David Finnie’s (Toronto Branch) unpublished manuscript, “Unrewarded Risks”, is a finalist in the Page Turner Awards. “Unrewarded Risks” follows Samuel Fredricks as he joins a new startup bank and tries to unravel hidden agendas and corporate intrigue. Samuel begins internal fraud investigations, going underground until all the dots are connected and the final unexpected piece…
Barbara Black (BC Branch) won First Prize in the Fiction category of the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society (SCWES) Book Awards for BC Authors, for her short story collection Music from a Strange Planet. See details and all winners at https://www.scwes.ca/contests.
Author/ Poet Ken Puddicombe’s (Toronto Branch) collection of short stories, Down Independence Boulevard and Other Stories, was awarded the 2022 Guyana Prize for Literature: Fiction. Ken was presented the prize by Prime Minister Mark Phillips, in a ceremony in Georgetown, Guyana, in February 2023. Find out more about Ken and his books at www.kenpud.wordpress.com.