Short list announced for 30th Cox & Palmer Island Literary Awards

Winners will be announced May 6 at a gala in Charlottetown

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Caption: The shortlist for the 30th Cox and Palmer Island Literary Awards has been announced.

The P.E.I. Writers' Guild has announced the short list for this year's Cox and Palmer Island Literary Awards.
The short-listed candidates by category are:
  • L.M. Montgomery P.E.I. Writing for Children Award: Lisa Penny, Suzanne Mills, Pierce Smith, Courtney Anderson, Madelaine Sibbick, and Jessica Watts.
  • Milton Acorn Poetry Award: Margo Connors, Michael Page, Ann Howatt.
  • Maritime Electric Short Story Award: Tanya Nicolle MacCallum, Suzanne Mills Joel Gillespie, Malcolm Murray.
  • Creative Non-Fiction Award: Brian Higgins, Irene Larkin, Louise Burley, Rick Sparkes, Margot Maddison-MacFadyen.
The winners will be announced at a gala awards ceremony on May 6 at the Mack on Great George Street in Charlottetown. The gala takes place from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The host of the ceremony is CBC P.E.I.'s Karen Mair. This is the 30th Cox and Palmer Island Literary Awards.
Corrections:
  • An earlier version of this story said the gala awards ceremony would take place on May 7. In fact, it will be held on May 6. April 3, 2017 7:53 PM