SHORTLIST – Joy Kogawa Award for Fiction 2022

Joy Kogawa Award for Fiction

Surrey Muse Arts Society is delighted to announce the short and long lists for the Joy Kogawa Award for Fiction 2022. Both lists are in alphabetical order.

‘Watching the Swans’ by Lucy E.M. Black, Port Perry ON

‘We Are Not Seahorses’ by K.R. Byggdin, Halifax NS

‘The Boy’ by Samantha Krilow, Surrey BC

‘Nightshade’ by Lynn Hutchinson Lee, Toronto ON

‘The Stoner Files’ by Cynthis Sharp, Vancouver BC

‘White Snow and Seven Dreams’ by Melissa Yuan-Innes, North Lancaster ON

The Shortlist of six is derived from 18 or less submissions chosen independently by Judge Cathleen With and Jury Members Hannah Mcready and Fauzia Rafique. Submissions chosen by more than one juror are highlighted. Some jurors were compelled to present more than six submissions, those are printed in brackets at the end of the Longlist.

Longlist – Joy Kogawa Award for Fiction

‘Lucky’ by Michele Adams, Vancouver BC

‘Watching the Swans’ by Lucy E.M. Black, Port Perry ON

‘We are not Seahorses’ by K.R. Byggdin, Halifax NS

‘From Dust to Water’ by Jill Chard, Hudson QC

‘Her Better Half’ by Susanna Cupido, Sackville NB

‘Who is Margaret’ by Dora Dueck, Delta BC

‘She Never said Daughter’ by Murgatroyd Monaghan, Chelmsford ON

‘The Boy’ by Samantha Krilow, Surrey BC

‘Boardwalk’ by Catherine Lewis, Vancouver BC

‘Nightshade’ by Lynn Hutchinson Lee, Toronto ON

‘Tiny Gifts’ by Vivian Li, Toronto ON

‘Jump’ by Dave Margoshes, Saskatoon SK

‘There you are’ by Maria Saba, Ottawa ON

‘The Stoner Files’ by Cynthia Sharp, Vancouver BC

‘White Snow and Seven Dreams’ by Melissa Yuan-Innes, North Lancastor ON

[‘The woman on the Bus’ by Deanna Fitzgerald, Kincardine ON]

The judges and jury members viewed the anonymous submissions from August 20 to October 20, and they each presented their six best selections producing the long and then the short lists. The First, Second and Third Place Winners and three Honorable Mentions will be announced on November 3rd, and the awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, November 26 in Surrey, British Columbia. Each award promises $1000 for the First Place Winner.

Surrey Muse Arts Society is proud to have received over 300 submissions from 66 different cities in Canada, and it welcomes all poets, writers, artists and musicians who made submissions to the 2022 Surrey Muse Art & Literature Awards. For Joy Kogawa Award for Fiction, we are grateful to Judge Cathleen With and Jury Members Hannah McReady and Fauzia Rafique for their valuable contributions to this year’s fiction contest. As well, this is the first time they would be seeing the names of writers they chose.

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