Bronwen Wallace
was a Canadian poet and short story writer.
In her honour, a group of friends and colleagues established the Bronwen
Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. Wallace
felt that writers should have more opportunities for recognition early in their
careers, so this annual award is given to a writer below the age of 35 who has
published in literary magazines, journals, or anthologies, but has not yet been
published in book form. Past winners
include Michael Crummey and Alissa York, two of my favourite Canadian
authors.
Alternating
each year between poetry and short fiction, this year’s award is given to the
author of an exceptional short story. The
three finalists are
Brendan
Bowles for “Wyatt Thurst”
Allegra
McKenzie for “This Monstrous Heart”
Hannah
Rahimi for “With My Scarf Tied Just So”
For more
information about the nominees, see http://writerstrust.com/News/News-(1)/Press-Release-Archive/Press-Releases/RBC-Bronwen-Wallace-Shortlist-(May-11-16).aspx.
Each of the
finalists' stories can be downloaded for free on iBooks at iTunes.com/BronwenWallace.
The winner of the $5,000 prize will be
announced on June 8.
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