CBC Books, CBC’s online home for literary content, together with its partners the Canada Council for the Arts, Air Canada’s enRoute magazine and The Banff Centre, are pleased to announce the winner of the 2016 CBC Short Story Prize.
David Huebert of London, Ontario—originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia—wins the grand prize for Enigma. The story was selected from more than 1800 works received from across the country. You can read Enigma at CBCBooks.ca.
As grand-prize winner, Huebert will receive $6000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and his short story will be published in the May edition of Air Canada’s enRoute magazine. He will also receive a 10-day writing residency at The Banff Centre.
The jury was composed of writers Greg Hollingshead, Padma Viswanathan and Richard Van Camp, who said “A woman must end the life of her beloved horse. A paean to intimacy and to things rarely seen, Enigma is an eloquent meditation on the mystery of life and death, love and grief, both human and animal. This is a vivid personal narrative of remarkable spiritual and emotional grace.”
David Huebert is the author of the poetry collection We Are No Longer the Smart Kids in Class. His fiction has appeared in such magazines as Grain,Broken Pencil, subTerrain and The Puritan. In 2015, he won The Dalhousie Review‘s short-story contest and The Antigonish Review‘s Sheldon Currie Fiction Prize. Originally from Halifax, David lives in London, Ontario, where he is working on a PhD in American literature.
CBC Books also announcedJohanne Alice Côtéas the winner of the French grand prize this morning: for JE t’écrirai dans l’air. For more information, please go to ICI.Radio-canada.ca/icionlit.
The four runners-up for the CBC Short Story Prize are Matthew Belyea (Saint John, New Brunswick) for Jake, the Imposter, S. Kennedy Sobol (Toronto, Ontario) for 20 Percent Donnas, Justine Mazin (Toronto, Ontario) for Packing Snow, and Elaine Stirling (Toronto, Ontario) for Restitution. Each runner-up will receive $1000 from the Canada Council for the Arts.
For more information on the awards, please visit CBCBooks.ca.
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Canada Council for the Arts
The Canada Council for the Arts is Canada’s national public arts funder. We champion and invest in artistic excellence so that Canadians may enjoy and participate in a rich cultural life. In 2014-15 we allocated $155.1 million dollars towards artistic creation and innovation through our grants, prizes and payments. We also conduct research, convene activities and work with partners to advance the sector and help embed the arts more deeply in communities across the country. We are responsible for the Canadian Commission for UNESCO which promotes the values and programs of UNESCO to contribute to a more peaceful, equitable and sustainable future for Canadians. The Canada Council Art Bank operates art rental programs and helps further public engagement with contemporary arts.
About Air Canada enRoute magazine
Air Canada enRoute magazine is seen by over 1 million readers each month. The magazine - available exclusively on all Air Canada flights and in Maple Leaf Lounges worldwide as well as in select hotels and boutiques across North America - is an inspirational authority for the global traveler, known for its strong visual presence and innovative design. Air Canada enRoute is published by Spafax, one of the world’s leading content marketing agencies.
About The Banff Centre
The Banff Centre‘s mission is inspiring creativity. Thousands of artists, leaders, and researchers from across Canada and around the world participate in programs at The Banff Centre every year. Through its multidisciplinary programming, The Banff Centre provides them with the support they need to create, to develop solutions, and to make the impossible possible.
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Publicist, CBC Books
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Diane Hargrave Public Relations
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