Ten Black writers were selected at the Writers’ Trust McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize 2023 on January 24, 2023.
The Writers’ Trust of Canada McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by McClelland and Stewart and the Writers’ Trust of Canada for the best short story published by an emerging writer in a Canadian literary magazine. It was endowed by James A. Michener, who donated the Canadian royalty earnings from his 1988 novel Journey.
The 2023 edition of the prize had a jury of award-winning writers David Chariandy, Esi Edugyan, and Canisia Lubrin. They were selecting stories for the anthology of The Journey Prize Stories: Canada’s New Black Writers and those selected were;
- Christina Cooke
- A.Z. Farah
- Zilla Jones
- Sarah Kabamba
- Terese Mason Pierre
- Téa Mutonji
- Lue Palmer
- Jasmine Sealy
- Dianah Smith
- Iryn Tushabe
Each of the ten winners received a $1,000 award and their work will appear in the soon-to-be published anthology.
