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
Passage de Franklin
(Éditions du Noroît)
Translation of
Franklin’s Passage
(McGill-Queen’s University Press)
Fall
(Éditions du Boréal)
Translation of
Fall
(Penguin)
Jury
Herménégilde Chiasson
Sepideh Anvar
Ann Josée Thibeault
The A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry
Sponsored by Richard Pound, in memory of his brother RobertWinner
We, Beasts
(Wolsak and Wynn Publishers)
shortlisted
The Flower of Youth
(ECW Press)
The Rapids
(Brick Books)
Jury
Elizabeth Philips
Bruce Taylor
Kaie Kellough
The Concordia University First Book Prize
Winner
All the Voices Cry
(Biblioasis)
shortlisted
Pollen
(DC Books)
Waking in the Tree House
(Cormorant Books)
Jury
Arthur Holden
Olive Senior
Amy Shearn
The Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature
Winner
26 Tips for Surviving Grade 6
(James Lorimer & Co. Ltd.)
shortlisted
Pyro
(Orca Book Publishers)
Yellow Mini
(Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
Jury
Nick Thran
Lori Joy Smith
Sigmund Brouwer
The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction
Winner
Straphanger
(HarperCollins Canada)
shortlisted
Fools Rule: Inside the Failed Politics of Climate Change
(Alfred A. Knopf Canada)
Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Šimaitė
(University of Nebraska Press)
Jury
Gregory McCormick
Maria Meindl
Jan Walter
The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
Sponsored by Librairie Paragraphe BookstoreWinner
Carnival
(House of Anansi Press)
shortlisted
Pollen
(DC Books)
Tell It to the Trees
(Alfred A. Knopf Canada)
Jury
Jeff Parker
Diane Schoemperlen
H. Nigel Thomas
Judy Mappin Community Award
Winner
for his invaluable contributions as a teacher, mentor, editor, publisher, and writer
carte blanche Prize
Winner
Aria
(Issue 15)
shortlisted
2nd place
The Warmth of Steel and Snow
(Issue 15)
3rd place
William and Robbie
(Issue 15)
Jury
Kevin Chong
Gala gallery
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