Dayne Ogilvie Prize

Sponsored by Robin Pacific
Winner: $4,000

2012 Prize

This year's winner and two writers receiving honors of distinction will be announced at a prize presentation in Toronto's 519 Church Street Community Centre on June 26, 2012.

2011 Prize Winner

With her first novel, Stealing Nasreen, and now her discerning new novel, Six Metres of Pavement, it’s hard to imagine a gentler protestor than Farzana Doctor, but protest she does: racism, sexism, ageism, and homophobia all fall before her gentle yet powerful touch. She is a writer to cherish and reread when we feel the world lacks a moral centre.

-Jury Citation

 

About the Author

Farzana Doctor is the author of two novels, Stealing Nasreen (Inanna, 2007) and Six Metres of Pavement (Dundurn 2011). Besides novels, Doctor has written on social work and diversity-related topics, and provides private practice consulting and psychotherapy services. She is a long-time activist in the queer/South Asian communities and is a co-curator of the Brockton Writers Series. She lives in Toronto. For more info: www.farzanadoctor.com.

2011 Honours of Distinction

Dani Couture is the Toronto-based author of two books of poetry: Good Meat and Sweet (Pedlar Press). Her work has appeared in publications across the country including The Walrus, The Globe and Mail, Taddle Creek, and This Magazine. Sweet was recently shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry. Her first novel, Algoma, will be released in the fall of 2011 from Invisible Publishing.

Matthew J. Trafford’s debut story collection, The Divinity Gene, was released by Douglas & McIntyre earlier this year. He has published fiction widely in magazines and anthologies, and won the Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction. Trafford lives in Toronto, where he works with deaf college students and performs long-form improv with his two-person troupe, The Bromos.

A jury composed of authors Jen Sookfong Lee, Jeffrey Round, and Zoe Whittall selected the recipients.

About the Prize

Established in 2007, the prize is presented to an emerging Canadian writer from the LBGT community who demonstrates great promise through a body of work of exceptional quality. Writers who identify themselves as LBGT are eligible and while no age restriction exists, the grant is intended for developing writers. The winner, selected by a three-member, independent judging panel, is presented with the grant annually.

About the Sponsor

The grant was established by Robin Pacific, a close personal friend of Dayne Ogilvie. Mr. Ogilvie was a highly respected freelance book editor, writer, and manager. A passionate lover of all the arts, he died in October 2006.

Prize GuidelinesUpcoming Deadlines

2011 | 2012

Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction

First Deadline: April 4, 2012 for books published October  2011-April 2012
Download the prize entry form.
 

Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing 

First Deadline: May 2, 2012 for books published January-May 2012
Download the prize entry form.

Recommended Reading List

Check out our Recommended Reading list selected this month by Caroline Adderson.

Read her Recommendations.

 

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