Andrew Le Ha has made the 2022 CBC Short Story Prize longlist for Middle C.

The winner of the 2022 CBC Short Story Prize will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, have their work published on CBC Books and have the opportunity to attend a two-week writing residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Four finalists will each receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and have their work published on CBC Books.

The shortlist will be announced on April 21 and the winner will be announced on April 28.

If you're interested in the CBC Literary Prizes, the 2022 CBC Poetry Prize is open for submissions until May 31.

Andrew Le Ha is an emerging writer and lawyer based in Calgary. His work has appeared in Colonial Imports. He is currently at work on a novel that explores the relationship between history, memory and myth.

"Childhood is a lucid dream."

"When I try to remember my childhood, I often feel like I am dreaming. Those memories hold a strange logic and hint at a different reality I can't grasp anymore. Most of the time it's like watching a grainy VHS tape, as if it all happened to someone else, until something is triggered and it all comes flooding back, which can be scary and funny. I wanted to write a story that captured that weird vertigo one sometimes feels when recalling an old hurt."

From the age of five to 15, I practiced the piano for a half-hour every day, snow or shine, including banking holidays. Of this half-hour, the first 20 minutes comprised of playing pieces from the Royal Conservatory Repertoire books, while the last 10 minutes were devoted to scales. All this I did against my will.

It occurs to me now that scales should probably be played at the beginning. They run up and down the keys, warming up the fingers to ensure the best possible performance.

The winner of the 2022 CBC Short Story Prize will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, have their work published on CBC Books and attend a two-week writing residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Four finalists will each receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and have their work published on CBC Books.

The 2022 CBC Poetry Prize is currently open for submissions until May 31, 2022. The 2023 CBC Short Story Prize will open in September and the 2023 CBC Nonfiction Prize will open in January 2023.