Surrey Muse Arts Society has announced the short and long lists for the five Surrey Muse Art & Literature Awards 2022. Below are the five Shortlist, in alphabetical order.
Shortlist
Joy Kogawa Award for Fiction 2022
‘Watching the Swans’ by Lucy E.M. Black, Port Perry ON
‘We Are Not Seahorses’ by K.R. Byggdin, Halifax NS
‘The Boy’ by Samantha Krilow, Surrey BC
‘Nightshade’ by Lynn Hutchinson Lee, Toronto ON
‘The Stoner Files’ by Cynthis Sharp, Vancouver BC
‘White Snow and Seven Dreams’ by Melissa Yuan-Innes, North Lancaster ON
View Longlist, Joy Kogawa Award for Fiction 2022
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Shortlist
Faith Nolan Award for Music 2022
Entry14 (1-800-Just-Don’t 2:56, Was I ever a kid? 2:40) by Terez Goulet, Calgary AB
Entry5 (Adam: What I learned at School 7:53) by Janel Rae, Toronto ON
Entry7 (Answer me 3:25, Nellie 1:21, Hooks: 4:66) by Janel Rae, Toronto ON
Entry4 (Boring People 3:32, Cry Like A Flood 3:11) by Ben Sures, Edmonton AB
Entry18 (Tripping 7:06) by Myrtle Thomas, Montréal QC
Entry9 (Late Bloomer 3:13, Side of Small Town 2:54, Like You Mean It 3:39) by Hayley Verrall, Burlington ON
View the Longlist for the Faith Nolan Award for Music 2022
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Shortlist
Susan Crean Award for Nonfiction 2022

‘In the Ethiopian Context: Two Excerpts from a Memoir’ by Marian Dodds, Vancouver BC
‘A Letter for Lisa’ by Veronica Gorlova, Vancouver BC
‘My Mother’s Ghost’ by Claire Lawrence, Port Moody BC
‘My Rebellious Feet’ by Diary Marif, Vancouver BC
‘From an Old Hen With Plenty of Clucks Left to Give’ by Dorothy Palmer, Burlington ON
‘A Sexy Crip Manifesto’ by Seeley Quest, Halifax NS
View the Longlist for the Susan Crean Award for Nonfiction 2022
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Shortlist
Vera Manuel Award for Poetry 2022

‘Beneath the earth’ (When I say bend, hey, it’s just me) by Hari Alluri, New Westminster BC
‘Iney’ (Iney) by Imear Laffan, Nelson BC
‘Digressions from a Name’ (Digressions from a name) by Kyle Mckillop, Langley BC
‘bare and other poems’ (i tried to write a love poem) by Franz Seachel, Vancouver BC
‘My hand on the altar’ (my hand on the altar) by Cynthia Sharp, Vancouver BC
‘Poetry submissions’ (faces like ours) by Hya Sheikh, Scarborough ON
View the Longlist for Vera Manuel Award for Poetry 2022
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Shortlist
Norval Morrisseau Award for Visual Arts 2022

Entry10 by Omokanye Adetona, Toronto ON
Entry20 by Sena Cleave, Vancouver BC
Entry17 by Henritta Hall, Ottawa ON
Entry27 by Tamar Haytayan, Vancouver BC
Entry22 by Kenzie Housego, Calgary AB
Entry3 by Elyse Longair, Kingston ON
View the Longlist for Norval Morrisseau Award for Visual Arts 2022
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