{"id":9892,"date":"2017-09-20T16:10:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T20:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/?p=9892"},"modified":"2017-09-20T16:10:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T20:10:15","slug":"contest-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/contest-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Contest Roundup!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To make it even easier than checking our <a href=\"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/ongoing-initiatives\/festival-prize-packs\/\"><strong>Festival Contests<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0page, which already gives you a great view of \u00a0most of the contests we&#8217;re running, we&#8217;re also putting together a list of the contests we&#8217;re running and some of our partners are running. You&#8217;ll need to act fast on these because the deadlines are coming up very quick!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Click on the contest name to be taken to the contest page to learn how to enter and the contest rules.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Pre-Festival Contests<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/ongoing-initiatives\/festival-prize-packs\/\"><strong>Teen Spirit Prize Bonanza<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline:\u00a0<\/strong>Thursday, September 21, 5:00pm<br \/>\n<strong>Prize:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>To Look A Nazi in the Eye\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Kathy Kacer, with Jordana Leibowitz<\/li>\n<li><em>Caterpillars Can&#8217;t Swim\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Liane Shaw<\/li>\n<li><em>On the Spectrum\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Jennifer Gold<\/li>\n<li><em>The Valiant\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Lesley Livingston<\/li>\n<li><em>Girl Mans Up\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0M-E Girard<\/li>\n<li><em>The Agony of Bun O&#8217;Keefe\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Heather T. Smith<\/li>\n<li><em>Saints and Misfits\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0S.K. Ali<\/li>\n<li><em>Everything Beautiful is not Ruined\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Danielle Younge-Ullman<\/li>\n<li><em>Fate of Flames\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Sarah Raughley<\/li>\n<li><em>Escape From Syria\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Samya Kullab<\/li>\n<li>An issue of\u00a0\u00a0<em>Geist<\/em>\u00a0105<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/toronto-book-awards-2017-i-hear-shes-a-real-bitch\/\"><strong>Toronto Book Awards 2017:\u00a0<em>I Hear She&#8217;s a Real Bitch<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline:\u00a0<\/strong>Thursday, September 21, 5:00pm<br \/>\n<strong>Prize:\u00a0<\/strong>Signed copy of Jen Agg&#8217;s\u00a0<em>I Hear She&#8217;s a Real Bitch<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/open-book.ca\/News\/Final-Contest-with-The-Word-on-the-Street-Something-for-Everyone\"><strong>Open Book&#8217;s A Book For Everyone Contest<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline:\u00a0<\/strong>Friday, September 22, 12:00pm<br \/>\n<strong>Prize:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Everyone&#8217;s a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too<\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0<b>Jonathan Sun<\/b><\/li>\n<li><i>The Lotterys Plus One<\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0<b>Emma Donoghue<\/b><\/li>\n<li><i>Deer Life<\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0<b>Ron Sexsmith<\/b><\/li>\n<li><i>Baseball Life Advice<\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0<b>Stacey May Fowles<\/b><\/li>\n<li><i>Just Cool It!<\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0<b>David Suzuki<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Ian Hanington<\/b><\/li>\n<li><i>Akilak&#8217;s Adventure<\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0<b>Deborah Kigjukalik Webster<\/b><\/li>\n<li><i>True Confessions from the Ninth Concession<\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0<b>Dan Needles<\/b><\/li>\n<li>A copy of literary magazine\u00a0<i>GEIST<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/ongoing-initiatives\/festival-prize-packs\/\"><strong>Kids are Readers, too!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline:\u00a0<\/strong>Friday, September 22, 5:00pm<br \/>\n<strong>Prize:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Winnowing\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Vikki Vansickle<\/li>\n<li><em>Les dragouilles en vacances\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Maxim Cyr &amp; Karine Gottot<\/li>\n<li><em>The Lotterys Plus One\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Emma Donoghue, illustrated by Caroline Hadilaksono<\/li>\n<li><em>Akilak&#8217;s Adventure\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Deborah Kigjugalik Webster<\/li>\n<li><em>The Owl and the Lemming\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Roselynn Akulukjuk<\/li>\n<li><em>A Bedtime Yarn\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Nicola Winstanley<\/li>\n<li><em>Jump, Leap, Count Sheep!\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Geraldo Val\u00e9rio<\/li>\n<li><em>Ma branche pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9e\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Mireille Messier<\/li>\n<li><em>Louis parmi les spectres\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Fanny Britt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/ongoing-initiatives\/festival-prize-packs\/\"><strong>WOTS in a Life?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline:\u00a0<\/strong>Friday, September 22, 5:00pm<br \/>\n<strong>Prize:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Fairly Equal: Lawyering the Feminist Revolution\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Linda Silver Dranoff<\/li>\n<li><em>Bad Engine\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Michael Dennis<\/li>\n<li><em>Searching for Petronius Totem\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Peter Unwin<\/li>\n<li><em>Mitzi Bytes\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Kerry Clare<\/li>\n<li><em>Love and Laughter in the Time of Chemotherapy\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Manjusha Pawagi<\/li>\n<li><em>Deep Salt Water\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Marianne Apostolides<\/li>\n<li><em>A Brief History of Oversharing\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Shawn Hitchins<\/li>\n<li><em>Two-Man Tent\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Robert Chafe<\/li>\n<li><em>Glass Beads\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Dawn Dumont<\/li>\n<li><em>True Confessions from the Ninth Concession\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Dan Needles<\/li>\n<li>An issue of\u00a0<em>Geist<\/em>\u00a0magazine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/toronto-book-awards-2017-any-other-way\/\"><strong>Toronto Book Awards 2017:\u00a0<em>Any Other Way<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline:\u00a0<\/strong>Friday, September 22, 5:00pm<br \/>\n<strong>Prize:\u00a0<\/strong>A copy of\u00a0<em>Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer<\/em> signed by the editors<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wonderlist.ca\/WOTS2017\/\"><strong>Toronto Star&#8217;s Wonderlist<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline: <\/strong>Monday,\u00a0September 25, 9:00am<br \/>\n<strong>Prize:\u00a0<\/strong>A festival library of The Word On The Street, worth close to $2,000.00<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Contests at the Festival<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewordonthestreet.ca\/toronto\/ongoing-initiatives\/spoken-word-showcase\/\"><strong>Francophone Slam<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline:\u00a0<\/strong>You can sign up at the festival or by emailing programming@thewordonthestreet.ca<br \/>\n<strong>Prize:\u00a0<\/strong>Book prize pack and a Kindle Voyage from Amazon.ca.<\/p>\n<p>Kindle Voyage features a high-resolution, high contrast display, an adaptive front light and page turns with Page Press buttons. 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