Hilary Fair
BIO
Biography

Hilary Fair is a writer and former Registered Psychotherapist. Her essay, "Predator, Prey" won the 2025 Event Non-Fiction Contest and is forthcoming in Best Canadian Essays 2027. Hilary's essays and short-fiction have been published in The New Quarterly, Event, Prairie Fire, The Good Life Review and TGLR's Best of Anthology. Her essays have been Honourably Mentioned in the Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest (2022), and short-listed for the CNFC/Humber Literary Review Creative Non-Fiction Contest (2021). In 2021, she won the inaugural Amy Award for Memoir. She is at work on a book-length essay collection and a grateful recipient of grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council. 

 @hilary.fair; https://hilaryfair.substack.com

 

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GENRE
creative non-fiction; fiction
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
"Predator, Prey" in Best Canadian Essays 2027
Publisher
Biblioasis
Year
2026
Title
"Alary Things"
Publisher
The Good Life Review Best of Anthology
Year
2026
Title
"Predator, Prey"
Publisher
Event Magazine
Year
2025
Title
"Je M'appelle Lili's Dad"
Publisher
Prairie Fire
Year
2025
Title
Alary Things
Publisher
The Good Life Review
Year
2024
Title
Horoscope for the end of the world
Publisher
Third Street Review
Year
2024
Title
Sonnet: galeko
Publisher
The New Quarterly
Year
2023
Title
Call Me Later
Publisher
Amy Award Anthology
Year
202
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Event Magazine Creative Non-Fiction Contest
Publication
Predator, Prey
Year
2025
Name
Edna Staebler Perosnal Essay Award
Publication
Sonnet: galeko
Year
2022
Name
Amy Award
Publication
Call Me Later
Year
2021
LINKS
Links
website
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