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Fresh Fish Award
The Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers was established in 2006 by Brian O'Dea, an author from the province of Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region .... The award supports emerging writers in Newfoundland and Labrador through financial and editing support, as well as recognition for their writing. The award is administered by the Writer's Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador (WANL). Originally given out every year, the award became biennial in 2009. In 2011, NLCU - the largest credit union in Newfoundland and Labrador with a reputation for its commitment to local communities and organizations - became the corporate sponsor of the award, which is officially known as the NLCU Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers. Since its inception, the award has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian O'Dea
Brian O'Dea (born September 1, 1948) is a Canadian businessman, author, television personality, and former drug smuggler. He is best-known for a large marijuana smuggling enterprise he masterminded in the mid-1980s. Set up to move marijuana in bulk from Southeast Asia to the Pacific Northwest and California, between 1986 and 1988, O'Dea's organization successfully smuggled 76 tons of marijuana worth about $300 million into Washington, transported it to California, and distributed it throughout the United States. After suffering a cocaine-induced heart attack in 1988, O'Dea quit smuggling and using illegal drugs and became a substance abuse counselor. A long U.S. federal investigation of his marijuana smuggling operation resulted in O'Dea's arrest in 1990. O'Dea pleaded guilty in 1991 and received a ten year sentence. After beginning his prison term in California, in 1992 he was transferred to a prison in Canada. Released on parole in 1993, O'Dea later built a career as a televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newfoundland And Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of 405,212 square kilometres (156,500 sq mi). In 2021, the population of Newfoundland and Labrador was estimated to be 521,758. The island of Newfoundland (and its smaller neighbouring islands) is home to around 94 per cent of the province's population, with more than half residing in the Avalon Peninsula. Labrador borders the province of Quebec, and the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon lies about 20 km west of the Burin Peninsula. According to the 2016 census, 97.0 per cent of residents reported English as their native language, making Newfoundland and Labrador Canada's most linguistically homogeneous province. A majority of the population is descended from English and Irish s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Tilley
Sara Tilley is a Canadian writer from Newfoundland and Labrador, most noted for winning the Winterset Award in 2016 for her novel ''Duke''. The novel was also named to the initial longlist for the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award, but was not a finalist. Personal life Sara was born November 23, 1978 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and is one of two children to Robert Tilley and Brenda (Fleming) Tilley. She graduated Bishop's College before attending York University for acting. Tilley identifies as bisexual and queer. Career A graduate of the theatre program at York University, she is primarily a playwright and theatre director based in St. John's. She was the artistic director of the feminist theatre company She Said Yes! from 2002 to 2016,"Insanity ensues". ''The Telegram'', November 25, 2005. and has written or cowritten plays including ''Signifying Nothing'', ''The Soul Walking'', ''One Big Mess'', ''The Jailer’s Daughter and Other Mad Fools Cracking Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Francis Power
Craig Francis Power is a Canadian writer and artist from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.Joan Sullivan"Perilous world depicted in ‘Skeet Love’" ''The Telegram'', August 26, 2017. His debut novel, ''Blood Relatives'', won the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador's Fresh Fish Award in 2007, and the Percy Janes First Novel Award for unpublished manuscripts in 2008. It was published in 2010, was short-listed for the BMO Winterset Award that year, and won the ReLit Award for Fiction in 2011. His second novel, '' The Hope'', was published in 2016, and was again a ReLit Award finalist. His third novel, '' Skeet Love'', followed in 2017. In 2018 he served as a judge for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction, and for the CBC Short Story Prize. As an artist, Power is known primarily for a subversive spin on folk art forms, such as hooked rug art. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracey Waddleton
Tracey Waddleton (born September 1, 1979) is a Canadian writer from Newfoundland and Labrador. Her debut short story collection, ''Send More Tourists...the Last Ones Were Delicious'', was the 2020 winner of the ReLit Award for short fiction. Waddleton was born in St. John's, but grew up in the small town of Trepassey. An earlier draft of ''Send More Tourists'' was shortlisted for the province's Fresh Fish Award for emerging writers in 2013, before being published in 2019 by Breakwater Books Breakwater Books Ltd. is a Canadian publishing company based in Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, pr ....Carly Rosalie Vandergriendt"Stories that Travel" ''Montreal Review of Books'', Fall 2019. References 1979 births Living people 21st-century Canadian short story writers 21st-century Canadian women writers Canadian women short story writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Bala
Sharon Bala (born April 3, 1979) is a Canadian writer residing in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Her debut novel, ''The Boat People'', won the 2015 Percy Janes First Novel Award for unpublished manuscripts. It was later published by McClelland and Stewart and Doubleday in January 2018. The book was internationally publicized as part of Penguin Random House's One World, One Book campaign. The book was selected for the 2018 edition of ''Canada Reads'', where it was defended by Mozhdah Jamalzadah. It won the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, was a finalist for the 2018 amazon.ca First Novel Award, and was shortlisted for the 2015 Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers and the 2019 Thomas Head Raddall Award. Bala was the winner of the 2017 Journey Prize for her short story "Butter Tea at Starbucks", and was longlisted for the 2017 National Magazine Award for fiction for her short story "Miloslav". Her short fiction has appeared in '' Hazlitt'', '' Grain'', '' The Dalh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Crocker
Eva Crocker is a Canadian writer based in St. John's, whose debut short story collection ''Barrelling Forward'' was published in 2017. The daughter of writer Lisa Moore and Memorial University of Newfoundland academic Stephen Crocker, she was a child actor in her youth, appearing in Mary Lewis's 1998 short film ''When Ponds Freeze Over''. Following the publication of ''Barrelling Forward'' she was named as a finalist for the 2017 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ writers, and the book was a nominee for the 2018 ReLit Award for short fiction. Her first novel, ''All I Ask'', was published in 2020."47 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2020" |
Newfoundland And Labrador Awards
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic Canada, Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of 405,212 square kilometres (156,500 sq mi). In 2021, the population of Newfoundland and Labrador was estimated to be 521,758. The island of Newfoundland (and its smaller neighbouring islands) is home to around 94 per cent of the province's population, with more than half residing in the Avalon Peninsula. Labrador borders the province of Quebec, and the France, French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon lies about 20 km west of the Burin Peninsula. According to the 2016 census, 97.0 per cent of residents reported English language, English as their native language, making Newfoundland and Labrador Canada's most lingu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
