Danuta Gleed Literary Award

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Danuta Gleed Literary Award
Awarded forCanadian short fiction collections
CountryCanada
Presented by Writers' Union of Canada
First awarded1998

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 late 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, assist in funding the award. [1]

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Initially Can$5,000, the prize money increased to Can$10,000 in 2004. [2] The runners-up each receive CAN $500. [1] The nominations must be submitted before the end of January. [3] The year's shortlist is chosen by a jury. [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.

In 2010, Joey Comeau's Overqualified was withdrawn, as the writer already published a debut work. Only two books were shortlisted in 2010 (the fewest in the history of the award). However, the 2010 judges called the winning work Wax Boats by Sarah Roberts "truly remarkable," speaking of her versatility and her convincing writing in every conceivable voice, and likening her to Stephen Leacock's Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town for the modern age.

Winners and nominees

Key
ColorMeaning
Winners
Runners-up
Other short-listed people
Year AwardedAuthor(s)BookPublisherRef.
1998 Curtis Gillespie The Progress of an Object in Motion Coteau Books [6]
Joanne GerberIn the Misleading Absence of Light Coteau Books
Janina Hornosty Snackers Oolichan Books
Shree Ghatage Awake When All the World is Asleep House of Anansi Press
David Manicom Ice in Dark Water Véhicule Press
1999 Dennis Bock Olympia Bloomsbury USA [7]
Judith KalmanThe County of Birches Douglas & McIntyre [8]
Murray LoganThe King of Siam The Porcupine's Quill
Anne Fleming Pool-Hopping and Other Stories Polestar
Nora Gold Marrow and Other Stories Warwick Publishing
Sally Ito Floating the Shore The Mercury Press
2000 Mike BarnesAquarium The Porcupine's Quill [9]
Elyse Gasco Can You Wave Bye-Bye, Baby? Picador [10]
Russell Smith Young Men Anchor Canada
Zsuzsi Gartner All the Anxious Girls on Earth Patrick Crean Editions
Maureen Hull Righteous Living Turnstone Press
Alissa York Any Given Power Arbeiter Ring Publishing
2001 Barbara LambertA Message for Mr. Lazarus Cormorant Books [11]
Ivan E. Coyote Close to Spiderman Arsenal Pulp Press [12]
Terence Young Rhymes with Useless Raincoast Books
Alexandra Leggat Pull Gently, Tear Here Insomniac Press [12]
Annabel Lyon Oxygen McClelland & Stewart
2002 Gloria Sawai A Song for Nettie Johnson Coteau Books [13]
Rick Maddocks Sputnik Diner Knopf Canada
Madeleine Thien Simple Recipes Little Brown & Company
Aislinn Hunter What's Left Us Polestar Book Publishers
Nadine McInnes Quicksilver Raincoast Books
Adam Lewis Schroeder Kingdom of Monkeys Raincoast Books
2003 Lee Henderson The Broken Record Technique Penguin Canada [14]
Timothy Taylor Silent Cruise Counterpoint [15]
Nancy Lee Dead Girls McClelland & Stewart
Tamas Dobozy When X Equals Marylou Arsenal Pulp Press [16]
Shaena Lambert The Falling Woman Vintage Canada
Emily Schultz Black Coffee Night Insomniac Press
2004 Jacqueline Baker A Hard Witching & Other Stories Harper Flamingo Canada [1]
Jonathan BennettVeranda People Raincoast Books [1]
Susan RendellIn the Chambers of the Sea Killick Press
Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer Way Up: Stories Goose Lane Editions
Cory Doctorow A Place So Foreign and 8 More Four Walls Eight Windows [1]
Melanie LittleConfidence: Stories Thomas Allen Publishers
2005 David Bezmozgis Natasha and Other Stories Harper Flamingo Canada [1]
Ramona DearingSo Beautiful The Porcupine's Quill [1]
Kelly CooperEyehill Goose Lane Editions
Caroline ShepardOff Centre Oberon Press [1]
Carrie Snyder Hair Hat Penguin Canada
2006 Charlotte Gill Ladykiller Thomas Allen Publishers [1]
Craig Davidson Rust and Bone Viking Canada [1]
Jacqueline HonnetLimbo Turnstone Press
Goran Simic Yesterday's People Biblioasis [1]
Vivette KadyMost Wanted The Porcupine's Quill
2007 Nathan SellynIndigenous Beasts Raincoast Books [1]
Vincent Lam Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures Doubleday [1]
Russell Wangersky The Hour of Bad Decisions Coteau Books
Anar AliBaby Khaki's Wings Penguin Canada [1]
Krista Bridge The Virgin Spy Douglas & McIntyre
2008 Andrew HoodPardon Our Monsters Esplanade Books [1]
Roberta Rees Long After Fathers Coteau Books [1]
Valeria StetsonThe Year I Got Impatient Oolichan Books [1]
Liane KeightleySeven Openings of the Head Conundrum Press [1]
