The Alice Munro Festival of the Short Story is pleased to announce the finalists for the 12th Annual Literary Short Story Competition for Emerging Writers. The winners will be announced at the Jubilee Gala on June 4. The finalists are:

ADULT
 
Ragna Goodwin – Wit's End
 Judy Waytluk – The Neighbour
Connie Cook – Reflections at a Funeral
 
YOUTH
 
Iza Agullar   – Remembering Autumn
Curtis Jeffrey – Creeping Normality
Caleb Butcher – He Waits
 
 Celebrity Judge for both categories: Samuel Archibald
 
 $1,500 PRIZE Adults / $500 PRIZE Youth

The winner of the TORONTO ARTS AND LETTERS FOUNDATION Youth award is
 
Menaka Raman-Wilms – Tissue Paper