The shortlists will be announced later this month, with the winners to be announced on May 4.
Suzette Mayr one of five finalists for $150K (U.S.) Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
The winner will be announced on May 4.
Latner Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize gets new name, $35,000 purse increase
The Writers’ Trust of Canada announced that the prize, awarded annually to a mid-career Canadian poet, will now be known as the Latner Griffin Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize and will be worth $60,000.
Dena Seiferling wins 2022 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award
The $1,000 award is given annually to a Canadian illustrator for “outstanding artistic talent” in a Canadian picture book.
Shelly Kawaja wins 2022 BMO Winterset Award
Kawaja was one of three finalists for the $12,500 prize that celebrates excellence in Newfoundland and Labrador writing.
Reconciliation, fight against Big Tech among topics of shortlisted Shaugnessy Cohen titles
The winner of the $25,000 prize will be announced on May 10.
Writers’ Trust launches new nonfiction prize for international authors
The $75,000 Weston International Award is a companion to the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, the purse for which has been increased to $75,000.
Gavin Bradley wins 2023 Bridges of Struga International Poetry Award
This is the first time a book from a North American publisher has won the international prize.
Canadian author Brad Smith shortlisted for 2022 Dashiell Hammett Prize
The prize for literary excellence in crime writing is awarded by the International Association of Crime Writers North American Branch.
Canadians among 2023 Lambda Literary Award finalists
Winners of the Lammys, which honour LGBTQ writers across 25 categories, will be announced June 9.
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