Thomas RaddallAtlantic Fiction Award
From Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia
Thomas RaddallAtlantic Fiction Award Submission Guidelines for all WFNS Book Awards 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...
- Amount
- Up to $30,000
- Who can apply
- Individual artists not confirmed - check the funder's page
- Where you must live
- Atlantic Canada not confirmed - check the funder's page
- Art forms
- Writing
- Application fee
- $45 not confirmed - check the funder's page
- 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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What is offered
Money to you
- Additional finalists each receive $500.
In the funder's words, from their page, read September 27, 2026.
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. not confirmed - check the funder's page
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 November 1, 2026.
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