The Writers' Union of Canada named Canisia Lubrin as the winner of the C$10,000 (about US$7,280) Danuta Gleed Literary Award for Code Noir (Soft Skull). The award recognizes the best first collection of short fiction by a Canadian author published in 2024 in English.
The jury called Code Noir "a thoughtful, insightful, experimental, pointed collection. These stories show both tremendous heart and the skillful craft of its author, a masterful layering and blurring of history recorded and history lived. This book will no doubt inspire other writers to delve deep, to be playful and bold, to challenge the reader and the status quo."
Runners-up Vincent Anioke's Perfect Little Angels and Nicola Winstanley's Smoke each receive C$1,000 (about US$730).