Two Stories. Same Theme. Caribbean Cdn authors dominate literary scene. Kellough and Lubrin in the news
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Kei Kellough makes the shortlist for the Gleed Award Caribbean Canadian writers continue succeed even during these stay-at-home times By Stephen Weir Last May Kaie Kellough won the richest poetry prize in the land. The Guyanese Canadian poet Kaie Kellough was awarded the annual $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize for his poetry book, Magnetic Equator. Almost a year to the day Kellough has made the shortlist for twenty-fourth annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award for his short story collection Dominoes at the Crossroads . The Writers' Union of Canada administers the Gleed Award and announced the shortlist of contenders earlier this month. The Award recognizes the best first collection of short fiction by a Canadian author published in 2020 in the English language. The prize consists of cash prizes for the three best first collections, with a first prize of $10,000 and two additional prizes of $1,000. Five authors have made the shortlist. In addition to Kellough; Frances Boyle (See