NEWS RELEASE
STEPHEN LEACOCK ASSOCIATES
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The Stephen Leacock Associates board of directors is pleased to announce the shortlist for this year’s Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.
In the running for the medal and $15,000 prize are, in alphabetical order by author surname:
• Heidi L.M. Jacobs, Molly of the Mall: Literary Lass and Purveyor of Fine Footwear (NeWest Press)
• Amy Spurway, CROW (Goose Lane Editions)
• Drew Hayden Taylor, Cottagers and Indians (Talonbooks)
The winner will be announced on Friday, June 5, 2020 by press release and social media. The usual Gala Dinner has had to be cancelled owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The shortlisted authors will be invited to the gala weekend festivities in 2021.
“Our panel of judges has selected three finalists from the 84 books that were submitted this year,” said Leacock Associates president Michael Hill. “It’s a gruelling process to read and evaluate all those books and come up with three that merit being named to a ’short’ list. The Leacock Associates thank the readers for their time, effort and expertise.”
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