The winners will be announced at a gala ceremony at Montreal’s Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre on November 22. The event will be hosted by Tanya Evanson, BA 97, internationally acclaimed poet, performer, producer and director of Banff Centre Spoken Word.
This year’s finalists include the following alumni:
Concordia University First Book Prize
Kelly Norah Drukker, BA (Eng. & creative writing) 99, MA (Eng.) 13, Small Fires (McGill-Queen’s University Press)
A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry
Sarah Burgoyne, MA (Eng.) 14, Saint Twin (Mansfield Press)
Kelly Norah Drukker, BA (Eng. & creative writing) 99, MA (Eng.) 13, Small Fires (McGill-Queen’s University Press)
Alison Strumberger, BA (Eng. & creative writing) 06, and Gillian Sze, BA (Eng. & creative writing) 06, MA (Eng.) 08, Redrafting Winter (BuschekBooks)
QWF Prize for Children’s Literature: Picture Books and Beginner Readers
Bonnie Farmer, MA (Eng.) 97 (Marie Lafrance, illustrator), Oscar Lives Next Door (Owlkids Books)
Sara O’Leary, BA 91, MA (Eng.) 94 (Julie Morstad, illustrator), This is Sadie (Tundra Books)