Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award
From Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia
Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award One prize ($30,000) is awarded each year for a novel or a book of short fiction that was written by a full-time resident of Atlantic Canada and published and/or distributed for the first time in Canada in the year prior to the submission deadline.
- Amount
- Up to $30,000
- Who can apply
- Individual artists
- Where you must live
- Atlantic Canada
- Art forms
- Writing
- Application fee
- $45
- Kind
- Prize or award
- How to get it
- Open application “awarded for a novel or a book of short fiction written or co-written by an Atlantic Canadian author that was published and/or distributed for the first time in Canada in the year prior to and including the submission deadline.”
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Eligibility
awarded for a novel or a book of short fiction written or co-written by an Atlantic Canadian author that was published and/or distributed for the first time in Canada in the year prior to and including the submission deadline. A writer may win the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award a maximum of three times. YA titles are ineligible for this award and should be submitted to the Ann Connor Brimer Award. Plays are ineligible for this award. For the 2027 award, the eligibility year runs from November 2, 2025, to November 1, 2026.
What to send
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Source: https://writers.ns.ca/programs/book-awards/thomas-raddall-award/ (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on October 17, 2026.
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