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Thirty-five writers from across Canada have made the longlist for the 2020 CBC Nonfiction Prize. The complete longlist is: * _The Imposter _by Penelope Arnold (Hillsburgh, Ont.) * _Inside of
Crazy_ by Leslie Bock (Barrie, Ont.) * _Le Trajet / The Way There_ by Sheila Brooke (Gabriola Island, B.C.) * _The Curve of Forgetting_ by Sheila Brooke (Gabriola Island, B.C.) * _Fantastic
fungi and where to find them_ by Oleksandra Budna (Toronto) * _The Coin_ by Diana Catargiu (Mississauga, Ont.) * _White Space_ by Kevin Chong (Vancouver) * _The Intensive_ by Michelle Doyle
(Toronto) * _Blue Desk_ by Kathryn Edgecombe (Hanover, Ont.) * _The Weighing of the Heart_ by Nicole Eriks (Whitehorse) * _Easier Done Than Said_ by Laura Gohl (Whitehorse) * _Our Feedback
Loop, Our Fractal, Our Never-Ending Pattern_ by Adrienne Gruber (Vancouver) * _The Fringe_ by Cathrin Hagey (Saskatoon) * _Malvine_ by Greta Hofmann Nemiroff (Montreal) * _Dilettante_ by
Richard Joseph (Montreal) * _Ray Says_ by Joseph Kakwinokanasum (White Rock, B.C.) * _Schizophrenia Is Not A Swear Word_ by Nicole Kennedy (Saskatoon) * _What Remains_ by Rachel Lallouz
(Edmonton) * _Take a Photo Before I Leave You_ by Amy MacRae (Vancouver) * _Digital Elegy (for Rebecca)_ by Kirsten Madsen (Whitehorse) * _Bad Kisser_ by Marianne Mandrusiak (Montreal) *
_Strata_ by Laurie McCulloch (Turner Valley, Alta.) * _Georgie_ by Vicki McLeod (Nanaimo, B.C.) * _Anthropocene Diary_ by Jean McNeil (London) * _Thin Skinned_ by Karl Meade (Salt Spring
Island, B.C.) * _Migrating Birds_ by Anukriti Mishra (Toronto) * _Value Village_ by Jonathan Poh (Burnaby, B.C.) * _Unrequited Love_ by Carla Powell (Liverpool, N.S.) * _The Story Teller_ by
Rachael Preston (Nanaimo, B.C.) * _The Terror State_ by Anaheed Saatchi (Vancouver) * _Ali-Mohammad_ by Nataly Shaheen (Mississauga, Ont.) * _A New Beginning_ by Dwight Simon (Sarnia, Ont.)
* _Hitchcock in Havana_ by Bernardine Stapleton (St. John's) * _Sturnella Neglecta (Overlooked Little Starling)_ by Leona Theis (Saskatoon) * _The Milkmaid's Tale_ by Tama Ward
(Vancouver) * _A Letter to Big Words_ by Nuo Yang (Winnipeg) The longlist was selected from more than 1,700 English-language submissions. A team of writers and editors from across Canada
compiled the list. The jury then selects the shortlist and the eventual winner from the readers' longlisted selections. The 2020 jury is comprised of Yasuko Thanh, Bill Gaston and Robyn
Doolittle. They will select the shortlist and the winner. The shortlist will be announced on Sept. 24 and the winner will be announced on Oct. 1. The winner of the 2020 CBC Nonfiction Prize
will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, have their work published on CBC Books and attend a two-week writing residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Four
finalists will each receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and have their work published on CBC Books. The longlist for the French-language competition has also been revealed.
To read more, go to the Prix du récit Radio-Canada. Last year's winner was Victoria writer Jenny Boychuck for her essay _Slow Violence_. The CBC Literary Prizes have been recognizing
Canadian writers since 1979. Past winners include Michael Ondaatje, Carol Shields, Michael Winter and Frances Itani. If you're interested in other writing competitions, check out the
CBC Literary Prizes. The CBC Short Story Prize is currently open and accepting submissions until Oct. 31, 2020. The 2021 CBC Nonfiction Prize will open in January. The 2021 CBC Poetry Prize
will open in April.