Djamila Ibrahim

The five finalists have been announced for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award. The $10,000 prize, administered by the Writers’ Union of Canada, is awarded for the best first collection of short fiction.

The finalists were chosen by authors Heather O’Neill, Ayelet Tsabari, and Richard Van Camp. The winner will be announced at the writers’ conference OnWords in Halifax on June 1.

The finalists are listed below. 

• Zolitude, Paige Cooper (A John Metcalf Book/Biblioasis)
• That Tiny Life, Erin Frances Fisher (House of Anansi Press)
• Things Are Good Now, Djamila Ibrahim (House of Anansi Press)
• That Time I Loved You, Carrianne Leung (HarperCollins)
• Eye, Marianne Micros (Guernica Editions)