31 writers make the 2022 CBC Nonfiction Prize longlist

Thirty-onewriters from across Canada have been longlisted for the 2022CBC NonfictionPrize.

The complete longlist is:

• Repairs byVictoria Abboud(Windsor, Ont.)
• Little Ghosts byFilomena Acosta (Milton, Ont.)
• First Night on the Border byLisa Ariemma (Meana di Susa, Italy)
• The Memory Library byKate Bird (Vancouver)
• Your House byCayenne Bradley (Victoria)
• Remembering ChaikabySharon Chisvin(Winnipeg)
• Advice to a New Beekeeper bySusan Cormier(Langley, B.C.)
• Seh Woo, My Teeth byKerissa Dickie (Fort Nelson, B.C.)
• The SleepoverbyCherrie Fielder (Oshawa, Ont.)
• The Thin Blue Line by Patti Fraser (Vancouver)
• A Slowest Growing byCarla Harris (Regina)
• BuzzcutbyJulie Laurendeau(Winnipeg)
• Tek Tekby Y. S. Lee (Kingston, Ont.)
• In the Hours After byAnna Lee-Popham(Toronto)
• Right Hand Justified by Rayya Liebich(Nelson, B.C.)
• Anowarica/America by Christopher Malcolm (Toronto)
• The Haunted by Ann McDougall(Toronto)
• Just Beautiful by Karl Meade (Salt Spring Island, B.C.)
• The Spirits Are Dancing by Joyce Mearon(Grovedale, Alta.)
• Twenty-four hours byNoreen Newton (Victoria)
• Bodies of Poetry by Nofel(Montreal)
• StorkatoriumbyJane Ozkowski(Bloomfield, Ont.)
• The Dances We Do With Our Children by Trent Pomeroy (Rothesay, N.B.)
• Next Door to Evil by Murray Reiss(Salt Spring Island, B.C.)
• A Cowboy's Work by Aaron Tucker (Toronto)
• Letters to Daveby Debby Vollbrecht(Sidney, B.C.)
• Bear Jam by MegWarren (Jasper, Alta.)
• In Defence of the Pine Beetle by MegWarren (Jasper, Alta)
• Ice Drift by Simone Witton(Ottawa)
• Wildflower of the Labour Camp by Zeng Xiaowen(Toronto)
• Run Rabbit Run by Deb Young (Winnipeg)
• Moribund by Michelle Li Zeng(Oakville, Ont.)

The longlist was selected from more than 1,700 English-language submissions.

A team of writers and editors from across Canadacompiled the list.

The jury selects the shortlist and the eventual winner from the readers' longlisted selections. The 2022jury is comprised ofMarcello Di Cintio, Sharon Butala and Jenna Butler.

The shortlist will be announced on Sept. 15and the winner will be announced on Sept. 22.

The winner of the 2022CBC Nonfiction Prizewill receive $6,000 from theCanada Council for the Arts, have their work published onCBC Booksand will attend a two-week writing residency at theBanff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

Four finalists will each receive $1,000 from theCanada Council for the Artsand have their work published onCBC Books.

Last year'swinner was Montrealwriter Chanel M. Sutherland for herstory,Umbrella. You canread the entire shortlist here.

• How Chanel M. Sutherland wrote the story that won the 2021 CBC Nonfiction Prize

The longlist for the French-language competition has also been revealed. To read more, go to thePrix du rcit Radio-Canada.

The CBC Literary Prizes have been recognizing Canadian writers since 1979. Past winners includeDavid Bergen,Michael Ondaatje,Carol ShieldsandMichael Winter.

• 14 famous Canadian writers who won CBC Literary Prizes

If you're interested in other writing competitions, check out theCBC Literary Prizes.

• Calling all writers! The 2023CBC Short Story Prize is now open for submissions

The 2023CBC Short Story Prizeisopen for submissionsuntil Oct. 31, 2022. The 2023CBC Nonfiction Prizewill open in January and the 2023CBC Poetry Prizewill open in April.