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Lexical Creativity Contest (Concours de créativité lexicale), 8th edition 2026-27

Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) · Canada

No foreign travel required

A Quebec contest in which secondary-school French classes invent new French words (neologisms) for concepts currently known by English names.

Grade
Secondary III–V
Same as Grades 9–11 in the US
Age
Not published
School attendance
Quebec
Entry
Open application
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Run by the Office québécois de la langue française, the contest asks classes to create neologisms for four concepts chosen by the Office, or for a concept of their own choice. Classes can win prizes, and some words from earlier editions, such as "instavidéaste", have entered major French dictionaries.

Topics

HumanitiesArtsFrench languageNeologismsQuebecClassroom contestCreative writing
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