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The Union is please to announce the short list of nominees for the 29th annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award.
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Kevin Chong photo by Andrew Querner
Kevin Chong
Fiction and Nonfiction Writer (Photo: Andrew Querner)
I wouldn't want to think of the kind of literary landscape we would be inhabiting without TWUC, and can only wishfully imagine the good work that could be accomplished if every Canadian writer became a part of it.

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Apr. 30 2026

Wilfrid Laurier University

Wilfrid Laurier University’s Faculty of Arts is seeking submissions from Canadian writers for the Edna Staebler Writer-in-Residence position for Winter 2027. The Writer-in-Residence will receive $21,000 for a nine-week in-person residency from January 18 to March 19, 2027. Eight weeks are to be…

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