Percy Janes First Novel Award Explained
The Percy Janes First Novel Award is a Canadian literary award, presented through the provincial government's annual Arts and Letters Competition to an unpublished manuscript by a first-time novelist from Newfoundland and Labrador. The award is named for the late Newfoundland writer Percy Janes.[1] The award comes with a cash prize, originally $1,500[2] and raised to $2,500 in 2014.[3]
Winners
- 2000 – Tom Moore, Ghost World
- 2001 – Gerard Collins, Finton Moon
- 2002 – Oral Mews, I Have a Solution for the Woman with Slugs
- 2003 – Joel Thomas Hynes, Down to the Dirt
- 2004 – Sara Tilley, Skin Room[4]
- 2005 – Jeff Rose, Game Misconduct
- 2006 – David B. Hickey, A Cappella
- 2007 – Degan Davis, The Forgetting Room
- 2008 – Craig Francis Power, Blood Relatives
- 2009 – Patrick Warner, Precious
- 2010 – Melanie Oates, Hanging from the Ceiling
- 2011 – Lee Burton, Raw Flesh in the Rising
- 2012 – Scott Bartlett, Taking Stock
- 2013 – Mary Pike, Never-Ever-Land
- 2014 – Susan Sinnott, Just Like Always
- 2015 – Sharon Bala, The Boat People[5]
- 2016 - Devin Lee, Waking Ambrose[6]
- 2017 - Terry Doyle, Union[7]
- 2018 - Willow Kean, Our Impossible Forever[8]
- 2019 - Susan Flanagan, Supermarket Baby
- 2020 - Alex Saunders, Safe in a Dangerous Place: kamatsiagit ulugianattumi
- 2021 - Josh Goudie, The Last Portrait[9]
- 2022 - Dane Gill, Anson in Antarctica[10]
- 2023 - Malcolm Kempt, Nightfall[11]
- 2024 - Sabrina Pinksen, Those Who Stayed[12]
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.cs.mun.ca/~lawards/litawards/index.php?award=930 "Literary Awards in Canada: Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Competition"
- http://www.thetelegram.com/Arts---Life/Festivals-%26amp%3B-events/2010-04-17/article-1449682/Arts-and-Letters-award-winners-announced/1 "Arts and Letters award winners announced"
- http://www.thetelegram.com/Living/Entertainment/2014-05-05/article-3712535/%26lsquo%3BSending-off-a-little-piece-of-yourself%26rsquo%3B/1 "‘Sending off a little piece of yourself’"
- "St. John's author/actress wins Percy Janes First Novel Award". The Western Star, June 11, 2004.
- http://www.thetelegram.com/living/None/author-sharon-bala-launches-first-novel-the-boat-people-in-st-johns-thursday-night-177763/ "Author Sharon Bala launches first novel “The Boat People” in St. John's Thursday night"
- https://theovercast.ca/winners-announced-for-the-2016-nl-arts-letters-awards/ "Winners announced for the 2016 NL Arts & Letters Awards"
- http://www.ganderbeacon.ca/news/local/local-writers-among-arts-and-letters-award-winners-41405/ "Local writers among Arts and Letters Award winners"
- http://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/provinces-arts-and-letters-winners-announced-208197/ "Province's Arts and Letters winners announced"
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