36 writers make the 2022 CBC Short Story Prize longlist

Thirty-six writers from across Canada have been longlisted for the 2022CBC Short StoryPrize.

The complete longlist is:

• Her Life's Workby Jennilee Austria(Toronto)
• Wildflowers and a RedRibbonby Irene Bowden(Dunnville, Ont.)
• Penny LoaferbyKateBrooks(Toronto)
• Waawaatesiby Jeffrey Caulfield(Belleville, Ont.)
• Brake (Little Girl, Little Mother)by Mirabelle Chiderah Harris-Eze(Calgary)
• The Drawn Curtainby Eleanor Chun(Vaughan, Ont.)
• The Waiting Roomby Kathleen Crandall(Nanaimo, B.C.)
• Me Against Jim Baileyby Susanna Cupido (Sackville, N.B.)
• Savagesby Lewis DeSoto(Toronto)
• Youthby Nina Dragicevic(Toronto)
• Desire Path byJeremy Elder(Toronto)
• Goodbye, Chumsby Jack Emberly(Maple Ridge, B.C.)
• The Car is Where I Cryby Katarina Gligorijevic(Toronto)
• Rest Dayby Trisha Gregorio(Hamilton)
• Loose Teethby Lauren Hawkeye(Canmore, Alta.)
• No OneDies in Broke Hat Creekby A.W. Hopkins(Vancouver)
• Dinner With Friendsby Nancy Hui Sulaiman(Windsor, Ont.)
• Jigging by Paman Jhajj(Hamilton)
• Don't Go Anywhere: A Staycation TraveloguebyDonald Johnson(London, Ont.)
• How to Make a Friendby Zilla Jones(Winnipeg)
• Thin Blue Line by Zilla Jones(Winnipeg)
• The Window of a Stranger's Houseby Rachel Lachmansingh(Toronto)
• Middle C by Andrew Le Ha(Calgary)
• Nesting Season byAnna Ling Kaye(Vancouver)
• Beneath the Softness of Snow by Chanel M. Sutherland(Montreal)
• Blood Red Bootsby Brody Patterson(Maple Ridge, B.C.)
• Doughnut Holes by Shirish Pundit(Toronto)
• The Colour of Fearby Douglas Reid(Abbotsford, B.C.)
• Growing Pains by Colleen Ren(Toronto)
• Marynaby Alana Rigby(Kitchener, Ont.)
• Soft Powerby M. S. Zandi(Toronto)
• Olympia and Iby Jacqueline Stirrup(Gravenhurst, Ont.)
• All her August wavesby PrathushaSuresh(Dundalk, Ont.)
• Bogs, Bodiesand Belt Bucklesby Tessa Swackhammer(Hamilton)
• The Recipe for Scalloped Potatoesby Barbara Switocz-Robson(Toronto)
• The Charcoal Marksby Thila Varghese(London, Ont.)
• Freedomby Elena Vochin(Woodbridge, Ont.)

The longlist was selected from more than 2,300 English-language submissions.

A team of writers and editors from across Canadacompiled the list.

The jury selects the shortlist and the eventual winner from the readers' longlisted selections. The 2022jury is comprised ofOmar El Akkad, Casey Plett and David Bergen.

The shortlist will be announced on April 21and the winner will be announced on April 28.

The winner of the 2022CBC Short StoryPrizewill receive $6,000 from theCanada Council for the Arts, have their work published onCBC Booksand will have the opportunity to attend a two-week writing residency at theBanff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

Four finalists will each receive $1,000 from theCanada Council for the Artsand have their work published onCBC Books.

Last year'swinner was B.C. writer and professor Corinna Chongfor herstory,Kids in Kindergarten. You canread the entire shortlist here.

• How Corinna Chongwrote the storythat won the 2021CBCShort StoryPrize

The longlist for the French-language competition has also been revealed. To read more, go to thePrix de la nouvelle Radio-Canada 2022.

The CBC Literary Prizes have been recognizing Canadian writers since 1979. Past winners includeDavid Bergen,Michael Ondaatje,Carol ShieldsandMichael Winter.

• 14 famous Canadian writers who won CBC Literary Prizes

If you're interested in other writing competitions, check out theCBC Literary Prizes.

• Calling all writers! The 2022 CBC Poetry Prize is now open!

The 2022CBC Poetry Prizeisopen for submissionsuntil May31, 2022. The2023CBC Short Story Prizewill open in September and the 2023CBC Nonfiction Prizewill open in January 2023.