Announcing the Winner of the 2023 Herb Wyile Prize in Canadian Literature
2024-02-08
The winner of this year’s Herb Wyile Prize in Canadian Literature is Billy Johnson for his essay “A.B. Walker’s Neith (1903-04) and the Aesthetic Grammars of Black Modernism in Canada,” published in issue 47.2.
The winning article was selected by a committee of two adjudicators – Cornel Bogle (Simon Fraser) and Shane Neilson (McMaster) – from among the essays that appear in SCL/ÉLC's two issues published in 2023. The prize has a value of $500.
Congratulations Billy!
Congratulations as well to McKenna James Boechner and Nicholas Bradley for receiving honourable mentions from our committee of adjudicators!
Herb Wylie Prize Winners