2011 Awards Gala

On November 20, 2012, the Quebec Writers’ Federation held its annual Awards Gala at the Lion d’Or in Montreal. The event was hosted by Josh Freed. Six literary prizes, a Community Award, and the 3Macs carte blanche Prize, and the winners of the 2012 Quebec Writing Competition were presented.

Award winners

Le Prix de traduction de la Fondation Cole / The Cole Foundation Prize for Translation


Winner

Apocalypse for Beginners (Knopf Canada; Vintage Canada) by  Lazer Lederhendler
Translation of
Tarmac (Éditions Alto) by  Nicolas Dickner

shortlisted

Meridian Line (Véhicule Press; Signal Editions) by  Judith Cowan
Translation of
Origine des méridiens (Éditions du Noroît) by  Paul Bélanger
Partita for Glenn Gould (McGill-Queen’s University Press) by  Donald Winkler
Translation of
Partita pour Glenn Gould (Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal) by  Georges Leroux

The A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry

Sponsored by Richard Pound, in memory of his brother Robert

shortlisted

Skullduggery (Véhicule Press, Signal Edition) by  Asa Boxer
Some Frames (Cormorant Books) by  Jack Hannan

Jury

David O’Meara
Taqralik Partridge
Priscilla Uppal

The Concordia University First Book Prize


Winner

shortlisted

A Complete Encyclopedia of Different Types of People (Coach House Books) by  Gabe Foreman
Spat the Dummy (Anvil Press) by  Ed Macdonald

Jury

Anita Lahey
David Manicom
Dorota Kozinska

The Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature

Sponsored by Babar Books

Winner

Milo (Simon & Schuster) by  Alan Silberberg

shortlisted

Without You (Kids Can Press) by  Geneviève Coté
The Circle Cast: The Lost Years of Morgan LeFay (Tradewind Books) by  Alex Epstein

Jury

Shannon Babcock
Sarah Ellis
Anne Fine

The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction


shortlisted

They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children (Random House Canada) by  Roméo Dallaire
The Love Queen of Malabar: Memoir of a Friendship with Kamala Das (McGill-Queen's University Press) by  Merrily Weisbord

Jury

Denise Chong
Joshua Knelman
Denis Sampson

The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction

Sponsored by Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore

Winner

Niko (Véhicule Press, Esplanade Books) by  Dimitri Nasrallah

shortlisted

Midway (Cormorant Books) by  David Homel
Dogs at the Perimeter (McClelland & Stewart) by  Madeleine Thien

Jury

Paul Headrick
Claire Holden Rothman
Rebecca Silver Slayter

Judy Mappin Community Award


Winner

Endre Farkas for his work as a producer, editor, and publisher, and for the inclusiveness and power of his vision for Quebec literature

carte blanche Prize


Winner

Like This Together (Issue 13) by  Gillian Sze

shortlisted

2nd place A Sunset (Issue 14) by  Daniel Ha
3rd place EX(o)ilium by Rodica Draghincescu (Issue 13) Translated by Howard Scott

Jury

Joseph Salvatore

Quebec Writing Competition prizes


Winner

Someone Has to Save Us From This by  Kasper Hartman

Shortlisted

2nd place Kingers by  Gary Leclerc
2nd place A Photo Examination by  Tijana Stojkovic

Gala gallery

Photo credit: Studio Iris