Danuta Gleed Literary Award

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Danuta Gleed Literary Award
Awarded for Canadian short fiction collections
Country Canada
Presented by Writers' Union of Canada
First awarded 1998

The Danuta Gleed Literary Award is a Canadian national literary prize, awarded since 1998. It recognizes the best debut short fiction collection by a Canadian author in English language.[1] The annual prize was founded by John Gleed in honour of his second wife, the Canadian writer Danuta Gleed, whose favourite literary genre was short fiction, and is presented by the Writers' Union of Canada. The incomes of her One for the Chosen, a collection of short stories published posthumously in 1997 by BuschekBooks and released by Frances Itani and Susan Zettell, still fund the award.[1]

A man with hat and glasses sitting on a chair and crossing his legs.
2009 awardee, Pasha Malla

Initially C$5,000, the prize money increased to C$10,000 in 2004.[2] The runners-up each receive C$500.[1] The nominations must be submitted before the end of January.[3] The year's shortlist is chosen by the Union.[4] The varying jury is composed of Canadian writers, literary critics and publishers, such as Gail Anderson-Dargatz, Robin McGrath and Hal Niedzviecki in 2012 or Douglas Glover, J. Jill Robinson and Claire Holden Rothman in 2011.[5]

The first winning work was Curtis Gillespie's The Progress of an Object in Motion, without any competitors. From 1999 to 2002, there were two runners-up. From 2003, five people were nominated for the award, while the remaining three were not included as runners-up. From 2005 to 2008, only five writers were nominated for the prize, with two being the runners-up. From 2009 to 2011, there were no runners-up. The traditional format was revived in the next year, selecting two runners-up among five short-listed works. In 2010, Joey Comeau's Overqualified was withdrawn, as the writer already published a debut work in 2007. That year, only two books were shortlisted, the fewest in the history of the award.

Winners[edit]

