Montreal, September 12, 2018 – CBC BOOKS, CBC’s online home for literary content, together with its partners the Canada Council for the Arts and Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, today announced the finalists for the 2018 CBC Nonfiction Prize.
The finalists are:
- Lily Chang of Montreal, Quebec for If I wax poetic the pain feels worthwhile
- Kat Main of Calgary, Alberta for How to Catch a Nightcrawler
- Anastasia McEwen of Fergus, Ontario for Acceleration
- Sandra Murdock of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia for Easy Family Dinners
- Lee Thomas of Fredericton, New Brunswick for True Trans
These stories were selected from more than 2000 entries received from across the country. Each of the shortlisted stories are available to read on CBCBooks.ca.
The jurors for this year’s CBC Nonfiction Prize are Scaachi Koul, Graeme Wood and Kyo Maclear. The winner of this year’s prize will be announced on September 18, 2018.
In addition to a cash prize of $6000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Grand Prize winner will receive a writing residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and will be published on the CBC Books website. The four other finalists will each receive $1000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and will be published on CBC Books.
The finalists for the CBC Books French-language Prix du récit were also announced this morning. More information about those finalists can be found at Radio-canada.ca/icionlit under the “Prix du récit” tab.
For more information on the CBC Literary Prizes, please visit CBCBooks.ca.
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About CBC/Radio-Canada
CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada’s national public broadcaster. Through our mandate to inform, enlighten and entertain, we play a central role in strengthening Canadian culture. As Canada’s trusted news source, we offer a uniquely Canadian perspective on news, current affairs and world affairs. Our distinctively homegrown entertainment programming draws audiences from across the country. Deeply rooted in communities, CBC/Radio-Canada offers diverse content in English, French and eight Indigenous languages. We are leading the transformation to meet the needs of Canadians in a digital world.
About Canada Council for the Arts
The Canada Council for the Arts is Canada’s national arts funder. Its grants and payments to artists and arts organizations benefit Canadians by ensuring a vibrant arts sector in Canada. In 2016-17, the Canada Council allocated 196.8 million dollars towards artistic creation and innovation through its grants, prizes and payments. It also conducts research, convenes activities and works with partners to advance the sector and help embed the arts more deeply in communities across the country. The Canada Council Art Bank is a national collection of over 17,000 Canadian contemporary artworks – all accessible to the public through rental, loan and outreach programs. The Canada Council also distributes payments to over 17,000 Canadian authors annually through the Public Lending Right (PLR) Program as compensation for free public access to their books in Canadian public libraries. The Canadian Commission for UNESCO operates under the general authority of the Canada Council.
About Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Founded in 1933, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is a learning organization built upon an extraordinary legacy of excellence in artistic and creative development. What started as a single course in drama has grown to become the global organization leading in arts, culture, and creativity across dozens of disciplines. From our home in the stunning Canadian Rocky Mountains, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity aims to inspire everyone who attends our campus – artists, leaders, and thinkers – to unleash their creative potential and realize their unique contribution to society through cross-disciplinary learning opportunities, world-class performances, and public outreach.
For further information, contact:
Nicola Makoway
Publicist, CBC Books
nicola.makoway@cbc.ca
416-205-7673
Diane Hargrave
Diane Hargrave Public Relations
dhprbks@interlog.com
416-467-9954
