On Monday, September 30, we announced the nominees for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the Writers’ Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize at a press conference at Ben McNally Books in downtown Toronto. Prize juror and 2010 prize winner Miranda Hill announced the $10,000 Journey Prize shortlist. Prize juror Alison Pick and Jan Innes, vice president, government relations, Rogers Communications, announced the $25,000 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize shortlist. The winners will be announced in Toronto on November 20.
The Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize nominees are:
- Krista Bridge for The Eliot Girls
- Lynn Coady for Hellgoing
- Cary Fagan for A Bird’s Eye
- Colin McAdam for A Beautiful Truth
- Lisa Moore for Caught
The Journey Prize nominees are:
- Doretta Lau for her story “How Does a Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun?”
- Eliza Robertson for her story “My Sister Sang”
- Naben Ruthnum for his story “Cinema Rex”
Here’s some of the coverage:
- Canadian Press feature
- CBC TV News
- Globe & Mail
- Maclean’s
- National Post
- Writers’ Trust of Canada Facebook Photo Gallery
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