Key
Sign Meaning
* Winners
dagger Runners-up
Other short-listed people
Year Author(s) Book Publisher Ref.
1998 Gillespie, CurtisCurtis Gillespie * The Progress of an Object in Motion Coteau Books [6]
1999 Bock, DennisDennis Bock * Olympia Bloomsbury USA [7]
1999 Kalman, JudithJudith Kalman dagger The County of Birches Douglas & McIntyre [8]
1999 Logan, MurrayMurray Logan dagger The King of Siam The Porcupine's Quill
2000 Barnes, MikeMike Barnes * Aquarium The Porcupine's Quill [9]
2000 Gasco, ElyseElyse Gasco dagger Can You Wave Bye-Bye, Baby? Picador [10]
2000 Smith, RussellRussell Smith dagger Young Men Anchor Canada
2001 Lambert, BarbaraBarbara Lambert * A Message for Mr. Lazarus Cormorant Books [11]
2001 Coyote, Ivan E.Ivan E. Coyote dagger Close to Spiderman Arsenal Pulp Press [12]
2001 Young, TerenceTerence Young dagger Rhymes with Useless Raincoast Books [13]
2002 Sawai, GloriaGloria Sawai * A Song for Nettie Johnson Coteau Books [14]
2002 Maddocks, RickRick Maddocks dagger Sputnik Dinner Knopf Canada
2002 Thien, MadeleineMadeleine Thien dagger Simple Recipes Little Brown & Company
2003 Henderson, LeeLee Henderson * The Broken Record Technique Penguin Canada [15]
2003 Taylor, TimothyTimothy Taylor dagger Silent Cruise Counterpoint
2003 Lee, NancyNancy Lee dagger Dead Girls McClelland & Stewart [16]
2003 Dobozy, TamasTamas Dobozy When X Equals Marylou Arsenal Pulp Press
2003 Lambert, ShaenaShaena Lambert The Falling Woman Vintage Canada [17]
2003 Schultz, EmilyEmily Schultz Black Coffee Night Insomniac Press
2004 Baker, JacquelineJacqueline Baker * A Hard Witching & Other Stories Harper Flamingo Canada [1]
2004 Bennett, JonathanJonathan Bennett dagger Veranda People Raincoast Books [1]
2004 Rendell, SusanSusan Rendell dagger In the Chambers of the Sea Killick Press [1]
2004 Doctorow, CoryCory Doctorow A Place So Foreign and 8 More Four Walls Eight Windows [1]
2004 Kuitenbrouwer, KathrynKathryn Kuitenbrouwer Way Up: Stories Goose Lane Editions [1]
2004 Little, MelanieMelanie Little Confidence: Stories Thomas Allen Publishers [1]
2005 Bezmozgis, DavidDavid Bezmozgis * Natasha and Other Stories Harper Flamingo Canada [1]
2005 Dearing, RamonaRamona Dearing dagger So Beautiful The Porcupine's Quill [1]
2005 Cooper, KellyKelly Cooper dagger Eyehill Goose Lane Editions [1]
2005 Shepard, CarolineCaroline Shepard Off Centre Oberon Press [1]
2005 Snyder, CarrieCarrie Snyder Hair Hat Penguin Canada [1]
2006 Gill, CharlotteCharlotte Gill * Ladykiller Thomas Allen Publishers [1]
2006 Davidson, CraigCraig Davidson dagger Rust and Bone Viking Canada [1]
2006 Honnet, JacquelineJacqueline Honnet dagger Limbo Turnstone Press [1]
2006 Simic, GoranGoran Simic Yesterday's People Biblioasis [1]
2006 Kady, VivetteVivette Kady Most Wanted The Porcupine's Quill [1]
2007 Sellyn, NathanNathan Sellyn * Indigenous Beasts Raincoast Books [1]
2007 Lam, VincentVincent Lam dagger Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures Doubleday [1]
2007 Wangersky, RussellRussell Wangersky dagger The Hour of Bad Decisions Coteau Books [1]
2007 Ali, AnarAnar Ali Baby Khaki's Wings Penguin Canada [1]
2007 Bridge, KristaKrista Bridge The Virgin Spy Douglas & McIntyre [1]
2008 Hood, AndrewAndrew Hood * Pardon Our Monsters Esplanade [1]
2008 Rees, RobertaRoberta Rees dagger Long After Fathers Coteau Books [1]
2008 Stetson, ValeriaValeria Stetson dagger The Year I Got Impatient Oolichan Books [1]
2008 Keightley, LianeLiane Keightley Seven Openings of the Head Conundrum Press [1]
2008 Wayman, TomTom Wayman Boundary Country Thistledown Press [1]
2009 Malla, PashaPasha Malla * The Withdrawal Method House of Anansi Press [1]
2009 Colford, IanIan Colford Halifax for Evidence The Porcupine's Quill [1]
2009 Rosenblum, RebeccaRebecca Rosenblum Once Biblioasis [1]
2009 Saidullah, AhmadAhmad Saidullah Happiness and other Disorders Key Porter Books [1]
2009 Trumpener, BetsyBetsy Trumpener The Butcher of Penetang Caitlin Press [1]
2010 Roberts, SarahSarah Roberts * Wax Boats Caitlin Press [1]
2010 Willis, DeborahDeborah Willis Vanishing and Other Stories Penguin Canada [1]
2010 Comeau, JoeyJoey Comeau Overqualified (withdrawn)1 ECW Press [1]
2011 Livingston, BillieBillie Livingston * Greedy Little Eyes[18] Vintage Canada [1]
2011 Friesen Hossack, DarcieDarcie Friesen Hossack Mennonites Don't Dance Thistledown Press [1]
2011 Gray, R.W.R.W. Gray Crisp NeWest Press [1]
2011 MacLeod, AlexanderAlexander MacLeod Light Lifting Biblioasis [1]
2011 Vlassopoulos, TeriTeri Vlassopoulos Bats or Swallows Invisible Publishing [1]
2012 Williams, IanIan Williams * Not Anyone's Anything[19][20][21] Freehand Books [1]
2012 Westhead, JessicaJessica Westhead dagger And Also Sharks Cormorant Books [1]
2012 Griffin, DanielDaniel Griffin dagger Stopping for Strangers Véhicule Press [1]
2012 Borkowski, Andrew J.Andrew J. Borkowski Copernicus Avenue Cormorant Books [1]
2012 Skibsrud, JohannaJohanna Skibsrud This Will Be Difficult to Explain Hamish Hamilton Canada [1]
2013 Lee, RebeccaRebecca Lee * Bobcat and other stories Hamish Hamilton [1]
2013 Piatigorsky, AntonAnton Piatigorsky dagger The Iron Bridge Goose Lane Editions [1]
2013 Vigna, JohnJohn Vigna dagger Bull Head Arsenal Pulp Press [1]
2013 Marlowe, PaulPaul Marlowe Ether Frolics Sybertooth [1]
2013 Thanh, YasukoYasuko Thanh Floating Like the Dead McClelland & Stewart [1]
1.^ Comeau's Overqualified was withdrawn as it was not his debut short fiction collection. He already self-published It’s Too Late to Say I’m Sorry in 2007.[22]

