Fawn Parker is a Canadian writer. [1]
Fawn Parker is a Canadian writer. [1]
Parker's novel What We Both Know was longlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize. [2] Parker's essay "The Prescription" appeared in Maisonneuve Magazine and was a finalist for the 2023 National Magazine Awards. [3] In 2020, her short story "FEED MACHINE" was nominated for the Writers' Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize. [4] Her poem "Woof" has been shortlisted for a 2024 National Magazine Award. [5]
Parker holds an MA in creative writing from the University of Toronto and is studying at the University of New Brunswick to obtain her Ph.D. [6] Her published works include the short story collection Looking Good and Having a Good Time (2015), the poetry collection Weak Spot (2018), the novels Set-Point (ARP 2019) [7] and Dumb-Show (ARP 2021), her novel What We Both Know (McClelland & Stewart, 2022), and the poetry collection Soft Inheritance (Palimpsest 2023) [8] which won both a 2024 New Brunswick Book Award [9] and a 2024 Atlantic Book Award. [10]
Her novel Hi, it's me [11] is forthcoming with McClelland & Stewart in 2024.
Parker is the incoming 2024-2026 Poet Laureate of the City of Fredricton, New Brunswick [12] .
| Year | Work | Prize | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | "Feed Machine" | Writers' Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize | Shortlist | [4] |
| 2022 | What We Both Know | Scotiabank Giller Prize | Longlist | [2] |
| 2023 | "The Prescription" | National Magazine Award | Shortlist | [3] |
| 2024 | Soft Inheritance | New Brunswick Book Awards Fiddlehead Poetry Prize | Won | [9] |
| 2024 | Soft Inheritance | Atlantic Book Awards JM Abraham Poetry Prize | Won | [10] |
| 2024 | "Woof" | National Magazine Award | Shortlist | [5] |
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