April 1, 2010. Yesterday the Writers Guild of Alberta announced this years shortlist for the Alberta Literary Awards. We are pleased to congratulate several of our member publishers and their authors on being nominated.

Our congratulations go out to:

Dianne Linden for Shimmerdogs / Thistledown Press / R. Ross Annettt Award for Children's Literature

Linda Smith for The Broken Thread / Coteau Books / R. Ross Annettt Award for Children's Literature

Michael Davie for Fishing for Bacon / NeWest Press / Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction

Cecelia Frey for A Raw Mix of Carelessness and Longing / Brindle & Glass / Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction

Lori Hahnel for Nothing Sacred / Thistledown Press / Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction

Beth Grahan for The Drowning Girls, from The Drowning Girls/Comrades / Playwrights Canada Press / Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama

Gordon Pengilly for Seeing in the Dark, from Metastasis and Other Plays / NeWest Press / Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama

Catherine Owen for Frenzy / Anvil Press / Stephen G. Stephansson Award for Poetry

Winners will be announced at the Alberta Book Awards Gala on May 14th. For more information on the Alberta Literary Awards, go here.