Anowarica/America by Christopher Malcolm
CBC Books | | Posted: September 8, 2022 1:01 PM | Last Updated: September 8, 2022
Christopher Malcolm has made the 2022 CBC Nonfiction Prize longlist for Anowarica/America.
The winner of the 2022 CBC Nonfiction 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 Sept. 15 and the winner will be announced on Sept. 22.
If you're interested in the CBC Literary Prizes, the 2023 CBC Short Story Prize is currently open for submissions until Oct. 31, 2022.
About Christopher Malcolm
Christopher Malcolm is a founding member of the Ouendake Seminar, a research and educational fellowship dedicated to revealing the beautiful iceberg we think of as history. He is a poet, journalist, playwright and storyteller. Malcolm has written for NOW Magazine, Performing Arts in Canada, Theatrum and other publications including the Yukon News/Northern Times.
Entry in five-ish words
"A revisioning of our history."
The story's source of inspiration
"This story was inspired by many years of conversation with people I value deeply. It became clear to me that our stories are made of love but almost none of that love makes it into the way our histories are written, taught or imagined. Without that love the historical record becomes a coldness, it becomes toxic, it becomes an affidavit without humanity."
First lines
If you walk south from my home in Toronto you will come to a large body of water.
A freshwater lake.
Lake Ontario.
It was not always called Lake Ontario. The Iroquois called it Sparkling Waters: Skanadario.
If you walk north from this place eventually you will come to another body of water.
Another freshwater lake.
We call it Lake Simcoe.
It was once called Beautiful Waters: Ouentironk.
It was not always called Lake Ontario. The Iroquois called it Sparkling Waters: Skanadario.
About the 2022 CBC Nonfiction Prize
The winner of the 2022 CBC Nonfiction 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 2023 CBC Short Story Prize is currently open for submissions until Oct. 31, 2022. The 2023 CBC Nonfiction Prize will open in January 2023 and the 2023 CBC Poetry Prize will open in April 2023.