Nicola Winstanley Shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed!
Congratulations to Nicola Winstanley!
The Writers’ Union of Canada is pleased to announce the short list of nominees for the 28th annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award. The Award recognizes the best first collection of short fiction by a Canadian author published in 2024 in the English language.
Vincent Anioke, Perfect Little Angels (Arsenal Pulp Press)
Billy-Ray Belcourt, Coexistence (Hamish Hamilton)
Shashi Bhat, Death by a Thousand Cuts (McClelland & Stewart)
Canisia Lubrin, Code Noir (Alfred A. Knopf)
Nicola Winstanley, Smoke (Buckrider Books)
The winners will be announced in early June.
The Award was created as a celebration of the life of Danuta Gleed, a writer whose short fiction won several awards before her death in December 1996. Danuta Gleed’s first collection of short fiction, One of the Chosen, was posthumously published by BuschekBooks. The Award is made possible through a generous donation from John Gleed, in memory of his late wife, and is administered by The Writers’ Union of Canada.
Jury comments on Smoke:
With unforgettable characters that come alive off the page, Smoke will stay with you long after reading. Linked by young voices struggling to find their way in the world, these screams of youthful angst ring heartbreakingly true. This collection is seamlessly constructed by a talented hand.
