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Teva Harrison, Ann Y.K. Choi among Kobo Emerging Writer Prize finalists

Teva Harrison

Teva Harrison

Rakuten Kobo has released the shortlists for its 2017 Emerging Writer Prizes, offering $10,000 to a new author in each of three categories. Along with a cash prize, the three winners will receive promotional and marketing support.

The following finalists were selected based on Kobo e-reading data such as book completion rates, customer ratings, and reviews:

Non-Fiction, to be judged by author Ross King

Literary Fiction, to be judged by author Zoe Whittall

  • Ann Y.K. Choi, Kay’s Lucky Coin Variety (Touchstone/S&S Canada)
  • John Bart, Middenrammers (Freehand Books)
  • M-E Girard, Girl Mans Up (HarperCollins)
  • Lynne Kutsukake, The Translation of Love (Knopf Canada)
  • Eric Beck Rubin, School of Velocity (Doubleday Canada)
  • Heather Tucker, The Clay Girl (ECW Press)

Genre Fiction (Speculative Fiction)

  • Kade Cook, GREY (Theo & Quinn Creative Works)
  • Jean-Francois Dubeau, The Life Engineered (Inkshares)
  • Jay Hosking, Three Years with the Rat (Penguin)
  • Cynthea Masson, The Alchemists’ Council (ECW)
  • Barbara Radecki, The Darkhouse (Cormorant Books)
  • Dee Willson, A Keeper’s Truth (Driven Press)

The recipients will be announced at a ceremony in Toronto on June 27.