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CBC Short Story Prize

Friday, April 26, 2024

The 2024 CBC Short Story Prize results have now been announced. Find out which story took home the top prize. Plus more content that you might have missed on CBC Books.

 
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Vancouver writer Kate Gunn wins 2024 CBC Short Story Prize for story about women's medical trauma

Kate Gunn has won the 2024 CBC Short Story Prize for her story Old Bones. She will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and a two-week writing residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

Gunn's story was published on CBC Books. You can read Old Bones now.

 
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Discover the five stories shortlisted for the 2024 CBC Short Story Prize

Read the stories picked for the shortlist by the 2024 CBC Short Story Prize jury composed of Suzette Mayr, Kevin Chong and Ashley Audrain.

 
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52 works of Canadian fiction coming out in spring 2024

Check out these Canadian novels and short story collections coming out in spring 2024! 

 
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Ashley Audrain and Conor Kerr among authors at the Motive Crime & Mystery Festival this June

2024 CBC Short Story Prize juror, Ashley Audrain, and 2022 CBC Poetry Prize reader, Conor Kerr, are among the authors at this year's Motive Crime & Mystery Festival. 

 
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6 emerging Canadian writers shortlisted for $10K RBC Bronwen Wallace Awards

The Writers' Trust of Canada has revealed the 2024 finalists for the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award. The prize recognizes emerging Canadian writers in both poetry and short fiction who are unpublished in book form. 

 
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2024 CBC Poetry Prize is now open to Canadian poets

The 2024 CBC Poetry Prize is accepting submissions until June 1, 2024 at 4:59 p.m. ET. Submit your original, unpublished poem or collection of poems up to 600 words.

You could win $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, a two-week writing residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and have your work published on CBC Books.

 

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