Annual Student Writing Competition
A country-wide challenge
Canadian medical students and residents are invited to submit reflective essays, poetry or short fiction that explore the intersection of mental health and the humanities to the Dalhousie Department of Psychiatry Annual Student Writing Contest. Each year, one entry in each category (medical student and postgraduate trainee) will be selected to receive a $100 cash prize. Winning entries will be published in the Department of Psychiatry newsletter, Headlines, and below.
Eligibility: Medical students, residents and fellows at Canadian medical schools.
Maximum word count: 2,000 words
Deadline: The deadline for 2019 is April 1. Winners will be announced May 1, 2019.
To ensure confidentiality is maintained, patients and anyone else described in essays, stories or poems must be fictional or composite characters (with the exception of the narrator him/herself). Please indicate in your email whether you are a medical student or a resident/fellow. Faculty from the Dalhousie Department of Psychiatry will act as judges.
Entries can be sent as Word or PDF attachments to the Department of Psychiatry Humanities Coordinator, Dr. Abraham Rudnick.
Full competition rules and regulations [PDF - 80KB]
2018 Winners
Medical Student Category:
- First Place: Asleigh Frayne, University of Calgary
Read Ashleigh's's winning entry, Countertransference [PDF - 271KB]
Postgraduate Trainee Category: (a tie)
- First Place: Harald Gjerde, Dalhousie University
Read Harald's winning entry, Le Fou Bonnet [PDF - 31KB] - First Place: Carolyn Reardon, University of Toronto
Read Carolyn's winning entry, The Bungalow [279KB]