 130) Cinema Verité Shooting Rats South Saskatchewan Overcast 100 Words Incessant Hum In My Mother’s Kitchen The Fifties A The Bee Master’s Stag Sunday’s Child Best Wishes Dark Night, solo Rock…

You can vote once per hour. Deathmatch Winner 2012: Heart String by Chase Baird