Kai Thomas wins Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for debut novel – Winnipeg Free Press
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TORONTO - Debut novelist Kai Thomas said he was struck by "surreality" when Margaret Atwood announced he had won the top fiction prize at the Writers' Trust Awards on Tuesday
$322,000 was given out across 7 prizes, recognizing fiction, nonfiction and poetry.
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The winner will be revealed on Nov. 21, 2023. The finalists are Jamal Saeed, Christina Sharpe, Angela Sterritt, Emily Urquhart and John Vaillant.