I don't pay much attention to prizes unless a book I love wins, such as the National Book Award for nonfiction going to Omar El Akkad's One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. Please consider the a prize I do pay attention to: The Carol Shields' Prize for Fiction. "The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is designed to acknowledge, celebrate, and promote the best works of fiction written by women and non-binary writers annually in Canada and the United States." She had connections to both the US and Canada—born in the US and lived and wrote in Canada. https://carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2025-shortlist
btw, my paternal grandfather was born in Essex, lived for a number of years in Canada, and then moved to the US where he fathered my dad and died in Sequim.
Here's a link to the Carol Shields Prize site where you can read about Canisia Lubrin's Code Noir :
https://carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2025-shortlist
Pick A Colour, Endling, and Women Talking are on my TBR.
I don't pay much attention to prizes unless a book I love wins, such as the National Book Award for nonfiction going to Omar El Akkad's One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. Please consider the a prize I do pay attention to: The Carol Shields' Prize for Fiction. "The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is designed to acknowledge, celebrate, and promote the best works of fiction written by women and non-binary writers annually in Canada and the United States." She had connections to both the US and Canada—born in the US and lived and wrote in Canada. https://carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2025-shortlist
btw, my paternal grandfather was born in Essex, lived for a number of years in Canada, and then moved to the US where he fathered my dad and died in Sequim.
Canisia Lubrin's Code Noir won both the Carol Shields Prize and Danuta Gleed Literary Award for a Canadian debut of short fiction.