Thursday, October 26, 2006

Loser shortlisted

The Theory of the Loser Class has been shortlisted for the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry.
Also, Snare Books' Melissa A. Thompson has been shortlisted for the McAusland First Book Prize for Dreadful Paris.

A good news day! Shortlists below.

A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry ($2000)
Sponsored in memory of Sydney Weisbord

Susan Elmslie
I, Nadja, and Other Poems
Brick Books
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Jon Paul Fiorentino
The Theory of the Loser Class
Coach House Books
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Lazar Sarna
He Claims He is the Direct Heir
Porcupine's Quill

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McAuslan First Book Prize ($2,000)
Sponsored by McAuslan Brewing Inc.

Susan Elmslie
I, Nadja, and Other Poems
Brick Books
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Rawi Hage
De Niro's Game
House of Anansi Press
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Melissa A. Thompson
Dreadful Paris
Snare Books

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

congrats JPG, I mean, JPF.
that is awesome news.

ZOE WHITTALL said...

Go Snare!

Anonymous said...

congrats on being shortlisted.

ryan said...

w00t!

Mike Blouin said...

Great!
Go Boy!

Brenda Schmidt said...

Yay! Congrats.