The Writers' Trust of Canada is an organization that supports Canadian writers through literary awards, fellowships, financial grants, mentorships and more. Graeme Gibson and Margaret Atwood discuss writing.Neither Atwood nor Gibson were ever nominated for the prize that now bears their name. The Writers' Trust of Canada has awarded an annual fiction prize since 1997 and it was renamed in honour of Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson in 2021.Ītwood and Gibson were among the five co-founders of the Writers' Trust of Canada, alongside fellow writers Pierre Berton, Margaret Laurence and David Young. Balsillie is the former co-CEO of Research in Motion. The prize is funded by businessman and philanthropist Jim Balsillie. The 2023 winner will be announced on Nov. 21 at the annual Writers' Trust Awards ceremony at CBC's Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto. The shortlisted writers were selected by the jury from 127 titles. This year's jury is composed of celebrated Canadian fiction writers francesca ekwuyasi, Alix Hawley and MG Vassanji. "From debut to mid-career to a former winner, the 2023 shortlist offers the sweep and range of a literary culture alive with vital, complimentary voices." "This year's finalists are testament to the generational vitality of fiction in Canada," said Charlie Foran, executive director of Writers' Trust in a statement. 74 Canadian works of fiction to read in fall 2023.The annual $60,000 award recognizes the best novel or short story collection by a Canadian author. Books by Emma Donoghue, Amanda Peters, Michelle Porter, Kai Thomas and Thomas Wharton have been shortlisted for the 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.
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