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Percy Janes First Novel Award

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The Percy Janes First Novel Award is a Canadian literary award, presented through the provincial government's annual Arts and Letters Competition to an unpublished manuscript by a first-time novelist from Newfoundland and Labrador. The award is named for the late Newfoundland writer Percy Janes. The award comes with a cash prize, originally $1,500 and raised to $2,500 in 2014.

Winners

  • 2000 – Tom Moore, Ghost World
  • 2001 – Gerard Collins, Finton Moon
  • 2002 – Oral Mews, I Have a Solution for the Woman with Slugs
  • 2003 – Joel Thomas Hynes, Down to the Dirt
  • 2004 – Sara Tilley, Snowflake
  • 2005 – Jeff Rose, Game Misconduct
  • 2006 – David B. Hickey, A Cappella
  • 2007 – Degan Davis, The Forgetting Room
  • 2008 – Craig Francis Power, Blood Relatives
  • 2009 – Patrick Warner, Precious
  • 2010 – Melanie Oates, Hanging from the Ceiling
  • 2011 – Lee Burton, Raw Flesh in the Rising
  • 2012 – Scott Bartlett, Taking Stock
  • 2013 – Mary Pike, Never-Ever-Land
  • 2014 – Susan Sinnott, Just Like Always
  • 2015 – Sharon Bala, Boat People

    • References

    Percy Janes First Novel Award Wikipedia
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