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Michael Harris, Donna Bailey Nurse and Joel Yanofsky to judge 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize
The annual $60,000 award celebrates the best in Canadian literary nonfiction. The shortlist will be announced on Sept. 19, 2018.
Get your stories ready: The 2019 CBC Short Story Prize will open on Sept. 1, 2018
You could win $6,000 from the Canada Council, a 10-day writing residency at the Banff Centre and have your work published on CBC Books.
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