Be Provocative. Write Now.
W49 Magazine features the very best creative nonfiction, short stories and poetry submitted to the annual Langara College Writing Contest by current and former Langara students. All winning entries are published in the magazine along with a wide range of "honourable mentions."
W49 Magazine is edited and administered by the Department of English.
Read the latest PDF issue here: Volume 23 (link coming soon!)
The Langara Writing Contest is now OPEN. The deadline is April 21, 2024.
The contest is open to all Langara students, past and present. Students may submit entries in any or all of the following three genres. The deadline for submissions for our next issue is TBA. Two prizes ($100 for 1st place and $50 for 2nd place) will be awarded for each genre:
- poetry
- short fiction/graphic short fiction
- creative non-fiction/commentary
In addition to the prize-winners, many of the deserving entries will be published in W49 Magazine, which will be released in the fall of each year, and which will be available at the Langara Bookstore. Back-issues of W49 are available as free PDFs in the sidebar to the right.
Submission Guidelines:
A single entry may include up to 5 poems, or one short story, or one creative non-fiction work not longer than 2,000 words. To submit an entry please fill out the form here.
Check back for this year's winners.
Questions? Contact gwilkinson@langara.ca
2023 Winners
Congratulations to the Winners of the Langara Writing Contest. Many thanks to all who submitted!
Fiction
- 1st place: Apsara Coeffic-Neou - "A String of Hearts"
- 2nd place: Lucas Hames Shiguehara - "Winter Snow, Spring Flowers"
- 3rd place: Tristan Loncar - "Intoxication"
- Honourable Mentions:
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Zander Macdougall - "Into the Realm of Light"
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Joseph Lazaro - "A Modest Dinner"
- Eugene Lee - "The Morning After"
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Creative Non-Fiction
- 1st place: William Joseph Noftall - "When a Seed is Planted"
- 2nd place: Athena Berting - "Mother Tongue"
- 3rd place: Malique Nichols-Rodriguez - "Doomscrolling"
- Honourable Mentions:
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Belinda Li - "Side Effects"
- Bryan Ngo - "Renge was there"
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Poetry
- 1st place: Athena Berting - "Hiking up Soames"
- 2nd place: Sophia Ludwig - "The Potter"
- 3rd place (tie): Jiwoo Ho - "What Colour is a Broken Bee" & Charlene Chan - "Memorial Service"
- Honourable Mentions:
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Athena Berting - "Mother Phantasm"
- Alex Kreuzkamp - "Epilogue"
- Jiwoo Ho - "A Midnight Snack"
- Charlene Chan - "Mildew Mornings"
- Tristan Loncar - "In Pictures"
- Lucas Hames Shiguehara - "Floating World: A Haiku"
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