The Carol Shields Prize For Fiction
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The first major English-language literary award to celebrate creativity & excellence in fiction by women and non-binary writers in Canada and the US. https://carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/
LAST CHANCE! ✨ The 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
Submissions for the USD $150,000 Prize honoring women and non-binary writers in Canada and the United States close TODAY, October 15, 2025, 11:59pm PST.
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Submissions for the USD $150,000 Prize honoring women and non-binary writers in Canada and the United States close TODAY, October 15, 2025, 11:59pm PST.
carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/submissions
October 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
LAST CHANCE! ✨ The 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
Submissions for the USD $150,000 Prize honoring women and non-binary writers in Canada and the United States close TODAY, October 15, 2025, 11:59pm PST.
carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/submissions
Submissions for the USD $150,000 Prize honoring women and non-binary writers in Canada and the United States close TODAY, October 15, 2025, 11:59pm PST.
carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/submissions
Important Reminder:
Submissions are open! Publishers in the U.S. and Canada: submit fiction books by women and non-binary authors published in 2025 by October 15.
carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/submissions
The 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
Submissions are open! Publishers in the U.S. and Canada: submit fiction books by women and non-binary authors published in 2025 by October 15.
carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/submissions
The 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
September 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Important Reminder:
Submissions are open! Publishers in the U.S. and Canada: submit fiction books by women and non-binary authors published in 2025 by October 15.
carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/submissions
The 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
Submissions are open! Publishers in the U.S. and Canada: submit fiction books by women and non-binary authors published in 2025 by October 15.
carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/submissions
The 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
U.S. and Canada publishers, submit!
carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/submissions
First deadline: August 7
Second deadline: October 15
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First deadline: August 7
Second deadline: October 15
July 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
U.S. and Canada publishers, submit!
carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/submissions
First deadline: August 7
Second deadline: October 15
carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/submissions
First deadline: August 7
Second deadline: October 15
2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Submissions Are Open!
Publishers: Submit eligible books published between Jan 1 and July 31, 2025 by Aug 7.
The Prize celebrates excellence in fiction by women and non-binary writers in the United States and Canada.
carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/submissions
Publishers: Submit eligible books published between Jan 1 and July 31, 2025 by Aug 7.
The Prize celebrates excellence in fiction by women and non-binary writers in the United States and Canada.
carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/submissions
June 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Submissions Are Open!
Publishers: Submit eligible books published between Jan 1 and July 31, 2025 by Aug 7.
The Prize celebrates excellence in fiction by women and non-binary writers in the United States and Canada.
carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/submissions
Publishers: Submit eligible books published between Jan 1 and July 31, 2025 by Aug 7.
The Prize celebrates excellence in fiction by women and non-binary writers in the United States and Canada.
carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/submissions
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May 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Any amount makes a difference. Visit carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/donate for more information on how to donate online or by mail.
Your donation to The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction makes it possible for us to continue our prizes, mentorships, fellowships, scholarships, residencies, community building efforts, and so much more! carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/donate
May 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Your donation to The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction makes it possible for us to continue our prizes, mentorships, fellowships, scholarships, residencies, community building efforts, and so much more! carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/donate
We need your support. Women and non-binary writers in Canada and the United States deserve encouragement, access, guidance, financial support, community, and for their work to be recognized and celebrated on both sides of the border.
carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/donate
carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/donate
May 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
We need your support. Women and non-binary writers in Canada and the United States deserve encouragement, access, guidance, financial support, community, and for their work to be recognized and celebrated on both sides of the border.
carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/donate
carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/donate
Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin is the Winner of The 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction (Knopf Canada/Soft Skull Press). The $150,000USD award is the largest English-language literary prize in the world for women and non-binary authors. Learn more: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2025-winner
May 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin is the Winner of The 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction (Knopf Canada/Soft Skull Press). The $150,000USD award is the largest English-language literary prize in the world for women and non-binary authors. Learn more: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2025-winner
We arrived in Chicago. Who will be the 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Winner? Find out on May 1!
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April 30, 2025 at 3:12 AM
We arrived in Chicago. Who will be the 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Winner? Find out on May 1!
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Myriam is a former Board Director and Co-Founder of the Shields Prize's Authors Committee. She is the author of 10 books, most recently of the novel Village Weavers, winner of the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize in Fiction.
