The CCBC takes over the administration of the Richard Allen Chase Memorial Award.
Personnel change: Fernwood Publishing
Rights deal: Katherine Ashenburg
Sid Marty wins inaugural Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize
The $10,000 prize, announced last month, honours Canadian poets and poetry, and celebrates the legacy of Purdy. The winner was announced on April 21, the 24th anniversary of the poet’s death.
Todd Stewart wins 2023 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award
Stewart won the $1,000 prize for his work on Jean E. Pendziwol’s Skating Wild on an Inland Sea.
Literary mag launches new writing prize for short stories
The Montreal Fiction Prize, open to Canadian writers for stories up to 4,000 words long, carries a $2,000 purse, with two $500 awards for the second- and third-place stories.
Rights deals: Patrick Tarr, John Ibbitson + three more
At last: Work begins on new Canadian dictionary
Editors Canada announced in February that the professional organization has partnered with Nelson Education to use the Nelson Gage Canadian Paperback Dictionary as the foundation for a new Canadian English dictionary.
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