Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is a North American literary award, created in 2020 to honour literature by women.[1] The annual prize will award $150,000 to the winning work and $12,500 to each of the shortlisted finalists, making it one of the world's richest literary awards.[2]

The prize will be open to both Canadian and American women and non-binary writers in English.[2] French-language literature by Canadians, and Spanish-language literature by Americans, will be eligible when published in an English translation.[2] Submissions will be judged by a jury that includes one Canadian, one American and one international judge.[2] Novelist Carol Shields was selected as the namesake of the award, both in honour of her record as an advocate and mentor for women writers and because of her status as a dual citizen of both countries.[3] The winner will also receive a residency at the Fogo Island writers' retreat, while the runners-up will receive residencies at Canadian or American universities.[4] In addition, the winner will also select an emerging female or non-binary writer, who will receive a year-long mentorship.[4]

The prize was created by Canadian novelist Susan Swan and editor Janice Zawerbny, with an organizing committee that includes noted women literary figures such as Alice Munro, Dionne Brand, Jane Urquhart, Charlotte Gray, Margaret Atwood, Marie-Claire Blais, Natasha Trethewey, Jane Smiley, Francine Prose and Erica Jong.[3] Alexandra Skoczylas is the current executive director. [5]

The award will be presented for the first time in 2023, with the longlist announced on March 8, the shortlist on April 6 and the winner on May 4.[6]

Nominees and winners
Year Jury Author Book Result Ref.
2023 Anita Rau Badami, Merilyn Simonds, Katherena Vermette, Monique Truong, Crystal Wilkinson Daphne Palasi Andreades Brown Girls Longlist [7]
Fatimah Asghar When We Were Sisters
Andrea Barrett Natural History
Lisa Hsiao Chen Activities of Daily Living
Francine Cunningham God Isn't Here Today
Kali Fajardo-Anstine Woman of Light
Liana Finck Let There Be Light
Emma Hooper We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky
Gish Jen Thank You, Mr. Nixon
Chelene Knight Junie
Talia Lakshmi Kolluri What We Fed to the Manticore
Tsering Yangzom Lama We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies
Suzette Mayr The Sleeping Car Porter
Alexis Schaitkin Elsewhere
Namwali Serpell The Furrows

References
  1. Scottie Andrew, "A new literary prize will award more than $100,000 to a North American writer. The only criteria? No men" Archived 2020-02-09 at the Wayback Machine. CNN, February 9, 2020.
  2. Jane van Koeverden, "New Carol Shields Prize for Fiction will award $150K to a woman or non-binary writer" Archived 2020-02-09 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Books, February 7, 2020.
  3. Marsha Lederman, "New Carol Shields prize for fiction will award $150,000 to female author" Archived 2023-03-13 at the Wayback Machine. The Globe and Mail, February 8, 2020.
  4. Deborah Dundas, "New $150,000 Carol Shields fiction prize ‘to shine a light on women writers’" Archived 2020-02-08 at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Star, February 7, 2020.
  5. "Alexandra Skoczylas". Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. Archived from the original on 2023-02-14. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  6. "Jury announced for inaugural Carol Shields Prize for Fiction" Archived 2023-02-01 at the Wayback Machine. Quill & Quire, January 26, 2023.
  7. Dundas, Deborah (2023-03-08). "5 Canadians nominated for first Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for women and non-binary writers, worth $150,000 (U.S.)". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2023-03-10. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
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