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Lindsay Nixon wins Dayne Ogilvie for LGBTQ writing

Lindsay Nixon (Jackson Ezra)

Lindsay Nixon has won the Writers’ Trust’s $5,000 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ emerging writers. The jury, which was comprised of previous winners Amber Dawn and Kai Cheng Thom, praised Nixon for their original voice and perspective. “They assert an acute refusal of the reductive expectations of tragic Indigeneity and white-centred hegemonic queerness, calling upon more rigorous, nuanced, and wholehearted aesthetics and knowledge bases,” the jury wrote in their citation.

Nixon’s first book, their memoir nîtisânak (Metonymy Press), uses cyclical narratives associated with the storytelling traditions of the Cree, Saulteaux, and Métis communities to circle the story of the loss of their mother. The jury praised the book for its “non-linear narration, poetic prose, and intertextual dialogue.” Finalists Joelle Barron and Casey Plett will also receive $500.

The award was announced at a ceremony in Halifax on June 1 as part of the OnWords writers’ conference. The prize is presented to an emerging LGBTQ writer whose work demonstrates great literary promise.