Short Story Prize
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The Grand Prize winner of the 2011-2012 CBC Short Story Prize is Daniel Karasik of Thornhill, ON for “Mine”.
Daniel Karasik will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, and his prizewinning story “Mine” will be published in the April edition of enRoute Magazine. Daniel will also receive a two-week residency at The Banff Centre’s Leighton Artists’ Colony.
The four runners-up, who will each receive 1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts are:
- Pamela Ferguson of Toronto, ON for “Autumnal”
- Alix Hawley of Kelowna, BC for “Tentcity”
- Brooks McMullin of Prince Albert, SK for “Pax”
- Terence Young of Victoria, BC for “Mantra”
Competition opens: September 1, noon EST.
Deadline to submit: November 1 at 11:59 p.m. ET
This prize is awarded once a year to the best original, unpublished, short story submitted to the competition. All Canadians can participate.
The competition is blind. A jury composed of well-known and respected Canadian authors will select a 1st place winner and 4 runners-up.
The First Prize winner will receive $6,000, courtesy of the Canada Council for the Arts, and will have his/her story published in Air Canada’s enRoute magazine and on the Canada Writes website. He or she will also be awarded a two-week residency at The Banff Centre's Leighton Artists' Colony (details about the residency here), and will be interviewed on CBC Radio’s The Next Chapter with Shelagh Rogers.
The 4 runners-up will each receive $1,000, courtesy of the Canada Council for the Arts, and their stories will be published on the Canada Writes website.
Submissions to the short story category must be between 1,200 and 1,500 words.
A fee of $25.00 (taxes included) for administration purposes is required for each entry.
You can submit online below or, if you wish to submit by mail, please download the offline submission form.
