The Journey Prize (officially called The Writers' Trust of Canada McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize) is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by

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and the

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for the best short story published by an emerging writer in a Canadian literary magazine. The award was endowed by

James A. Michener James Albert Michener ( or ; February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American writer. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were long, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and ...

, who donated the Canadian royalty earnings from his 1988 novel ''

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''. The winner receives , making it the largest monetary award given in Canada to an up-and-coming writer for a short story or excerpt from a fiction work-in-progress. The prize's winner in 2000, Timothy Taylor, was the first writer ever to have three stories nominated for the award in the same year."The patter of little stories". ''

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'', December 2, 2000. The Journey Prize also publishes an annual anthology of the year's longlisted short stories. Two writers, Andrew MacDonald and

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, have both had a record four total stories selected for inclusion in the annual anthology. In 2020, the Journey Prize committee announced that the 2021 award will be a special edition devoted exclusively to

Black Canadian Black Canadians (also known as Caribbean-Canadians or Afro-Canadians) are people of full or partial sub-Saharan African descent who are citizens or permanent residents of Canada. The majority of Black Canadians are of Caribbean origin, though t ...

writers, considering stories published in 2019, 2020 and 2021."2021 Journey Prize will focus on emerging Black Canadian writers"

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, June 23, 2020. The 2022 award will return to considering stories by all writers, including stories published in 2020 and 2021 which were not eligible for the 2021 award due to its special focus.

Winners and nominees

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

References

External links

Journey Prize
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