Danuta Gleed Literary Award

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Danuta Gleed Literary Award
$10,000 AWARD FOR FIRST BOOK OF SHORT FICTION

The Writers’ Union of Canada and John Gleed are pleased to announce that submissions are being accepted until January 31, 2008, for the 2007 DANUTA GLEED LITERARY AWARD for best first Canadian collection of short fiction in the English language.

PRIZE

One $10,000 prize for the best first collection of short fiction; second and third prizes in the amount of $500 each. Winners will be announced on May 24, 2008, during the Annual General Meeting of The Writers’ Union of Canada.

JURY

We are proud to announce that Genni Gunn, Donna Morrissey and Fred Wah will serve as the jury.

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible titles are first collections of short fiction written by a Canadian citizen or permanent resident and published in Canada in the English language in the 2007 calendar year.

Please send five (5)of each eligible title, along with a cover page outlining author, title, and publisher to:

The Writers’ Union of Canada
90 Richmond Street East, Suite 200
Toronto, Ontario, M5C 1P1

Submission deadline: JANUARY 31, 2008

Danuta Gleed’s first collection of short stories, One of the Chosen, was posthumously published by BuschekBooks in 1997. All royalties from sales of her book will go to the Award.

The Writers' Union of Canada is our country's national organization representing professional authors of books. Founded in 1973, the Union is dedicated to fostering writing in Canada, and promoting the rights, freedoms, and economic well being of all writers. For more information, please visit www.writersunion.ca