Thank you, ReLit Awards, for honouring STOOP CITY in the category of short fiction, 2021. I’m utterly entranced by the prize … the coveted ReLit ring designed by Christopher Kearney of Newfoundland. Each of the […]
Ontario Arts Council Supports Working Artists
Heartfelt thanks to www.arts.on.ca , its hardworking staff, the jury members and readers at independent Ontario based publishers. I’m pleased and humbled to acknowledge OAC funding from the Recommender Grants for Writers Project as well […]
ReLit announces 2021 winners in third week of month-long celebration
Quill & Quire • Posted: April 19, 2021
ReLit, the prize celebrating books by independent presses, has announced the winners of its 2021 awards. The prize has returned after being dormant for four years, and is celebrating by retroactively honouring winners for 2018, 2019, and now 2021. Winners have been named in the categories of poetry, short fiction, and novels. Short fiction Stoop City, Kristyn Dunnion (Biblioasis)
43 books shortlisted for 2018 Relit Awards, as prize returns after 4-year hiatus
CBC Books · Posted: April 07, 2021
After a four-year hiatus, the ReLit Awards have returned. The ReLit Awards honour the best Canadian books published by independent presses. There are three categories: novel, short fiction and poetry.
Sunburst Award 2018 Longlist
Tarry This Night (Arsenal Pulp Press) makes the longlist for the 2018 Sunburst Award For Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic! I am totally stoked and humbled to have this book included in such incredible company. Check out the full list and please, read all of these exceptional books. Short List will be announced at the end of June.
Dunnion wins Machigonne Fiction Contest
I’m so grateful to learn that “Last Call at the Dogwater Inn,” a new story from my unpublished collection, won first place in the Machigonne Fiction contest, adjudicated by Adam Braver. It will be featured […]
Psychopomp Magazine 2015 Contest Results
‘Now is the Time to Light Fires’, a story from my brand newest, unpublished speculative collection, is a semi-finalist in the Psychopomp Magazine 2015 fiction contest. Hurray! Check out psychopompmag.com and see what they are […]
Canada Council for the Arts
A long time dream is coming true thanks to the generous Canada Council for the Arts! The cats and I will be working on The Hard Fast, my beloved and creepy new novel, as a […]
Ode to Lake Erie
The 2013 CZP/RANNU Fund Writing Award selections have been announced by Judges Craig Davidson, Richard Larson, Caitlin Sweet, and tie-breaking judge Cory Doctorow. The Fund, in collaboration with ChiZine Publications, offers two awards per year, […]
Briarpatch Magazine Contest: Writing in the Margins
HAREBELL Hoofy’s idyllic life as a young hare in the Don Valley is threatened by a feline predator. Hoofy’s verdant world is actually a morphine induced hallucination; in reality, Hoofy, a homeless youth, hangs between […]