Short list announced for 30th Cox & Palmer Island Literary Awards

The P.E.I. Writers' Guild has announced the short list for this year's Cox and Palmer Island Literary Awards.

The short-listed candidates by category are:

• L.M. MontgomeryP.E.I. Writing for Children Award: Lisa Penny, Suzanne Mills, Pierce Smith, Courtney Anderson, Madelaine Sibbick, and Jessica Watts.
• Milton Acorn Poetry Award: Margo Connors, Michael Page, Ann Howatt.
• Maritime Electric Short Story Award: Tanya Nicolle MacCallum, Suzanne Mills Joel Gillespie, Malcolm Murray.
• Creative Non-Fiction Award: Brian Higgins, Irene Larkin, Louise Burley, Rick Sparkes, Margot Maddison-MacFadyen.

The winners will beannounced at a gala awards ceremony on May 6 at the Mack on Great George Street in Charlottetown. The gala takes place from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The host of the ceremony is CBC P.E.I.'s Karen Mair. This is the 30thCox and Palmer Island Literary Awards.

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