Canadian Living offers internships, publication and cash for journalism prize

Canadian Living magazine is launching a competition for Canadian journalism students to earn cash prizes, publication in Canadian Living and on CanadianLiving.com, and to secure a 12-week editorial internship with the magazine in Toronto.

The Canadian Living Journalism Prize is open to current, full-time journalism students at a Canadian college or university. Applicants are asked to submit a completed application package and to make a pitch for a "perfect Canadian Living feature story".

The two, 12-week internships (May 25, 2010 to August 13, 2010) are themselves unpaid, but the two grand prize winners are awarded $1,500 as well as being published. Two second prize winners will receive $500 and be published. Two third prize winners will receive a $200 prize and be published.

The magazine says that it is proud that a number of former interns are now staffers.

Far from being underused coffee-getters, Canadian Living interns actively participate in the research and writing process and gain valuable experience working in a busy editorial environment. The winners of the Canadian Living Journalism Prize, who are awarded the 12-week internship, will receive the opportunity to research, write and fact-check stories, and will be encouraged to pitch their own story ideas. Interns will also have the chance to research, edit and produce content for CanadianLiving.com.