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is a Canadian literary award, presented through the provincial government's annual Arts and Letters Competition to an unpublished manuscript by a first-time novelist from Newfoundland and Labrador.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
edit- 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]
References
edit- ^ "Literary Awards in Canada: Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Competition" Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. Memorial University of Newfoundland.
- ^ "Arts and Letters award winners announced". The Telegram, April 17, 2010.
- ^ "‘Sending off a little piece of yourself’". The Telegram, May 5, 2014.
- ^ "St. John's author/actress wins Percy Janes First Novel Award". The Western Star, June 11, 2004.
- ^ "Author Sharon Bala launches first novel “The Boat People” in St. John's Thursday night". The Telegram, January 16, 2018.
- ^ "Winners announced for the 2016 NL Arts & Letters Awards". The Overcast, May 8, 2016.
- ^ "Local writers among Arts and Letters Award winners". Gander Beacon, September 29, 2017.
- ^ "Province's Arts and Letters winners announced". The Telegram, May 7, 2018.
- ^ [Minister Davis Congratulates 2021 Arts and Letters Award Winners]. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
- ^ [Minister Crocker Congratulates 2022 Arts and Letters Award Winners]. Retrieved August 18. 2024.
- ^ [Winners in the 2023 Arts and Letters Awards Program]. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
- ^ [Minister Crocker Congratulates 2024 Arts and Letters Awards Winners]. Retrieved August 18, 2024.