NEWS RELEASE
STEPHEN LEACOCK ASSOCIATES
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The Stephen Leacock Associates are pleased to announce the 2022 long list for the annual Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.
Celebrating 75 years since its inception, this annual award recognizes excellence in Canadian literary humour.
Past winners have included Terry Fallis, Will Ferguson, W.O. Mitchell, Stuart McLean, Robertson Davies, Pierre Berton and Mordecai Richler.
Board President Michael Hill thanks the national panel of judges and a committee of local readers for their thoughtful recommendations with this “long list.” He also thanks the authors for their submissions, and commends them on the quality of their writing.
The three finalists for the award will be named on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, with the medal winner being announced on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022 at the Medal's 75th Anniversary Gala Dinner.
The long list for the 2022 Leacock Medal is (in alphabetical order by author surname):
| Austin, Emily | Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead | Atria Books |
| Critch, Mark | An Embarrassment of Critch's | Viking Canada |
| Dumont, Dawn | The Prairie Chicken Dance Tour | Freehand Books |
| Eedy, Lorne | Rocks With a Story | Kinetics Design, KD Books.ca |
| Gordon, James | The Ark Of The Oven Mitt | Pipe Street Publishing |
| Jalaluddin, Uzma | Hana Khan Carries On | HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. |
| James, Ron | All Over the Map | Doubleday Canada |
| Mercer, Rick | Talking to Canadians | Doubleday Canada |
| Myers, Cristina | The List of Last Chances | Caitlin Press |
| Wilson, K. R. | Call Me Stan | Guernica Editions |
The Leacock Medal for Humour awards are generously sponsored by the Dunkley Charitable Foundation. For more information about the Leacock Medal and Stephen Leacock Associates, please visit the website at www.leacock.ca.
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