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Presenting Maisonneuve’s First Annual Genre Fiction Contest
January 25, 2012 This year’s theme: science fiction!
“La Sortie de l’opéra en l’an 2000” by Albert Robida.
Presenting: Maisonneuve’s first annual Genre Fiction Contest!
Starting now, Maisonneuve will run a literary contest every year, with the contest’s genre changing from year to year.
This year’s theme: science fiction.
(In future years, it could be fantasy, romance, noir—who knows! But it’s SF this year.)
Send us your finest original stories of the future, near-future, utopias, dystopias, aliens and the unknown limits of the universe!
Click here to read the complete contest rules and submit your work. Good luck!
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ISSUE 42 Winter 2011
online content:
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Our Tar-Sands Man in Washington
Gary Doer was hailed as one of Canada's greenest leaders. Then he became ambassador to the US—and started shilling for Alberta oil. [full text] -
Against the Memory Industry
Is the cult of remembrance holding us back? In an era of Google archives and tragedy tourism, we need to relearn how to forget. [full text] -
Someone Has to Save Us From This
The first-place story from the 2011 Quebec Writing Competition. [full text] -
Kingers
One of two second-place stories from the 2011 Quebec Writing Competition. [full text] -
A Photo Examination
One of two second-place stories from the 2011 Quebec Writing Competition. [full text]
also in this issue:
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Getting Plowed
In this exclusive investigative report from Montreal, Maisonneuve exposes the bid-rigging, violence and sabotage at the heart of an unlikely racket: snow removal. -
In the House of the Lord
The Jackson Avenue Housing Co-operative and the religious battle raging in one of Canada's poorest neighbourhoods. -
After Jack
Last May, Jack Layton led the NDP to the greatest victory in party history. Now that he's gone, will the party be able to maintain its momentum? - [see full issue contents]