Six finalists have been named for the 2022 Writers’ Trust RBC Bronwen Wallace Awards for Emerging Writers.

The winners in two categories, poetry and short fiction, will each receive $10,000 when the awards are presented at an in-person event on June 2. All finalists receive $2,500 and a mentorship opportunity with an established editor. The annual awards are open to Canadian writers who are unpublished in book form.

A jury comprised of poets Tenille K. Campbell, Michael Prior, and Suzannah Showler read 183 entries to select the finalists in the poetry category:

• Patrick James Errington, “If Fire, Then Bird”
• Eimear Laffan, “My Life, Delimited”
• Christine Wu, “Selections from Familial Hungers”

A jury comprised of authors Erin Frances Fisher, Angélique Lalonde, and Derek Mascarenhas read 189 entries to select the finalists in the fiction category:

• Jen Batler, “Ectopia Cordis”
• Teya Hollier, “Watching, Waiting”
• Emily Paskevics, “Wild Girls”

The Bronwen Wallace Awards are sponsored by RBC Emerging Artists.