Prathusha Suresh has made the 2022 CBC Short Story Prize longlist for All her August waves.

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.

Prathusha Suresh teaches English and math at Fletcher's Meadow Secondary School in Brampton, Ont. She holds a BA in English and a BEd from York University. She was born in Sri Lanka and immigrated to Canada two decades ago. She grew up in Mississauga, Ont. and currently lives in Dundalk, Ont. Suresh writes as it allows her to make sense of her day to day experiences.

"Walk from war to peace."

"The pandemic! I started writing this story around the beginning of the pandemic and in the summer of 2021, I felt proud of what I wrote. So I started researching how to publish or how to get my work out there. That is when I stumbled upon the CBC Short Story Prize and decided to send in my work!"

August 2010 — That is when the Canadian authorities intercepted MV Sun Sea, a cargo ship, off the coast of British Columbia carrying 492 Tamil refugees fleeing a civil war. The desperate voyage of people trying to scatter around the globe seeking asylum.

The boat people and their desperate, desperate journey toward freedom.

She sits cross legged on her sofa, lazily watching CP24 talking about the boat people and their plight. Her people and their plight. Her swollen pregnant belly sticking out uncomfortably.

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.