ReLit Awards long list
And the long list is...well, long.
Hard to believe, but the ReLit Awards is now in its fifth year. Run by Newfoundland author Ken Harvey (perhaps best known for including samples of his own flesh in a limited run of his book, Skinhound), the ReLits pay tribute to books from independent Canadian publishers.
This year jurors include novelist Paul Quarrington and short story author Margaret Gunning.
Among the 30 long list nominees for a short story collection are John Metcalf, Chris Gudgeon, and Alexandra Leggat. Notables among the 32 novelists vying for a prize are Leo Furey, Bill Gaston, Natalee Caple, Stephen Henighan and Ray Smith.
The poets top out at 51 and include: Bill Bissett, Keith Garebian, Aislinn Hunter, Steven Heighton and Jan Zwicky.
For those who count those kinds of things, ECW ( http://www.ecwpress.com/home.htm) and Turnstone (http://www.turnstonepress.com/) lead the publishers, with six nominations each.
The shortlists will be announced in mid-May and the winners are announced at bonfire beach parties in Newfoundland and British Columbia in late June.
No word on a rain date....
Hard to believe, but the ReLit Awards is now in its fifth year. Run by Newfoundland author Ken Harvey (perhaps best known for including samples of his own flesh in a limited run of his book, Skinhound), the ReLits pay tribute to books from independent Canadian publishers.
This year jurors include novelist Paul Quarrington and short story author Margaret Gunning.
Among the 30 long list nominees for a short story collection are John Metcalf, Chris Gudgeon, and Alexandra Leggat. Notables among the 32 novelists vying for a prize are Leo Furey, Bill Gaston, Natalee Caple, Stephen Henighan and Ray Smith.
The poets top out at 51 and include: Bill Bissett, Keith Garebian, Aislinn Hunter, Steven Heighton and Jan Zwicky.
For those who count those kinds of things, ECW ( http://www.ecwpress.com/home.htm) and Turnstone (http://www.turnstonepress.com/) lead the publishers, with six nominations each.
The shortlists will be announced in mid-May and the winners are announced at bonfire beach parties in Newfoundland and British Columbia in late June.
No word on a rain date....
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