Ahead of the May 13 announcement of this year’s winner, Q&Q caught up with Eleanor Catton, Claudia Dey, and Janika Oza to find what significance the prize has for them and what stories they sought to tell in their shortlisted novels.
11 books named to 2024 Leacock Medal longlist
Three finalists for the annual award for humour writing will be announced on May 21, with the winner to be named at a gala on June 22 in Orillia, Ont.
Shortlists announced for Crime Writers of Canada awards
Award winners will be announced on May 29.
2024 Alberta Literary Awards shortlists
Writers’ Union announces 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award shortlist
The winners of the award for first short-fiction collection will be announced on June 11.
Finalists announced for 2024 Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers
The annual awards recognize the work of promising new writers in Canada.
Canadian Children’s Book Centre adds new prize to its awards program
The CCBC takes over the administration of the Richard Allen Chase Memorial Award.
Sid Marty wins inaugural Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize
The $10,000 prize, announced last month, honours Canadian poets and poetry, and celebrates the legacy of Purdy. The winner was announced on April 21, the 24th anniversary of the poet’s death.
Todd Stewart wins 2023 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award
Stewart won the $1,000 prize for his work on Jean E. Pendziwol’s Skating Wild on an Inland Sea.
Literary mag launches new writing prize for short stories
The Montreal Fiction Prize, open to Canadian writers for stories up to 4,000 words long, carries a $2,000 purse, with two $500 awards for the second- and third-place stories.
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