The third fast-paced season of Canada Writes kicks off on January 30. Send us your best 200 words or less in one of 5 categories: ad, blog, movie pitch, song and (a new category) tweet. Two hundred is the maximum number of words for all but the Tweets, which must be 140 characters or less. You'll have from January 30 to March 1, 2010 (12 noon ET) to submit your entry online.
Try one or all of the categories. The more entries you send, the better your chances of making it to the shortlist!
We'll select 20 of the best entries, 10 from the West and North of the country and 10 from the East, and those shortlisted writers will be auditioned to play Canada Writes on GO! in April and May. If you've heard the games on the radio, you'll know that contestants get a maximum of one hour to write a variety of challenges - but they can get as little as one minute to craft a clever bit of writing before presenting it to three celebrity judges. (If you'd like to know what that experience is like, check out the blogs by last year's contestants.) Those who don't make it to the next round, drop through the infamous Trap Door!
Those who want to play the game from home will be able to participate too.
We'll post challenges on the Canada Writes website, and there will be an online winner! And, whether or not you make it to the live games, mark these dates on your calendar: The Western semi-finals take place on April 9 in Vancouver, the Eastern semi-finals are in Toronto this year on April 24, and the national finals are in Winnipeg on May 7.
First timer? Find out more about Canada Writes.