Jacqueline Stirrup of Gravenhurst is one of 36 writers from across Canada who have been longlisted for the 2022 CBC Short Story Prize.
Stirrup is nominated for her short story Olympia and I.
Stirrup was born and raised in Liverpool, England and moved to Canada as an adult. Both Canada and England have influenced her writing.
She is a writer of romance novels using the pen name Fyn Alexander and her books feature mostly LGBT characters. Stirrup also has two books under her own name. She likes to set many of her books in the United Kingdom where she visits family every few years. Having spent her twenties in the gay and lesbian clubs in Toronto, it was the perfect place to set Olympia and I.
“I like to write about love and people who love obsessively, says Stirrup. “I like to ponder the things people share and the things they choose to keep to themselves. We all have secrets.”
The shortlist will be announced on April 21 and the winner will be announced on April 28.
In addition to a cash prize of $6000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Grand Prize winner will receive a two-week writing residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and will be published on the CBC Books website. The four runners-up will each receive $1000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and will be published on CBC Books.
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