27 writers make 2018 CBC Short Story Prize longlist

Past CBCShort Story Prize winner D.W. Wilson and Benjamin Hertwig, a finalist for the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award for poetry,are among the 27 writers whohave made the 2018 CBC Short Story Prize longlist.

The complete longlist is:

• Orlando 1974byLisa Alward(Fredericton, N.B.)
• The Patterson-Gimlin FilmbyBrendan Bowles (Toronto, Ont.)
• The Great Caribouby Anne Camozzi(Antigonish, N.S.)
• A Girl Named SaywabySuzanne Carson (Kitchener, Ont.)
• And a River Went Out of Edenby M.W. Cook (Toronto, Ont.)
• Soft SpotbyJustina Elias (Victoria, B.C.)
• Moody ParkbyGena Ellett(Vancouver, B.C.)
• 2-Person TentbyRobert Everett-Green (Toronto, Ont.)
• The Man in the BookshopbyChiante Guretzki(Caronport, Sask.)
• NovemberbyBenjamin Hertwig(Vancouver, B.C.)
• rickybyEmma Hudson (St. Catharines, Ont.)
• The Last Temptation of Walterby Karen Kemlo(Toronto, Ont.)
• MurmurationsbyMaria Lioutaia(Toronto, Ont.)
• Scale of Comfortby J. Livingston(Mission, B.C.)
• The Unforgiving MinutesbyJesse McLean(Port Hope, Ont.)
• Lipstick DaybyLeah Mol(Toronto, Ont.)
• StrawberriesbyTerri Monture(Toronto, Ont.)
• Fifteen Lakota VisitorsbyTaqralik Partridge (Maxville, Ont.)
• Words to that EffectbyNola Poirier (Powell River, B.C.)
• LessonsbyAmy Chernikowski(Regina, Sask.)
• tax ni pikak a long time agobyTroy Sebastian (Victoria, B.C.)
• BookendingsbySteve Thornton (Toronto, Ont.)
• GreenbyAyelet Tsabari (Toronto, Ont.)
• All the Clutter and All the SpacebyRichard Upton (Mississauga, Ont.)
• At half-lightbyLinda Walsh (Toronto, Ont.)
• Fall of the High FlyersbyKelly Watt (Rockton, Ont.)
• See the Darkness, Yieldingby D.W. Wilson (Victoria, B.C.)

The winner of the 2018 CBC Short Story Prize will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, attend a 10-day writing residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and have their story published on CBC Books. Four finalists will each receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and will have their story published on CBC Books.

Five finalists will be selected by the jury, which is comprised ofEden Robinson, Kevin Hardcastle and Heather O'Neill.The shortlist will be announced on April 10.

The longlist was selected from more than 2,200 English-language submissions. There were more than 3,000 submissions in both English and French.

The longlist was compiled by a team of readers made up of writers and editors from across Canada. This year's panel includesNathan Adler, Sharon Bala,Kate Cayley,Francine Cunningham,Kaie Kellough, Dave Margoshes,Craig Francis Power,Alison Preston,Tanya Roach andAlejandro Saravia.

• Meet the 2018 CBCShort Story Prize readers

The longlistfor theFrench-language competition has also been revealed. To read more, go tothe Prix de la nouvelle Radio-Canada.

The 2017 CBCShort Story Prize winner was Alix Hawley for Witching.

• How Alix Hawley wrote the story that won the CBC Short Story Prize

TheCBCLiterary Prizeshave been recognizing Canadian writers since 1979.Past winners include MichaelOndaatje, Carol Shields, Michael Winter and Frances Itani.