NEWS RELEASE
LEACOCK MEDAL FOR HUMOUR
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The Stephen Leacock Associates are pleased to announce the 2024 long list for the annual Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.
Celebrating 77 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 and Mordecai Richler.
President Daphne Mainprize thanks the national panel of judges for their recommendations with this “long list.” She 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 Tuesday, May 21, 2024, with the medal winner being announced on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at the Leacock Medal Award Gala Dinner in Orillia.
The long list for the 2024 Leacock Medal (in alphabetical order by author surname) is:
| Bow, Erin | Simon Sort of Says | Scholastic Canada |
| Bryan, Ali | Coq | Freehand Books |
| Craig-Whytack, Suzanne | What Any Normal Person Would Do |
Dark Winter Press |
| Craigie, Gregor | Radio Jet Lag | Cormorant Books |
| deWitt, Patrick | The Librarianist | House of Anansi Press |
| Mercer, Rick | The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued... | Doubleday Canada |
| Pagé, Lucie | Lost Dogs | Cormorant Books |
| Ping, William | Hollow Bamboo | HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. |
| Shelstad, Sam | The Cobra and the Key | TouchWood Editions |
| Vincent, Ron | Life at the Precipice | Self Published |
| Willis, Deborah | Girlfriend on Mars | Hamish Hamilton Canada |
This year, there are eleven books on the list rather than the usual 10, because three books tied for 9th place.
Tickets for the Leacock Medal Gala Dinner, at which the winner will be announced, are available online.
Stephen Leacock Associates is looking for people who will help support our Canadian humour writers by joining the board or one of our committees. Applicants from across Canada would be welcome, as meetings can be held in a hybrid in-person/on-line mode. If interested, please email [email protected] with a brief summary of the valuable experience and skills that you can offer. Please note that this is a volunteer-run organization.
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.
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