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
shortlisted
Meridian Line
(Véhicule Press; Signal Editions)
Translation of
Origine des méridiens
(Éditions du Noroît)
Partita for Glenn Gould
(McGill-Queen’s University Press)
Translation of
Partita pour Glenn Gould
(Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal)
The A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry
Sponsored by Richard Pound, in memory of his brother RobertWinner
A Complete Encyclopedia of Different Types of People
(Coach House Books)
shortlisted
Skullduggery
(Véhicule Press, Signal Edition)
Some Frames
(Cormorant Books)
Jury
David O’Meara
Taqralik Partridge
Priscilla Uppal
The Concordia University First Book Prize
Winner
The Truth of Houses
(Brick Books)
shortlisted
A Complete Encyclopedia of Different Types of People
(Coach House Books)
Spat the Dummy
(Anvil Press)
Jury
Anita Lahey
David Manicom
Dorota Kozinska
The Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature
Sponsored by Babar BooksWinner
Milo
(Simon & Schuster)
shortlisted
Without You
(Kids Can Press)
The Circle Cast: The Lost Years of Morgan LeFay
(Tradewind Books)
Jury
Shannon Babcock
Sarah Ellis
Anne Fine
The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction
Winner
Bad Animals: A Father’s Accidental Education in Autism
(Viking Canada)
shortlisted
They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children
(Random House Canada)
The Love Queen of Malabar: Memoir of a Friendship with Kamala Das
(McGill-Queen's University Press)
Jury
Denise Chong
Joshua Knelman
Denis Sampson
The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
Sponsored by Librairie Paragraphe BookstoreWinner
Niko
(Véhicule Press, Esplanade Books)
shortlisted
Midway
(Cormorant Books)
Dogs at the Perimeter
(McClelland & Stewart)
Jury
Paul Headrick
Claire Holden Rothman
Rebecca Silver Slayter
Judy Mappin Community Award
Winner
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)
shortlisted
2nd place
A Sunset
(Issue 14)
3rd place
EX(o)ilium by Rodica Draghincescu
(Issue 13)
Jury
Joseph Salvatore
Quebec Writing Competition prizes
Gala gallery
Photo credit: Studio Iris
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Linda Morra and Jason Camlot at 2011 awards gala
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