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ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
DISTRICT "A"
“ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION – HONOURING OUR VETERANS IS OUR DUTY”
2025 SENIORS WINNERS Literary Contest Winner of the Memoir Category. Was a tie
SENIORS 55+ LITERARY COMPETITION
WRITE A POEM, ESSAY, MEMOIR, SHORT STORY
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS ONLY – NO HARD COPIES ACCEPTED
1. Open to all seniors aged 55+
2. Must complete and attach official registration form
3. Must be original, written by the contestant and be unpublished
4. Must be submitted in English or French
5. Must not exceed the line or word limits specified
6. Must be ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION. Name on application and title page only
7. Contestants may submit only one entry in any / each category
8. Submission must include a cover page stating the title, author's name, and entry word count —if a family member or volunteer types the entry, please indicate in body of email9. Biographies that are submitted must include written consent of the subject, if living
Entry forms are available upon request.
EMAIL mr70@live.ca and submit entry with entry form to the above clearly marked email
SENIORS LITERARY COMPETITION.
CERTIFICATES WILL BE AWARDED TO ALL ENTRANTS IN EACH CATEGORY
Winner of each category will be featured on our District A Website
POETRY — maximum 32 lines
SHORT STORY - word count maximum 4,000
ESSAY — word count maximum 1,000
MEMOIR — includes biographies, autobiographies, and travel writing — word count max. 5000
• If the judges deem an entry is in the wrong category, the entry will be judged in the new category