Contests
2020 Novella Prize Judges
Samantha Jade Macpherson
Samantha Jade Macpherson is a writer from the Okanagan Valley, and an MFA fiction candidate at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her work has been published in The Fiddlehead, The Malahat Review, Ricepaper Magazine, and The Journey Prize Anthology 31. Her story "Tattoo" was the winner of The Malahat Review's 2018 Novella Prize, as well as the 2019 Jack Hodgins Founders' Award for Fiction. She's been shortlisted for the 2019 Journey Prize. She holds a degree in creative writing from the University of Victoria and is curently at work on a collection of linked stories.
Read an interview with Samantha.
Naben Ruthnum
Naben Ruthnum is a Toronto-based novelist, critic, and screenwriter. His 2017 book Curry: Eating, Reading, and Race parallels the evolution of the incredibly varied dish the subcontinent is perhaps best known for with the narrow ways in which South Asian identity in the West is often received. Ruthnum's fiction has been published in magazines ranging from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine to Granta, and he is a winner of Canada’s Journey Prize for short fiction. His two thrillers, Find You In The Dark and Your Life Is Mine were published in North America by Atria / Simon and Schuster in 2018 and 2019. Naben was in the writing room of Cardinal season 4, and he and his frequent screenwriting partner Kris Bertin currently have projects in development at Oddfellows Entertainment.
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Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize
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