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Thirty-three writers from across Canada have been longlisted for the 2021 CBC Short Story Prize. The complete longlist is: * _The White Stetson Hat_ by Dennis Allen (Innisfail, Alta.) *
_Utopia_ by Vincent Anioke (Waterloo, Ont.) * _Zugzwang _by Shaelin Bishop (Victoria) * _The Museum of Empty Promises_ by Brendan Bowles (Toronto) * _Bedtime in Nunatsiavut_ by Raeann Brown
(Wabush, N.L.) * _Kids in Kindergarten _by Corinna Chong (Kelowna, B.C.) * _The Bubble_ by Bruce Cinnamon (Edmonton) * _Condo_ by Anahita Dehbonehie (Toronto) * _Strangers_ by Angie Ellis
(Duncan, B.C.) * _Hybrid Tongue_ by Mena Fouda (Oakville, Ont.) * _Ten Gay Things_ by Kerry Galenzoski (Winnipeg) * _Splatter Pattern _by Gord Grisenthwaite (Kingsville, Ont.) * _The New
Parson of Petit-Wasmes_ by Dale Harris (Oshawa, Ont.) * _Take Me Home With You _by Irehobhude Iyioha (Victoria) * _Habits_ by Katherine Jin (Oakville, Ont.) * _Titan Arum_ by Trent Lewin
(Waterloo, Ont.) * _Black Sea_ by Maria Lioutaia (Toronto) * _Fed Up To Her Eyeballs _by Mo Markham (Kitchener, Ont.) * _Tiny Sores__ _by Krista Jane May (Ladysmith, B.C.) * _Patricide in
Four Parts, with Intermezzo _by Jennifer MacLeod (Israel) * _The Bloodhound_ by Tom McMillan (Edmonton) * _Deville at Home _by Brooks McMullin (Prince Albert, Sask.) * _Stump_ by Miranda
Morris (Hamilton) * _The Wedding _by Ira Mulasi (Calgary) * _Conduct unbecoming of a Disney employee_ by Stephen Near (Hamilton) * _Leaving Moonbeam _by Ben Pitfield (Toronto) * _Sound is No
Home_ by Erin Pryce (Magrath, Alta.) * _Vargas_ by Joanna Reid (Vancouver) * _Proverbs of the Lesser _by Will Richter (Vancouver) * _A Suitable Tree _by Jane Stevenson (Smithers, B.C.) *
_Her First Palestinian _by Saeed Teebi (Toronto) * _西(Nishi) _by Saya Watanabe (North Vancouver) * _Coconut Nui Mi _by Sophia Wen (Toronto) The longlist was selected from almost 3,000
English-language submissions. A team of writers and editors from across Canada compiled the list. The jury then selects the shortlist and the eventual winner from the readers'
longlisted selections. The 2021 jury is comprised of Souvankham Thammavongsa, Craig Davidson and Lee Maracle. They will select the shortlist and the winner. The shortlist will be announced
on April 22 and the winner will be announced on April 29. The winner of the 2021 CBC Short Story Prize will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, have their work published on
CBC Books and will have the opportunity to attend a two-week writing residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Four finalists will each receive $1,000 from the Canada Council
for the Arts and have their work published on CBC Books. Last year's winner was Calgary writer Brenda Damen for her short story, _Gibson_. You can read the entire shortlist here. The
longlist for the French-language competition has also been revealed. To read more, go to the Prix de la nouvelle Radio-Canada. The CBC Literary Prizes have been recognizing Canadian writers
since 1979. Past winners include Michael Ondaatje, Carol Shields, Michael Winter and Frances Itani. If you're interested in other writing competitions, check out the CBC Literary
Prizes. The 2021 CBC Poetry Prize is open for submissions until May 31, 2021. The 2022 CBC Short Story Prize will open in September and the 2022 CBC Nonfiction Prize will open in January.
