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The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction

2024 call for submissions

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Submissions to the 2024 QWF Awards are now open until June 3, 2024 for the seven book prizes and until July 2, 2024 for the Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize. New this year, all submissions are to be completed via Submittable. Read the call for applications to see eligibility criteria and proceed with your submission.

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2023

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Winner
Fayne (Knopf Canada) by  Ann-Marie MacDonald

shortlisted

Full Fadom Five (Baraka Books) by  David C.C. Bourgeois
Do You Remember Being Born? (Random House Canada) by  Sean Michaels
The Gathering (Equinox Publishing) by  Vanessa R. Sasson
Catinat Boulevard (Guernica Editions) by  Caroline Vu

2022

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Winner
Prophetess (Véhicule Press) by  Baharan Baniahmadi

shortlisted

A Convergence of Solitudes (Book*hug Press) by  Anita Anand
Stray Dogs (Alfred A. Knopf Canada) by  Rawi Hage
Jones (Random House Canada) by  Neil Smith

Jury

Michelle Butler Hallett
Chelene Knight
Alejandro Saravia

2021

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Winner

Love Like Water, Love Like Fire (Bellevue Literary Press) by  Mikhail Iossel

shortlisted

Songs for the End of the World (McClelland & Stewart) by  Saleema Nawaz
We, Jane (Book*hug Press) by  Aimee Wall
Undersong (Knopf Canada) by  Kathleen Winter

Jury

Heather Jessup
Ameen Merchant
Denis Sampson

2020

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Winner
Dominoes at the Crossroads (Véhicule Press/Esplanade Book) by  Kaie Kellough

shortlisted

Home Game (Signature Editions) by  Endre Farkas
The Wagers (Random House Canada) by  Sean Michaels
Butterflies, Zebras, Moonbeams (Palimpsest Press) by  Ceilidh Michelle

Jury

Douglas Babington
Amanda Leduc
Peter Behrens

2019

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Winner
The Teardown (Véhicule Press) by  David Homel

shortlisted

Churchill at Munich (The Métropolitan Press) by  Michael Carin
A Joy To Be Hidden (Linda Leith Publishing) by  Ariela Freedman
I’ll Never Tell (Simon & Schuster Canada) by  Catherine McKenzie

Jury

Tom Abray
Mark Frutkin
Zsuzsi Gartner

2018

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Winner
Demi-Gods (Hamish Hamilton Canada) by  Eliza Robertson

shortlisted

Zolitude (Biblioasis) by  Paige Cooper
Beirut Hellfire Society (Knopf Canada) by  Rawi Hage

Jury

Alix Hawley (Kelowna)
Jeanette Kelly (Montreal)
Corey Redekop (Fredericton)

2017

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Winner
The Lonely Hearts Hotel (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd) by  Heather O'Neill

shortlisted

Behold Things Beautiful (Signature Editions) by  Cora Sire
Lost In September (Penguin Random House Canada) by  Kathleen Winter

Jury

Peggy Herring
La Florya Gauthier
Vish Khanna

2016

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Winner
The Measure of Darkness (Bellevue Literary Press) by  Liam Durcan

shortlisted

The Poet is a Radio (Linda Leith Publishing) by  Jack Hannan
Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Knopf Canada) by  Madeleine Thien
Rich and Poor (BookThug) by  Jacob Wren

Jury

Paul Bracegirdle
Lee Kvern
Audrey Thomas

2015

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Winner
Boo (Knopf Canada) by  Neil Smith

shortlisted

Daydreams of Angels (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.) by  Heather O'Neill
No Safeguards (Guernica Editions Inc.) by  H. Nigel Thomas

Jury

Amy Jones
Louis Rastelli
Paul Seesequasis

2014

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Winner
Us Conductors (Random House Canada) by  Sean Michaels

shortlisted

I’m Not Scared of You or Anything (Anvil Press) by  Jon Paul Fiorentino
New Tab (Véhicule Press/Esplanade Books) by  Guillaume Morissette

Jury

Luna Allison
Anakana Schofield
Kent Stetson

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