The results are in and the 2016 CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize longlist has been whittled down to five finalists.

The 2016 CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize shortlist is:

• “Adaptation” by Leslie A. Davidson
• “Because We’re Not at the Ocean” by Christine Higdon
• “Eighteen” by Shannon Linden
• “Through the Front Page” by Judith Timson
• “What Was in Me” by Jack Neary

The shortlist was selected by a jury consisting of Brian Brett, Diane Schoemperlen and Drew Hayden Taylor.

The grand prize winner will be announced on Sept. 21. The winner will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, publication in Air Canada enRoute magazine and a 10-day writing residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

The remaining finalists will receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts.

To check out the shortlist for the French competition, visit the Prix du récit Radio-Canada 2016.

Want to compete? The CBC Short Story Prize is accepting submissions until Oct. 31, 2016.

Soure : CBC