The Writers’ Union of Canada has announced the finalists for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, an annual prize that recognizes the best debut English-language collection for short fiction by a Canadian author. The winner, who receives $10,000, will be announced at TWUC’s OnWords Conference on May 31.

The finalists are:

• Théodora Armstrong, Clear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility (House of Anansi)
• Lisa Bird-Wilson, Just Pretending (Coteau Books)
• Astrid Blodgett, You Haven’t Changed a Bit (University of Alberta Press)
• Paul Carlucci, The Secret Life of Fission (Oberon Press)
• Eufemia Fantetti, A Recipe for Disaster & Other Unlikely Tales of Love (Mother Tongue Publishing)

A jury comprising authors Candas Jane Dorsey, Russell Wangersky, and Ian Williams selected the five collections from 28 submissions.