The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction has announced its second annual Shortlist of five fiction writers from Canada and the United States: Eleanor Catton (Birnam Wood), Claudia Dey (Daughter), Kim Coleman Foote (Coleman Hill), V. V. Ganeshananthan (Brotherless Night), and Janika Oza (A History of Burning).

The 2024 Longlist includes 9 authors from the United States and 6 authors from Canada, spanning novels, short story collections, and fiction in translation.

The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction awards $200,000 USD in prize money annually, making it the largest literary prize for women and non-binary authors in the world. Today, we announce our esteemed Jury of international authors for the 2024 Prize.

The Carol Shields Prize Foundation seeks a self-motivated team player with exceptional communication skills to join our small but mighty team.

Sitting down with Sana’a Jaber, the inaugural recipient of The Carol Shields Prize Foundation Fellowship at Diaspora Dialogues.

The inaugural recipient of the Fellowship is Sarah Camille Chiago. Sarah Camille Chiago is an enrolled member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.

Sitting down with Reema Faris of the Faris family to talk more about their longtime commitment to literature.

The Carol Shields Prize Foundation seeks a new team member to help plan the 2nd Annual Carol Shields Prize for Fiction in Toronto.

Jamie Figueroa also joins the Prize’s Author Committee as Co-Chair.

Established in 1967, the Order of Canada is one of the country’s highest honors.