The jury for Canada’s prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize has named its long list of Canadian fiction that will be considered for the top prize of $50,000 and five prizes of $5,000 for the semi-finalists.
Famed author and past winner Margaret Atwood is on the jury, along with Esi Edugyan, another author and past winner, and American writer Johathan Lethem.
The 2013 contenders are:
- Dennis Bock (based in Toronto) for his novel Going Home Again.
- Joseph Boyden (based in Northern Ontario and Louisiana) for his novel The Orenda.
- Lynn Coady (based in Edmonton) for her short story collection Hellgoing.
- Craig Davidson (based in Toronto) for his novel Cataract City.
- Elisabeth De Mariaffi (based in St. John’s) for her short story collection How To Get Along With Women.
- David Gilmour (based in Toronto) for his novel Extraordinary.
- Wayne Grady (based in Kingston, Ont.) for his novel Emancipation Day.
- Louis Hamelin (based in Sherbrooke, Que.) for his novel October 1970, translated by Wayne Grady.
- Wayne Johnston (based in Toronto) for his novel The Son of a Certain Woman.
- Claire Messud (based in Cambridge, Mass.) for her novel The Woman Upstairs.
- Lisa Moore (based in St. John’s) for her novel Caught.
- Dan Vyleta (based in Edmonton) for his novel The Crooked Maid.
- Michael Winter (based in Conception Bay, N.L. and Toronto) for his novel Minister Without Portfolio.
The short list of finalists will be unveiled in Toronto on Oct. 8, with the 2013 winner to be announced Nov. 5 at a televised gala.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Giller Prize, created by businessman Jack Rabinovitch in memory of his wife, literary journalist Doris Giller.
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