The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

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The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is the first English-language literary award to celebrate creativity and excellence in fiction by women writers in the United States and Canada.

The 2027 Shields Prize submissions are officially closed. Our jurors are hard at work reading a record number of submiss...
10/14/2026

The 2027 Shields Prize submissions are officially closed.

Our jurors are hard at work reading a record number of submissions!

Thank you for supporting our mission of celebrating excellence in fiction by women and non-binary writers in the United States and Canada.

We can’t wait to share the longlist with you in 2027.

Happy publication day to Shields Prize Winner Canisia Lubrin! Bright Machine is out today. Canisia Lubrin McClelland & S...
10/13/2026

Happy publication day to Shields Prize Winner Canisia Lubrin!

Bright Machine is out today. Canisia Lubrin McClelland & Stewart

“In Bright Machine, Canisia Lubrin gives poetic scrutiny to the legacy of human intelligence put in service of ruin.

Using the fragmented music of Morse code, this poem tussles with the evolution of warcraft and the possibility for cohabitation….

Bright Machine is, all at once, heartening, urgent poetry for a turbulent world.”

We are excited to share her tour dates:

October 14: Winnipeg - McNally Robinson event

October 16–18: Calgary Wordfest, three events: Artist Canisia Lubrin at Wordfest

October 22–24: Vancouver Writers Festival, three events:
49. The Poetry Bash | Vancouver Writers Fest
57. Verses of Transformation | Vancouver Writers Fest
71. Poets in Conversation | Vancouver Writers Fest

November 1: Toronto International Festival of Authors

The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction congratulates Anne Carson on being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Our mission...
10/08/2026

The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction congratulates Anne Carson on being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Our mission is to promote, acknowledge, celebrate, and reward the work of Canadian and American women and non-binary writers, and we are thrilled to see Carson’s extraordinary literary contributions recognized on the world stage.

A wonderful moment to celebrate the work of a remarkable Canadian writer.

09/28/2026

“Trenchant images, deft character creation, and breathtaking plot twists.”

Janika Oza, author of A History of Burning, shortlisted for the Shields Prize in 2024, reads the Jury citation for A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar, a 2026 finalist, at our Prize Ceremony.

• Publishers: October 2 is the Final Submissions Deadline. The winning author will receive $150,000, and four finalists ...
09/25/2026

• Publishers: October 2 is the Final Submissions Deadline. The winning author will receive $150,000, and four finalists $12,500 each.

• Another Year of Celebrating and Uplifting Writers: A look-back at our 2025-2026 fiscal year and what we’ve achieved with your support.

• Shields Prize Winner on Tour: Canisia Lubrin’s Bright Machine Comes out in October! Canisia Lubrin McClelland & Stewart

• Interview: Jazlynn Martinez is the 2025 Carol Shields Prize Foundation Fellowship at the Institute of American Indian Arts Recipient. Jaz Martinez

• Marketing and PR Opportunities by Serif

• Read-along: A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar

• In Brief: job, residency, and fellowship opportunities; literary news and forthcoming events.

Link in bio for more!

Amanda Leduc, longlisted for the 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, is the 2026-27 Canadian Writer-in-Residence at U ...
09/23/2026

Amanda Leduc, longlisted for the 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, is the 2026-27 Canadian Writer-in-Residence at U of Calgary’s Distinguished Writers Program. 

Shields Prize Board Chair Karen Prentice attended the kickoff event, and shared she was excited to hear Amanda discuss her books, her experience in the world of writing, and how the industry is evolving. 

If you are in Calgary, you can attend a book club with the author on November 19, which will discuss Amanda’s Shields Prize-honoured title, Wild Life. 6-7:30 pm at Gallery Hall, Taylor Family Digital Library, UCalgary Main Campus.

Amanda Leduc University of Calgary

09/17/2026

“A figure down on the road pedaled a bicycle whistling as if everything was all right. ‘Thief,’ thought Ma.”

Megha Majumdar reads from A Guardian and a Thief at our reading event celebrating the 2026 shortlist.

Head over to YouTube to watch it in full.

-along: What are your first impressions of A Guardian and Thief?

The Carol Shields Prize Foundation is thankful to the Toronto Arts Council for its support of this event with funds provided by the City of Toronto.

@: Toronto Arts Council Megha Majumdar McClelland & Stewart Alfred A. Knopf

We asked Jazlynn Martinez, the 2025 Carol Shields Prize Foundation Fellowship at the Institute of American Indian Arts r...
09/15/2026

We asked Jazlynn Martinez, the 2025 Carol Shields Prize Foundation Fellowship at the Institute of American Indian Arts recipient, some questions about her transformative experience.

Jazlynn talked about the importance of getting the fellowship when she did, and how her time at IAIA has helped her to discover her voice and grow as a writer.

Read it in full: http://carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/prizenews/jazlynn-martinez-iaia

“Ann Patchett Recommends 4 Book Picks That Will Change You Forever” - TWO are novels by Carol Shields!We are thrilled to...
09/09/2026

“Ann Patchett Recommends 4 Book Picks That Will Change You Forever” - TWO are novels by Carol Shields!

We are thrilled to see Patchett recommend The Stone Diaries “to explore the beauty of an ordinary life,” and Unless “to wrestle with uncertainty”.

In a recent interview to Woman's World Magazine, the author and bookstore owner Parnassus Books shared that she believes reading can shape us, and that we should push ourselves to read outside our comfort genres so we might discover new stories and insights about ourselves and the world.

Read it in full: https://www.womansworld.com/entertainment/books/ann-patchetts-4-best-book-picks-why-you-are-what-you-read

09/02/2026

Carol Shields Prize for Fiction favorites spotted Fables & Fancies Books bookstore in Sierra Madre, California.

Have you read Happenstance: Two Novels in One About a Marriage in Transition by Carol Shields?

Other books featured:
📖 Summer Fun by Jeanne Thornton
📖 In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
📖 Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts by Margaret Atwood
📖 Unless and The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields

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