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Kyo Lee writes about being a queer Korean Canadian — now she's the youngest ever CBC Poetry Prize winner
The Waterloo, Ont. high school student will receive $6,000 and her work has been published on CBC Books. Read the winning poem now.
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CBC Nonfiction Prize
The CBC Nonfiction Prize is open for submissions from Jan. 1 until March 1 at 4:59 p.m. ET.
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CBC Poetry Prize
The 2023 CBC Poetry Prize is open for submissions between April 1 and June 1 at 4:59 p.m. ET.
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CBC Short Story Prize
The CBC Short Story Prize is open between Sept. 1 and Nov. 1. at 4:59 p.m. ET.
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5 writers make the 2023 CBC Poetry Prize shortlist
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32 writers from across Canada make 2023 CBC Poetry Prize longlist
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Meet the 2023 CBC Poetry Prize readers

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The First Page student writing challenge is back in 2024!

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CBC Literary Prize winners get a writing residency ⁠— Chanel M. Sutherland shares how it's life-changing

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18 books by past CBC Short Story Prize winners and finalists from 2023

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Corinna Chong on battling perfectionism and making sense of things through writing

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Submitting to the CBC Short Story Prize? Here are 10 tips from writers who know what it takes

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Kevin Chong wants you to write about what you're obsessed with

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2024 CBC Short Story Prize is now closed

Books CBC Literary Prizes November 1

Joseph Kakwinokanasum and Marty Wilson-Trudeau win $5K awards recognizing Indigenous literature

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Suzette Mayr, Kevin Chong and Ashley Audrain to judge 2024 CBC Short Story Prize

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Meet the 2024 CBC Short Story Prize readers

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B.C.'s Louie Leyson wrote about Filipino overseas workers in Canada — and won the 2023 CBC Nonfiction Prize

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Nina Dunic explores the power of human connection in her debut novel The Clarion

Books October 6

Michael Fraser, Joseph Kakwinokanasum, Kasia Van Schaik among authors shortlisted for 2023 ReLit Awards

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Kasia Van Schaik writes about the 'intensity' of being a young woman — and is racking up award noms

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How Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio translated decades of work with Filipino newcomers into powerful fiction

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5 writers make the 2023 CBC Nonfiction Prize shortlist

Books CBC Literary Prizes September 14

38 writers from across Canada make the 2023 CBC Nonfiction Prize longlist

Books CBC Literary Prizes September 7

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