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Announcement banner for the Writers' Trust of Canada and Open Book featuring Maggie Helwig winning the 2026 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. The dark gray banner displays white text on the left, with two images on the right: the cover of Helwig's book 'Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community' showing tents among autumn leaves, and a portrait of the author, a woman with long gray hair and blue-framed glasses wearing a teal jacket.

Maggie Helwig wins 2026 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing

The Writers’ Trust of Canada has named Maggie Helwig the winner of the 2026 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for her book Encampment. The prize, presented at the annual Politics and the ...

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