Poet Fatimah Asghar wins $150,000 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

Poet Fatimah Asghar wins $150,000 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

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Category : Awards Published on: May 09 2023

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On 4th May 2023, Fatimah Asghar, a South Asian American poet and screenwriter, won the inaugural Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for her debut novel “When We Were Sisters”, published by One World/Random House.
In addition to the cash prize of USD 150,000, Fatimah Asghar will receive a residency at the award-winning Fogo Island Inn in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is a new English-language literary award to celebrate creativity and excellence in fiction by women and non-binary writers in Canada and the United States of America.
The prize was named after American-Canadian novelist Carol Ann Shields and is managed by the Carol Shields Prize Foundation.

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