Katarina Gligorijevic has made the 2022 CBC Short Story Prize longlist for The Car is Where I Cry.

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.

Katarina Gligorijevic is a writer, editor and film producer living in Toronto. Her writing has been published in several online and print publications, such as POV Magazine, Exclaim!, The Antigonish Review and anthologies including The State of the Arts and The Edible City, both from Coach House Books. Her most recent short story, The Snowmen, was published in Taddle Creek Magazine. Gligorijevic is also the Director of Special Projects at REEL CANADA, where she oversees National Canadian Film Day, a massive, coast-to-coast celebration of our nation's cinematic achievements.

"Love, grief & underappreciated Russet apples."

"While the story is fictional, it was inspired by the real grief I felt after my mother passed away in 2020, after a short and brutal fight with lung cancer. I was unprepared for the rage I would feel after her death and for the difficulty of trying to carry on with the everyday reality of raising a young child while going through such a profoundly painful experience. Trying to parent well while grieving is the hardest thing I've ever done."

The peeler slips and digs into my fingernail, a diagonal slice deep enough that I'll have to trim the nail down to the quick. I put the cucumber down to inspect my finger. At least I haven't shaved off a knuckle this time. When my mother peeled apples, she held a small paring knife in her left hand and effortlessly pulled the blade, always cutting toward herself, removing the whole skin in a single spiral. Throw it over your shoulder, and when it lands, the shape it makes will be the first letter of your true love's name. Of course, curly apple skins only make C and S shapes. All the Franks and Erics are out of luck.

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.