Fall Canadian Literary Awards and Contests

I'm now following four contests for Canadian fiction.

First up will be the Giller Prize to be awarded on October 30th. Here's how it's shaped up:

Giller longlist announcement September 4, 2012
Celona, Marjorie. Y
Davis, Lauren. Our Daily Bread
Fagan, Cary. My Life Among the Apes
Ferguson, Will. 419
Hough, Robert. Dr. Brinkley's Tower
Livingston, Billie. One Good Hustle
Lyon, Annabel. The Sweet Girl
Ohlin, Alix. Inside
Onstad, Katrina. Everybody Has Everything
Richardson, CS. The Emperor of Paris
Richler, Nancy. The Imposter Bride
Thúy, Kim. Ru
Wangersky, Russell. Whirl Away
Giller shortlist announcement October 1, 2012
Ferguson, Will. 419
Ohlin, Alix. Inside
Richler, Nancy. The Imposter Bride
Thúy, Kim. Ru
Wangersky, Russell. Whirl Away

Next, on November 7th, is Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. which will be announced at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto.
The five finalists:
Tim Bowling. The Tinsmith
Tamas Dobozy. Siege 13
Rawi Hage. Carnival
Alix Ohlin. Inside
Linda Spalding. The Purchase

Then, on November 13th, the Governor General's Prize for English fiction will be announced;
Short List 2012: Vincent Lam. The Headmaster’s Wager.
Tamas Dobozy. Siege 13
Robert Hough. Dr. Brinkley’s Tower
Carrie Snyder. The Juliet Stories
Linda Spalding. The Purchase.

An ongoing contest for 2013 is the CBC Radio Canada Reads pitting region against region for the best work of fiction. Last week they announced the top 10 books for each of the five regions.

Atlantic provinces:
    Annabel by Kathleen Winter
    Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
    The Bay of Love and Sorrows by David Adams Richards
    Come Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant
    February by Lisa Moore
    Galore by Michael Crummey
    Glass Boys by Nicole Lundrigan
    No Great Mischief by Alistair McLeod
    Ragged Islands by Don Hannah
    The Town that Drowned by Riel Nason
The Prairies and the North:
    Stolen by Annette Lapointe
    Cool Water by Dianne Warren
    Fall from Grace by Wayne Arthurson
    The Garneau Block by Todd Babiak
    Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
    The Trade by Fred Stenson
    The Age of Hope by David Bergen
    The Diviners by Margaret Laurence
    Who Has Seen the Wind by W.O. Mitchell
    The Englishman’s Boy by Guy Vanderhaeghe
Ontario:
    The Amazing Absorbing Boy by Rabindranath Maharaj
    Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
    Away by Jane Urquhart
    Clara Callan by Richard B. Wright
    The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Buchanan
    The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
    Far to Go by Alison Pick
    Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
    Helpless by Barbara Gowdy
    Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb
Quebec:
    The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
    The Darling of Kandahar by Felicia Mihali
    De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage
    How to make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired by Dany Laferrière
    Illustrado by Miguel Syjuco
    Inside by Alix Ohlin
    Ru by Kim Thuy
    Solomon Gursky Was Here by Mordecai Richler
    The Tin Flute by Gabrielle Roy
    Two Solitudes by Hugh McLennan
British Columbia and the Yukon:
    The Canterbury Trail by Angie Abdou
    The Cure for Death by Lightning by Gail Anderson-Dargatz
    Bow Grip by Ivan E. Coyote
    Everything Was Good-bye by Gurjinder Basran
    The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon
    Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
    Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson
    Obasan by Joy Kogawa
    One Good Hustle by Billie Livingston
    Swamp Angel by Ethel Wilson