April 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Myriam is a former Board Director and Co-Founder of the Shields Prize's Authors Committee. She is the author of 10 books, most recently of the novel Village Weavers, winner of the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize in Fiction.
We are thrilled to announce that Myriam J. A. Chancy, an award-winning Haitian Canadian American writer, will host the reading event celebrating the 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction shortlist at Women and Children First in Chicago on May 1, at 11:30am. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/celebratin...
April 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We are thrilled to announce that Myriam J. A. Chancy, an award-winning Haitian Canadian American writer, will host the reading event celebrating the 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction shortlist at Women and Children First in Chicago on May 1, at 11:30am. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/celebratin...
30 years ago, writer Carol Shields won the @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social for The Stone Diaries. We are proud to continue her legacy! Read more: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/prizenews/30-years-stone-diaries-pulitzer
April 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
30 years ago, writer Carol Shields won the @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social for The Stone Diaries. We are proud to continue her legacy! Read more: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/prizenews/30-years-stone-diaries-pulitzer
Happy Monday! Which 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction shortlisted title are you reading?
April 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Happy Monday! Which 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction shortlisted title are you reading?
• River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure (William Morrow)
"A stunning reversal of the east-to-west immigrant narrative. This is a profoundly moving exploration of cultural identity and belonging, and the often-false promise of the American Dream."
"A stunning reversal of the east-to-west immigrant narrative. This is a profoundly moving exploration of cultural identity and belonging, and the often-false promise of the American Dream."
April 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
• River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure (William Morrow)
"A stunning reversal of the east-to-west immigrant narrative. This is a profoundly moving exploration of cultural identity and belonging, and the often-false promise of the American Dream."
"A stunning reversal of the east-to-west immigrant narrative. This is a profoundly moving exploration of cultural identity and belonging, and the often-false promise of the American Dream."
• Liars by Sarah Manguso (Hogarth)
"A tour de force of wit and rage, telling the blistering story of a marriage as it burns to the ground, and of a woman rising inexorably from its ashes."
"A tour de force of wit and rage, telling the blistering story of a marriage as it burns to the ground, and of a woman rising inexorably from its ashes."
April 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
• Liars by Sarah Manguso (Hogarth)
"A tour de force of wit and rage, telling the blistering story of a marriage as it burns to the ground, and of a woman rising inexorably from its ashes."
"A tour de force of wit and rage, telling the blistering story of a marriage as it burns to the ground, and of a woman rising inexorably from its ashes."
• Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin (Knopf Canada/Soft Skull Press)
"Ranging in style from contemporary realism to dystopia, from futuristic fantasy to historical fiction, this inventive, shape-shifting braid of stories exists far beyond the enclosures of official decrees."
"Ranging in style from contemporary realism to dystopia, from futuristic fantasy to historical fiction, this inventive, shape-shifting braid of stories exists far beyond the enclosures of official decrees."
April 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
• Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin (Knopf Canada/Soft Skull Press)
"Ranging in style from contemporary realism to dystopia, from futuristic fantasy to historical fiction, this inventive, shape-shifting braid of stories exists far beyond the enclosures of official decrees."
"Ranging in style from contemporary realism to dystopia, from futuristic fantasy to historical fiction, this inventive, shape-shifting braid of stories exists far beyond the enclosures of official decrees."
• All Fours by Miranda July (Riverhead Books)
"Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic, and domestic life of a forty-five-year-old female artist, All Fours transcends expectation while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman."
"Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic, and domestic life of a forty-five-year-old female artist, All Fours transcends expectation while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman."
April 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
• All Fours by Miranda July (Riverhead Books)
"Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic, and domestic life of a forty-five-year-old female artist, All Fours transcends expectation while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman."
"Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic, and domestic life of a forty-five-year-old female artist, All Fours transcends expectation while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman."
• Pale Shadows by Dominique Fortier, tr. by Rhonda Mullins (Coach House Books)
"Dominique Fortier explores, through Emily Dickinson’s poetry, the mysterious power that books have over our lives, and the fragile and necessary character of literature."
"Dominique Fortier explores, through Emily Dickinson’s poetry, the mysterious power that books have over our lives, and the fragile and necessary character of literature."
