Awards and Nominations
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LOST shortlisted
EDNA STAEBLER CREATIVE NON-FICTION AWARD
Four books have been shortlisted for the 2009 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non- Fiction. The $10,000 award, administered by Wilfrid Laurier University, encourages and recognizes Canadian writers for a first or second work of creative non-fiction that includes a Canadian locale and/or significance.
“Intensely lyrical, hypnotic and haunting, Cathy Ostlere’s memoir of personal loss is unafraid to take risks. The rich language of Lost pulls the reader into an intimate and singular state of mind, into a place “where time has collapsed” and a fierce gravity takes hold. This is a book that refuses easy consolation, taking us beyond a traditional tragic ending to reconsider our understanding of love, responsibility and loyalty. ” — Edna Staebler Judges
Other Awards and Nomications
2009 Edna Stabeler Creative Non-fiction Award; finalist
2007 National Magazine Awards, Personal Journalism category, finalist
2007 Western Magazine Awards, Human Experience category, finalist
2005 Prism Literary Non-Fiction Contest, shortlist
2004 CBC Literary Awards, Travel Writing category, shortlist
2004 Event Magazine Creative Non-Fiction Contest, finalist
2002 CBC Canadian Literary Awards, Travel Writing category, shortlist
2002 Western Magazine Awards, Human Experience category, finalist
2001 Event Magazine Creative Non-Fiction Contest, winner
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The Globe And Mail
says Lost is “…an impressive work that resolves extraordinarily difficult material into moving, effective narrative and achingly beautiful prose poetry.”
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