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Are you planning to enter the 2023 CBC Nonfiction Prize, but are looking for some inspiration to get you started?
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The winner will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, have the opportunity to attend a two-week writing residency at Artscape Gibraltar Point, a cultural hub on Toronto Island, and have their work published on CBC Books.
Four finalists will receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and have their text published on CBC Books.
The CBC Literary Prizes have been supporting and celebrating Canadian writers since 1979. Past winners include Michael Ondaatje, Carol Shields, Michael Winter and Frances Itani.
Susan Cormier won the 2022 CBC Nonfiction Prize for her essay Advice to a New Beekeeper. You can read the 2012 shortlist here.
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