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CBC Nonfiction Prize

Sunday, January 05, 2025

 
 

Read! (Audiobooks count.)

 
"There's no better way to improve your craft than to immerse yourself in stories and see how the authors you love use their writerly tools. 

"And there are countless ways to access barrier-free work these days, like libraries, community book boxes and book swaps.
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Kelly S. Thompson has an MFA and PhD in creative writing and is a mentor at the University of King's College MFA Nonfiction program. Her memoir, Girls Need Not Apply, was named a top 100 Book of 2019 by the Globe and Mail. Thompson was shortlisted for the 2023 CBC Nonfiction Prize for The Edge of Change.

 

The 2025 CBC Nonfiction Prize closes Friday, March 1 at 4:59 p.m. ET!

 

You could win $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, attend a two-week writing residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and have your work published on CBC Books. The deadline to enter is March 1, 2025 at 4:59 p.m. Eastern Time.

 
Find out more and submit here!
 
 

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