References[edit]

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Specific
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az "Danuta Gleed". The Writers' Union of Canada. Retrieved 15 July 2012. 
  2. ^ "Danuta Gleed Award 2003". The Writers' Union of Canada. Retrieved 16 December 2012. 
  3. ^ "The Danuta Gleed Literary Award" (PDF). The Writers' Union of Canada. Retrieved 13 July 2012. 
  4. ^ Mark Medley (9 May 2012). "Danuta Gleed Literary Award reveals shortlist". National Post. Retrieved 13 July 2012. 
  5. ^ "Winner Announced for Danuta Gleed Literary Award" (PDF). The Writers' Union of Canada. Retrieved 16 December 2012. 
  6. ^ "Eighteen Bridges’ editors aspire to become Canada’s New Yorker". Quill & Quire. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012. 
  7. ^ "2002 Canada-Japan Literary Awards go to Dennis Bock, Michael David Kwan and Ook Chung". Canada Council for Arts. 2002. Retrieved 20 December 2012. 
  8. ^ "Member Profile - Judith Kalman". The Writers' Union of Canada. Retrieved 20 December 2012. 
  9. ^ "Member Profile - Mike Barnes". The Writers' Union of Canada. Retrieved 20 December 2012. 
  10. ^ "Bye Bye Baby". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 20 December 2012. 
  11. ^ "Member Profile - Barbara Lambert". Writers' Union of Canada. Retrieved 20 December 2012. 
  12. ^ "Close to Spider Man". Arsenal Pulp Press. Retrieved 20 December 2012. 
  13. ^ "Biblioasis author Terence Young". Biblioasis. Retrieved 20 December 2012. 
  14. ^ "A Song for Nettie Johnson". Canada Council for the Arts. Retrieved 20 December 2012. 
  15. ^ "The Broken Record Technique". Anne McDermid & Associates. Retrieved 20 December 2012. 
  16. ^ "Dead Girls". McClelland.com. Retrieved 20 December 2012. 
  17. ^ "Radiance". Anne McDermid & Associates. Retrieved 20 December 2012. 
  18. ^ Mark Medley (30 May 2011). "Billie Livingston wins Danuta Gleed Literary Award". National Post. Retrieved 2 July 2012. 
  19. ^ James Adams (7 June 2012). "Ian Williams named winner of Danuta Gleed Literary Award". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2 July 2012. 
  20. ^ Ashley Goodfellow (17 June 2012). "Prestigious prize goes to Brampton writer". Brampton Guardian. Retrieved 3 July 2012. 
  21. ^ "Ian Williams wins $10,000 Danuta Gleed award for 'Not Anyone's Anything'". The Canadian Press. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012. 
  22. ^ Sue Carter Flinn (18 May 2010). "Update: Joey Comeau withdrawn from $10,000 literary award". The Coast. Retrieved 20 August 2012. 
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