2024 Short List Announced
TWUC is pleased to announce the short list of nominees for the 28th annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award, recognizing the best first collection of short fiction by a Canadian author published in 2024.
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Eden Robinson
Novelist and Short Fiction Writer (Photo: Red Works Photography)
The Writers' Union of Canada defends not just its membership but all authors in Canada from ongoing devaluation of copyright. Our livelihood depends on having strong voices and leadership tackling these pivotal issues.
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- Powerful advocacy in support of writers’ rights
- Connection with a community of professional writers across the country
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Melanie Flores
When Worlds Collide is a speculative science fiction fantasy from Melanie Flores.When Worlds Collide takes the reader on a journey through time and space. Cat, an Oaken Healer, must find out what is behind the Forgetting Plague that is affecting the peaceful and advanced polytheistic society of…
