The finalists for this year’s East Coast Literary Awards, highlighting the best writing by Atlantic authors in the categories of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, have been announced by the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia. Nominees are selected by peer groups of writers from the region. Recipients will be honoured at a ceremony at the Halifax Central Library on May 31.
Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award ($25,000)
- Darren Greer, Advocate (Cormorant Books)
- Ami McKay, The Witches of New York (Knopf Canada)
- Donna Morrissey, The Fortunate Brother (Viking)
J.M. Abraham Poetry Award ($2,000)
- Jennifer Houle, The Back Channels (Signature Editions)
- Margo Wheaton, The Unlit Path Behind the House (McGill-Queen’s University Press)
- Patrick Woodcock, You Can’t Bury Them All (ECW Press)
Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award ($2,000)
- Burnley “Rocky” Jones and James W. St. G. Walker, Burnley “Rocky” Jones: Revolutionary (Roseway Publishing)
- Jon Tattrie, Redemption Songs (Pottersfield Press)
- Erin Wunker, Notes from a Feminist Killjoy: Essays on Everyday Life (BookThug)