CBC literary award winners revealed

Winners of the 2009 CBC Literary Awardshave been announced, with six winners each forpreviously unpublished English and French works.

First-place writers receive$6,000while second-place finishers get $4,000.

First- and second-place victors were chosen in the categories of creative non-fiction, poetry and short story.The competition had received more than 6,000 entries from across Canada,whittled down to shortlists of about 80.

The winners were announcedThursday morning.

Toronto author and broadcaster Marian Botsford Fraser whose acclaimed works include Solitaire and Requiem for My Brother captured the top spot in the English creative non-fiction category with The Rise.

The jury described Fraser's work as "skilfully crafted prose, reminiscent of Alice Munro."The Rise concerns a married woman whose passions are fired up by a man twice her age.

Second prize, behind Fraser, went toSarah de Leeuw of Prince George, B.C., for her story Quick-quick. Slow. Slow., about a community in decline.

English Poetry:

• First prize: Us unclean, by Michael Langtonof Vancouver.
• Second prize: Arguments with the Lake, Tanis Rideout ofKingston, Ont.

English Short Story:

• First prize: Badger, Donald Ward ofSaskatoon.
• Second prize: Down to the Roots, Elissa Vann Struth, Vancouver.

The French-language winners are:

Creative Non-fiction:

• First prize:Flo, Stphane Bigras,Saint-Colomban, Que.
• Second prize: Au Fond, Sylvie Mayrand,Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu, Que.

Poetry:

• First prize:tait une bte, Laurance Ouellet Tremblay,Montreal.
• Second prize:24/7, Mathieu Croisetir,Trois-Rivires, Que.

Short Story:

• First prize:Magnum opus, Philippe Chartier,Montreal.
• Second prize:Un hombre solo, Jrmie Leduc-Leblanc,Montreal.

Theannual awards honour excellence in unpublished work submitted by emerging and professional writers.The works will be published in Air Canada'senRoute magazine.