The Leacock Medal

Check out our current Grand Chief of Mariposa, Drew Hayden Taylor at the virtual Third Age Learning Lakehead’s lecture series, starting March 24th!

It's that time of year again! You can now renew your Leacock membership for the coming year! Our membership year runs from April 1 to March 31 of the following year. When you renew now, your membership will be paid up until March 31, 2022. Click the link below to start... https://leacock.ca/renew.php You may pay using a credit or debit card, or by sending us a cheque. Membership costs a mere $10 per person per year. Last year, we introduced Life Memberships for $100 (single person) or $200 (dual membership).

Thanks for the follow @adamthibault! Not every day that we get followed by a former Grey Cup Champ!

We are unfortunately cancelling the gala weekend again this summer because of COVID. Finalists and a winner will still be announced. Not to worry though! When we are back in the full swing of things: the return Gala will be a big one!!!

Get those submissions in! https://www.orilliamatters.com//attention-students-funny-s

Get those submissions in for the 2021 Leacock Student Humorous Short Story Competition! (https://www.leacock.ca/studentaward.php) FIRST PRIZE $1,000 SECOND PRIZE $700 THIRD PRIZE $300... Important Dates After a hiatus of two years, the Student Award Competition is being reinstated again in 2021. April 14, 2021: Deadline for submissions. May 14, 2021: Announcement of winners June 4, 2021: Winners will read their works at the Meet the Authors evening, and will receive their awards.

LAST CALL for the Leacock Medal for Humour submissions (Dec 31st deadline). Top prize is $15,000 so it's worth getting those submissions in! More info below: https://www.leacock.ca/medalaward.php

For just $10, why not become a member of the Leacock Associates Medal for Humour? (CLICK BELOW)

REMINDER - Call for Submissions for the 2021 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour The prestigious Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, accompanied by a $15,000 prize, is awarded annually for the best book of literary humour written by a Canadian and published in the preceding year. The award has attained an international reputation and is the only one of its kind for Canadian humour writing. It has been awarded since 1947, and, as such, is one of the oldest literary awards in Canad...a. The winning author receives the medal and a cash prize of $15,000, and the two runners-up each receive a cash prize of $3,000. Thursday, December 31, 2020: The deadline for submissions for the 2020 award and prizes. Rules for entry are given below. https://leacock.ca/medalaward.php

Lest we forget.

To an amazing President and Board Member: thanks so much @nwtay for your time with us!

To an amazing President and Board Member: Thanks so much Nathan for your time with us!

Thanks so much to the Glasswater Foundation for the incredibly generous donation! https://www.orilliamatters.com//generous-grant-will-keep-l