The CBC Literary Prize is a Canadian literary award, granted annually in three categories: short stories, poetry, and creative non-fiction. The Award is directed towards
Anglophone
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writers.
About the prize
The CBC Literary Prize is granted annually in three categories: short stories, poetry, and creative non-fiction. For each category, the winner receives $6,000 and a two-week writing residency at the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity. Four runners-up receive $1,000 each, and all the winning works are published on the CBC Books website.
The Prize was established as a partnership between the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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, the
Canada Council for the Arts
The Canada Council for the Arts (french: Conseil des arts du Canada), commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown corporation established in 1957 as an arts council of the Government of Canada. It acts as the federal government's principal in ...
and
enRoute, Air Canada’s
inflight magazine
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Overview
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.
The Canada Council for the Arts has stated that, "these awards have brought to the public's attention many talented young people who have since gone on to become established writers."
Notable previous winners include writers
Michael Ondaatje
Philip Michael Ondaatje (; born 12 September 1943) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer, essayist, novelist, editor, and filmmaker. He is the recipient of multiple literary awards such as the Governor General's Award, the Giller P ...
,
W.D. Valgardson, and
, as well as poets
Don Domanski
Don Domanski (April 29, 1950 – September 7, 2020) was a Canadian poet.
Biography
Domanski was born and raised in Sydney, Nova Scotia, and lived briefly in Toronto, Vancouver and Wolfville, before settling in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he lived ...
,
Mary di Michele
Mary di Michele (born 6 August 1949) is an Italian-Canadian poet and author.Joseph Pivato. Mary Di Michele: Essays on Her Works'. Guernica Editions; 2007. . p. 206–. She is a professor at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec where she teach ...
, and diplomat
Charles Ritchie.
Author
Carol Shields
Carol Ann Shields, (née Warner; June 2, 1935 – July 16, 2003) was an American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer. She is best known for her 1993 novel '' The Stone Diaries'', which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well a ...
wrote in a letter to CBC's chairperson that winning the CBC Literary Prize was fundamental to her career as a writer.
Winners
The list of winners of the CBC Literary Prize include:
References
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External links
CBC Literary Prize
Canadian literary awards
Awards established in 1979