This award is exclusively for fiction, either in the form of a short story or a novel excerpt. The competition for this award is open to all creative writing students who have taken a course in the previous year. One winner will receive a prize of $2,500 annually. Two finalists will also be selected and will receive prizes of $1,000 each. The winner and finalists will be published in a chapbook.
Recent award recipients
2023
- David Chau (winner)
- Maude Aubuche (runner-up)
- Alison Stevenson (runner-up)
2022
- Alexis Patoine (winner)
- Sheila Burpee Duncan (runner-up)
- Alison Stevenson (runner-up)
2021
- Kathe Gray (winner)
- Mark Burgess (runner-up)
- Melany Franklin (runner-up)
2020
- Kimberley Alcock (winner)
- Rajinderpal Pal (runner-up)
- Chris Pickrell (runner-up)
2019
- Leslie Carlin (winner)
- Diana Catargiu (runner-up)
- Stephanie Mark (runner-up)
2018
- Corinne Clark (winner)
- Gwyn MacKenzie (runner-up)
- Natalie Zdaniuk (runner-up)
2017
- Noriko Hoshino (winner)
- Catherine Campbell (runner-up)
- Audrey Francis Plante (runner-up)
2016
- Donna Tranquada (winner)