{"product_id":"the-journey-prize-stories-20-isbn-9780771043437","title":"The Journey Prize Stories 20","description":"“Considering the number of popular and prize-winning writers who have a Journey Prize  as part of their resume, it’s no exaggeration to suggest that this volume is the  future of Canadian writing. . . . And the future seems bright indeed.” —Robert Wiersema,  \u003ci\u003eOttawa Citizen \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Journey Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is widely celebrated as the premiere showcase  for new writing in Canada, and a virtual who’s who of up-and-coming literary talents.  Readers of the anthology have consistently been among the first to discover such  now well-known writers as André Alexis, David Bergen, Michael Crummey, Elizabeth  Hay, Yann Martel, Lisa Moore, Heather O’Neill, Eden Robinson, Neil Smith, Timothy  Taylor, Madeleine Thien, M.G. Vassanji, and Alissa York, among many others. With  this twentieth edition, featuring an introduction by the jury and comments from a  stellar group of high-profile past contributors, \u003ci\u003eThe Journey Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e continues  to take the pulse of Canada’s literary scene. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The stories included in the anthology  are contenders for the $1,000 Writers’ Trust McClelland \u0026amp; Stewart Journey  Prize.\u003cb\u003ePraise for the Journey Prize series\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The proving ground for new, young Canadian writers, a who's who of the coming generation. . . . I, for one, owe everything to the Journey Prize.\" —Yann Martel, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eLife of Pi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"[The Journey Prize series] provide[s] excellent snapshots of the literary trends, styles, and concerns of their respective years.\" —\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003eThe Editors of \u003ci\u003eThe Journey Prize Stories 20\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e LYNN COADY is the acclaimed author  of \u003ci\u003eStrange Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSaints of Big Harbour\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMean Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Antagonist\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWatching You Without Me\u003c\/i\u003e, in addition to the fiction  collections \u003ci\u003ePlay the Monster Blind \u003c\/i\u003eand the Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning\u003ci\u003e Hellgoing\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eVictory Meat: New Fiction  from Atlantic Canada\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e HEATHER O'NEILL’s \u003ci\u003eLullabies for Little  Criminals\u003c\/i\u003e won the CBC’s Canada Reads 2007 and the Hugh MacLennan Prize, and was a  finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Amazon.ca First  Novel Award. A two-time nominee for The Journey Prize, O’Neill lives in Montreal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e NEIL SMITH is a Canadian writer and translator. His novel \u003ci\u003eBoo\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 2015, won the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. \u003ci\u003eBoo\u003c\/i\u003e was also nominated for a Sunburst Award and the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award, and was longlisted for the Prix des libraires du Québec. Smith published his debut book, the short story collection \u003ci\u003eBang Crunch\u003c\/i\u003e, in 2007. It was chosen as a best book of the year by the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, won the McAuslan First Book Prize from the Quebec Writers' Federation, and was a finalist for the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. Three stories in the book were also nominated for the Journey Prize. Smith also works as a translator, from French to English. \u003ci\u003eThe Goddess of Fireflies\u003c\/i\u003e, his translation of Geneviève Pettersen's novel \u003ci\u003eLa déesse des mouches à feu\u003c\/i\u003e, was nominated for a Governor General's Literary Award for Translation.","brand":"Emblem Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304478560485,"sku":"NP9780771043437","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780771043437.jpg?v=1767740016","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-journey-prize-stories-20-isbn-9780771043437","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}