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August 25, 2023August 25, 2023 - by Danica Popovic

The winning story in the Youth Short Story category of the 2023 Amazon Canada First Novel Award

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Mei-Ying, the Heavens Are Crying

September 14, 2022April 19, 2023 - by Caitlin Mah

The winning story in the Youth Short Story Category of the 2022 Amazon Canada First Novel Award

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Reality Bites

May 27, 2022 - by Katie Underwood

Nominees of this year’s Amazon Canada First Novel Award discuss the reality-illuminating—and reality-obscuring—properties of fiction

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The book cover for the AFNA 2022 winning novel.
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Pik-Shuen Fung Wins 2022 Amazon Canada First Novel Award

May 20, 2022April 19, 2023 - by The Walrus Staff

The author of Ghost Forest (Strange Light) is the winner of the forty-sixth annual Amazon Canada First Novel Award

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An image of all six shortlisted writers for the 2021 Amazon First Novel Award's Youth Short Story category. The images are of the following people: Aimee Despres-Smyth, Stella Braun, Diya Singh, Rama Altaleb, Yanxi Li, and Malcolm Wernestrom. All of their images are against a light blue background. In the centre of the image of the Amazon First Novel Award logo.
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Utopia, or Something Like It

September 10, 2021 - by Katie Underwood

The six finalists of this year’s Amazon First Novel Award’s Youth Short Story category dream up their best possible futures, despite some very real fears

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FNA Shortlist: Five Questions for Stéphane Larue

June 12, 2020July 7, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

Larue is nominated for the 2020 FNA Award for his novel The Dishwasher

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FNA Shortlist: Five Questions for Victoria Hetherington

June 11, 2020July 7, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

Hetherington is nominated for the 2020 FNA Award for her novel Mooncalves

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FNA Shortlist: Five Questions for James Gregor

June 11, 2020July 7, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

Gregor is nominated for the 2020 FNA Award for his novel Going Dutch

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FNA Shortlist: Five Questions for Andrew David MacDonald

June 10, 2020July 7, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

MacDonald is nominated for the 2020 FNA Award for his novel When We Were Vikings

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FNA Shortlist: Five Questions for Nazanine Hozar

June 10, 2020July 7, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

Hozar is nominated for the 2020 FNA Award for her novel Aria

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