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On May 4, the inaugural Carol Shields Prize, the largest literary prize in the world for American and Canadian women and non-binary fiction writers, will be awarded. Susan Swan, co-founder of the prize, on the pushback it has encountered, and why it’s needed
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Women ‘are routinely overlooked for awards,’ says Melinda Gates as her Pivotal Ventures company backs the forthcoming Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. Image – iStockphoto: Alex Linch Gates: ‘Ours Will Be a More Equal Society’ The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction may not be a literary or publishing award you know, and that’s because it has yet to be awarded. Today (January 15), however, the program has announced a donation from Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures investment and incubation firm, a handsome US$250,000, which is sure to help make this specialized awards program make a vi...