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  • Dorian McNamara Wins the 2025 CBC Short Story Prize!
    Dorian McNamara Wins the 2025 CBC Short Story Prize!
    April 17, 2025

    Dorian McNamara Wins the 2025 CBC Short Story Prize!

    Congratulations to Halifax writer Dorian McNamara, who has won the 2025 CBC Short Story Prize for his story You (Streetcar at Night). You (Streetcar at Night) tells the story of the before and after ...

  • 2025 CBC Short Story Prize
    2025 CBC Short Story Prize
    April 11, 2025

    The 2025 CBC Short Story Prize Names This Year's Finalists

    With an impressive track-record of kickstarting or boosting the careers of dozens of exciting authors, the CBC Short Story Prize is back at it again in 2025 with some riveting selections. Canada's might ...

  • CBC Short Story Prize - Graphic of typewriter and at left over pink background with text and CBC logo to right of banner with leaves above.
    CBC Short Story Prize - Graphic of typewriter and at left over pink background with text and CBC logo to right of banner with leaves above.
    April 25, 2024

    Vancouver's Kate Gunn Wins the 2024 CBC Short Story Prize

    Earlier today, CBC Books announced that author Kate Gunn of Vancouver has been named as the winner for the 2024 CBC Short Story Prize. Gunn’s story, Old Bones, was selected from more than 2,000 ...

  • Vancouver's Will Richter Wins CBC Short Story Prize for His Gripping Tale of Literary Festival Violence
    Vancouver's Will Richter Wins CBC Short Story Prize for His Gripping Tale of Literary Festival Violence
    April 18, 2023

    Vancouver's Will Richter Wins CBC Short Story Prize for His Gripping Tale of Literary Festival Violence

    This morning, CBC Books and the Canada Council for the Arts announced that Vancouver's Will Richter has won the 2023 CBC Short Story Prize. His story "Just a Howl" captured the prestigious $6,000 prize, ...

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