April 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
• Pale Shadows by Dominique Fortier, tr. by Rhonda Mullins (Coach House Books)
"Dominique Fortier explores, through Emily Dickinson’s poetry, the mysterious power that books have over our lives, and the fragile and necessary character of literature."
"Dominique Fortier explores, through Emily Dickinson’s poetry, the mysterious power that books have over our lives, and the fragile and necessary character of literature."
The 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Shortlist:
• Pale Shadows by Dominique Fortier, translated by Rhonda Mullins
• All Fours by Miranda July
• Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin
• Liars by Sarah Manguso
• River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure
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• Pale Shadows by Dominique Fortier, translated by Rhonda Mullins
• All Fours by Miranda July
• Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin
• Liars by Sarah Manguso
• River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure
carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2025-shortlist
April 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Shortlist:
• Pale Shadows by Dominique Fortier, translated by Rhonda Mullins
• All Fours by Miranda July
• Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin
• Liars by Sarah Manguso
• River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure
carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2025-shortlist
• Pale Shadows by Dominique Fortier, translated by Rhonda Mullins
• All Fours by Miranda July
• Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin
• Liars by Sarah Manguso
• River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure
carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2025-shortlist
The 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Longlist
15 unforgettable works of fiction by women writers in the U.S. and Canada, spanning novels, short story collections, and fiction in translation.
Learn more: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2025-longlist
15 unforgettable works of fiction by women writers in the U.S. and Canada, spanning novels, short story collections, and fiction in translation.
Learn more: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2025-longlist
March 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Longlist
15 unforgettable works of fiction by women writers in the U.S. and Canada, spanning novels, short story collections, and fiction in translation.
Learn more: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2025-longlist
15 unforgettable works of fiction by women writers in the U.S. and Canada, spanning novels, short story collections, and fiction in translation.
Learn more: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2025-longlist
Mark your calendar! The 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction longlist will be revealed this Thursday, March 6!
March 4, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Mark your calendar! The 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction longlist will be revealed this Thursday, March 6!
The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is proud to present our stellar 2025 Prize Jury panel: Diana Abu-Jaber — Jury Chair, Norma Dunning, Kim Fu, Tessa McWatt, and Jeanne Thornton.
Please join us in celebrating them! 🎉
For more: bit.ly/3CqYD9Z
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Please join us in celebrating them! 🎉
For more: bit.ly/3CqYD9Z
#ShieldsPrize
February 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is proud to present our stellar 2025 Prize Jury panel: Diana Abu-Jaber — Jury Chair, Norma Dunning, Kim Fu, Tessa McWatt, and Jeanne Thornton.
Please join us in celebrating them! 🎉
For more: bit.ly/3CqYD9Z
#ShieldsPrize
Please join us in celebrating them! 🎉
For more: bit.ly/3CqYD9Z
#ShieldsPrize
Deadline February 2, 2025
The Carol Shields Prize Foundation Scholarship for Indigenous Women and Non-Binary Writers
The Scholarship supports a writer’s attendance at the Tin House Summer Workshop. Tuition, room and board, and a travel stipend. bit.ly/40E9chZ
The Carol Shields Prize Foundation Scholarship for Indigenous Women and Non-Binary Writers
The Scholarship supports a writer’s attendance at the Tin House Summer Workshop. Tuition, room and board, and a travel stipend. bit.ly/40E9chZ
January 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Deadline February 2, 2025
The Carol Shields Prize Foundation Scholarship for Indigenous Women and Non-Binary Writers
The Scholarship supports a writer’s attendance at the Tin House Summer Workshop. Tuition, room and board, and a travel stipend. bit.ly/40E9chZ
The Carol Shields Prize Foundation Scholarship for Indigenous Women and Non-Binary Writers
The Scholarship supports a writer’s attendance at the Tin House Summer Workshop. Tuition, room and board, and a travel stipend. bit.ly/40E9chZ
We asked The Carol Shields Prize community their favorite fiction books by women and non-binary authors published in English in the U.S. and Canada between 2001 and 2023 for an adult audience.
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December 13, 2024 at 6:50 PM
We asked The Carol Shields Prize community their favorite fiction books by women and non-binary authors published in English in the U.S. and Canada between 2001 and 2023 for an adult audience.
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