WANL: Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers
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2009 Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers

Winner and runners-up

Winner

Dave Andrews for his short story collection, West Orange

Runners-up

Danielle Devereaux for her poetry collection, The Chrome Chair
Andreae Callanan for her poetry collection, sparrows, sparks

View the media release announcing the winner.

The Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers, established in 2006 by Brian O'Dea, provides one of the most generous cash prizes in Canada for an unpublished writer. It is co-presented by the Literary Arts Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was funded this year by John and Jan O'Dea in honour and memory of Agnes O'Dea, the province's quintessential bibliographer.

The winning author receives a cash prize, the editing services of a professional editor, her or his name inscribed on a brass plaque, and a miniature sculpture in the style of "Man Nailed to a Fish" by sculptor Jim Maunder. The two runners-up also receive a cash prize. 		Previous Award winners

2008–Jamie Fitzpatrick for It All Comes Down to This (novel)

2007–Craig Francis Power for Blood Relatives (novel)

2006–Sara Tilley for Snowflake-Young (novel)
The Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador gratefully acknowledges the financial support of
the Canada Council for the Arts, the Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the City of St. John's.
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