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The Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers was established in 2006 by Brian O'Dea, an author from the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The award supports emerging writers in Newfoundland and Labrador through financial and editing support, as well as recognition for their writing. The award is administered by the Writer's Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador (WANL). Originally given out every year, the award became biennial in 2009. In 2011, NLCU - the largest credit union in Newfoundland and Labrador with a reputation for its commitment to local communities and organizations - became the corporate sponsor of the award, which is officially known as the NLCU Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers. Since its inception, the award has kick started the writing careers of many of its short-listed and winning writers, who were subsequently successful in having their works published. [1] [2]

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Prize

The winning author receives a cash prize of $5,200 and $1,000 towards professional editing services for the winning manuscript. [3] [4] Two runners-up receive a $1,000 cash prize each. [1]

Guidelines and Eligibility

In order to be eligible, an individual must be a member of WANL and a resident of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. For the administration of these awards, WANL defines residents as individuals who meet one of two conditions. The first condition is that they have lived in the province for 12 months immediately prior to the release of publication of their written piece. The second is that they have lived in the province for at least 36 out of the previous 60 months, with no requirement for those months to be consecutive. The award cannot be received posthumously.

The submitted manuscript must be both completed and unpublished. It must be in English and authored by a single individual. Only one submission per writer per year is allowed, however pieces that have been submitted once before to the Fresh Fish Awards are eligible to be submitted again. The same piece cannot be submitted more than twice. [5]

Winners

YearBookAuthorRunners-up
2006Snowflake-Young

(published as Skin Room)

 Sara Tilley The Forgetting Room by Degan Davis and Maxine and Other Stories by Claire Wilkshire
2007Blood Relatives Craig Francis Power The Forgetting Room by Degan Davis and Firmament by Bruce Johnson
2008It All Comes Down to ThisJamie FitzpatrickPreservations by Stephen Rowe and untitled novel by Claire Wilkshire
2009West OrangeDave AndrewsThe Chrome Chair by Danielle Devereaux and sparrows, sparks by Andreae Prozesky
2011BracoLesleyanne RyanManigotagan by Patrick Carroll and How to Softly Break a Wild Horse by Scott Cowan
2013Everything Is What It IsPaul WhittleThe Art of Dogs by Joshua Goudie and Send More Tourists, the Last Ones Were Delicious by Tracey Waddleton
2015Dispelling the MythsSusie Taylor [6] [7] The Boat People by Sharon Bala and Barrelling Forward and Other Stories by Eva Crocker [8] [9]
2017Optic NerveMatthew Hollett [10] We All Do by Terry Doyle and Phreak by Liz Solo
2020No Subject for the InexperiencedClay Everest [11] Nowadays and Lonelier by Camelia Gray-Cosgrove and The Blue Moth Motel by Olivia Anne Robinson

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  2. ↑ "Spotlight on NLCU, Patron of the Arts". Business & Arts NL. August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Longlist announced for Writer's Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador Fresh Fish Award 2020". www.thetelegram.com. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers shortlist revealed". Quill and Quire. October 13, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Newfoundland and Labrador Credit Union Fresh Fish Award › WANL". wanl.ca. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers shortlist revealed". Quill and Quire. October 13, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  7. ↑ TheOvercast (October 9, 2015). "Eva Crocker, Sharon Bala, and Susie Taylor Shortlisted for the $5,000 Fresh Fish Award". The Overcast. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers shortlist revealed". Quill and Quire. October 13, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  9. ↑ TheOvercast (October 9, 2015). "Eva Crocker, Sharon Bala, and Susie Taylor Shortlisted for the $5,000 Fresh Fish Award". The Overcast. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  10. ↑ Crocker, Eva (November 27, 2017). "Poet Matthew Hollett Wins $5,200 NLCU Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Authors". The Overcast. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Newfoundland and Labrador Credit Union Fresh Fish Award › WANL". wanl.ca. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
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