Tom Wayman Boundary Country Thistledown Press [1]
2009 Pasha Malla The Withdrawal Method House of Anansi Press [1]
Ian ColfordHalifax for Evidence The Porcupine's Quill [1]
Rebecca Rosenblum Once Biblioasis [1]
Ahmad SaidullahHappiness and other Disorders Key Porter Books [1]
Betsy TrumpenerThe Butcher of Penetang Caitlin Press [1]
2010 Sarah RobertsWax Boats Caitlin Press [1]
Deborah Willis Vanishing and Other Stories Penguin Canada [1]
Joey Comeau Overqualified (withdrawn) 1 ECW Press [1]
2011 Billie Livingston Greedy Little Eyes [17] Vintage Canada [1]
Darcie Friesen HossackMennonites Don't Dance Thistledown Press [1]
Alexander MacLeod Light Lifting Biblioasis [1]
R. W. Gray Crisp NeWest Press [1]
Teri VlassopoulosBats or Swallows Invisible Publishing [1]
2012 Ian Williams Not Anyone's Anything [18] [19] [20] Freehand Books [1]
Jessica WestheadAnd Also Sharks Cormorant Books [1]
Daniel GriffinStopping for Strangers Véhicule Press [1]
Andrew J. BorkowskiCopernicus Avenue Cormorant Books [1]
Johanna Skibsrud This Will Be Difficult to Explain Hamish Hamilton Canada [1]
2013 Rebecca LeeBobcat and other stories Hamish Hamilton [1]
Anton PiatigorskyThe Iron Bridge Goose Lane Editions [1]
John VignaBull Head Arsenal Pulp Press [1]
Paul Marlowe Ether Frolics Sybertooth [1]
Yasuko Thanh Floating Like the Dead McClelland & Stewart [1]
2014 Paul CarlucciThe Secret Life of Fission Oberon Press
Astrid BlodgettYou Haven't Changed a Bit University of Alberta Press
Eufemia FantettiA Recipe for Disaster & Other Unlikely Tales of Love Mother Tongue Publishing
Theodora ArmstrongClear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility House of Anansi
Lisa Bird-Wilson Just Pretending Coteau Books
2015 Rivka Galchen American Innovations HarperCollins
Eliza Robertson Wallflowers Hamish Hamilton
Mireille Silcoff Chez l'Arabe House of Anansi
Claire Battershill Circus McClelland and Stewart
Janine Alyson Young Hideout Hotel Caitlin Press
2016 Heather O'Neill Daydreams of Angels HarperCollins [21]
Andrew Forbes What You Need Invisible Publishing [21]
Kevin Hardcastle Debris Biblioasis
Gerard Beirne In a Time of Drought and Hunger Oberon Press [22]
Hugh Graham Last Words Exile Editions
2017 Kris Bertin Bad Things Happen Biblioasis [23]
Kerry Lee Powell Willem deKooning's Paintbrush HarperCollins [23]
Laura Trunkey Double Dutch Astoria
Lyse Champagne The Light That Remains Enfield & Wizenty [23]
André Narbonne Twelve Miles to Midnight Black Moss Press
2018 Norma Dunning Annie Muktuk and Other Stories University of Alberta Press
Dawn Dumont Glass Beads Thistledown Press [24]
David Huebert Peninsula Sinking Biblioasis
Camilla Grudova The Doll's Alphabet Coach House Books [24]
Lori McNulty Life on Mars Goose Lane Editions
2019 Carrianne Leung That Time I Loved You HarperCollins [25]
Paige Cooper Zolitude Biblioasis [25]
Erin Frances Fisher That Tiny Life House of Anansi
Djamila Ibrahim Things Are Good Now House of Anansi [26]
Marianne Micros Eye Guernica Editions
2020 Zalika Reid-Benta Frying Plantain Astoria [27]
Christy Ann Conlin Watermark Astoria [27]
Terry Doyle Dig Breakwater Books
Darci Bysouth Lost Boys Thistledown Press [28]
Kat Cameron The Eater of Dreams Thistledown Press
2021 Jack Wang We Two Alone Astoria [29]
Kaie Kellough Dominoes at the Crossroads Esplanade Books [29]
Souvankham Thammavongsa How to Pronounce Knife McClelland & Stewart
Frances Boyle Seeking Shade The Porcupine's Quill [29]
Sidura Ludwig You Are Not What We Expected Astoria
2022 Arnolda Dufour Bowes 20.12m: A Short Story Collection of a Life Lived as a Road Allowance Métis Gabriel Dumont Institute Press [30]
Silmy Abdullah Home of the Floating Lily Dundurn Press [30]
Gillian Wigmore Night Watch: The Vet Suite Invisible Publishing
Helen Chau Bradley Personal Attention Roleplay Metonymy Press [31]
Meg Todd Exit Strategies Signature Editions
2023 Kim Fu Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century Coach House Books [32]
Nada Alic Bad Thoughts Vintage Books [32]
Saeed Teebi Her First Palestinian House of Anansi Press
Kathy Friedman All the Shining People House of Anansi Press [33]
Rawi Hage Stray Dogs Knopf Canada
2024 Lisa Alward Cocktail Biblioasis [34]
Paola Ferrante Her Body Among Animals Book*hug [34]
Rebecca Hirsch Garcia The Girl Who Cried Diamonds & Other Stories ECW Press
Idman Nur Omar The Private Apartments House of Anansi Press [35]
Kathryn Mockler Anecdotes Book*hug
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. [36]

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