Zsuzsi Gartner in Ireland
Zsuzsi Gartner, MFA alumna, has just been appointed the inaugural Frank O’Connor International Short Story Fellow and will be spending three months in Cork, Ireland this fall http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/new-format-for-frank-oconnor-short-story-prize-385204.html
BC Book Prizes 2016
Congratulations to faculty and alumni nominated and winners of this year’s BC Book Prizes. MFA Alumna Annette LeBox, won the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize for Peace is an Offering, illustrated by Stephanie Graegin. Susan Musgrave, MFA Poetry Lecturer won the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award for her first cookbook A Taste of Haida Gwaii: Food Gathering and Feasting […]
Amy Stuart, Bestseller
Congratulations to MFA Alumna Amy Stuart, whose book Still Mine has been sitting on the Canadian bestseller lists since it was released in late February. Still Mine will be released in the US in July 2016. More information at www.amystuart.ca.
39th Annual National Magazine Awards Nominees
Congratulations to the following Creative Writing Alumni/student nominees for the 39th Annual National Magazine Awards: Trevor Corkum (Fiction) Haley Cullingham (Editor, Maisonneuve) Gena Ellett (Personal Journalism) Krista Foss (Personal Journalism) Zsuzsi Gartner (Fiction) Shazia Hafiz Ramji (Poetry) Anna Maxymiw (Humour & Personal Journalism) Susan Olding (Essay) Rachel Rose (Poetry) PRISM international UBC Creative Writing’s literary […]
Irina Kovalyova shortlisted for Kobo Emerging Writer Prize
Congratulations to MFA alumna Irina Kovalyova. Her book Specimen, has been shortlisted for the $10,000 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize.
Michelle Good selected for Best Canadian Poetry
Congratulations to alumna Michelle Good. Her poem “Defying Gravity” has been selected for inclusion in Best Canadian Poetry 2016. More information about the Best Canadian Poetry series can be found on their website.
Karim Alrawi finalist for First Novel Award
Congratulations to alumnus Karim Alrawi, whose first novel Book of Sands not only won the HarperCollins Canada / UBC Prize, but has now been shortlisted for the First Novel Award, presented by Amazon Canada. More information at the award website at the Walrus.
Alumni on CBC Short Story Awards Long List
Congratulations to Alumni Adrick Brock and Katherin Edwards, who appear on the 2016 CBC Short Story Awards Long List. The shortlist for the $6000 award will be announced April 13th. More information here: http://www.cbc.ca/books/shortstoryprize/index.html
Faculty & Alumni Nominations for BC Book Prizes
Congratulations to all of our faculty and alumni nominated for this year’s BC Book Prizes. Nominees include: Bookseller’s Choice Award: A Taste of Haida Gwaii: Food Gathering and Feasting at the Edge of the World, by Susan Musgrave (lecturer). Vancouver Vanishes, including adjunct instructor Caroline Adderson and alumna Bren Simmers. Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize: Specimen, by alumna Irina Kovalyova […]
Creative Writing Alumna Signs Major Book Deal
Congratulations to UBC Creative Writing Alumna Gabrielle Prendergast, who has just sold her teen fantasy series Zero Repeat Forever in a six-figure deal at auction. Rights to the series have sold to Simon & Schuster in the US, UK and Canada. Book one is set for 2017.