Deb Young has made the 2022 CBC Nonfiction Prize longlist for Run Rabbit Run.

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.

Deb Young is the director of strategic communications for the Conference Board of Canada, a leading, independent national research organization. She has an English degree from the University of Manitoba and her master's in communications from Royal Roads University in Victoria. Born and raised in Winnipeg, Young is a voracious reader. She writes stories and little vignettes in her spare time.

"Making friends in unlikely places."

"My iPod was stolen from my van and I lost my favorite playlist. So with regularity, I began listening to FM radio. Our local stations play a lot of AC/DC. Every time I heard an AC/DC song, I was reminded of my notable road trip many years ago and so I wrote about it."

'Tennis players have fuzzy balls' is emblazoned in glitter on his tank top. He is about 5-4 and maybe 110 pounds if I'm betting. Long brown possibly permed hair — breathtakingly tight jeans and a butt hanging out of his mouth. I'm pretty sure he doesn't play tennis, but inconceivably he does have a clip board and wants me to sign a contract.

"It'll be 300 bucks to tow this back to the city"

"Really? That's a lot of money!"

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.