The Newfoundland and Labrador Credit Union Fresh Fish Award has launched several careers since its beginnings in 2006. Below is a complete list of past Fresh Fish Award winners and runners-up, many of whom have since been published.
We are proud of the accomplishments of each of our applicants and look forward to seeing what else they achieve throughout the course of their careers.
2022
Winner: Tia McLennan (Familiar Monsters of the Flood)
Runners-up: Santiago Guzmán (Urn) and Khadija Rehma (Dishonorable Daughters)
2020
Winner: Clay Everest (No Subject for the Inexperienced)
Runners-up: Carmella Gray-Cosgrove (Nowadays and Lonelier) and Olivia Anne Robinson (The Blue Moth Motel)
2017
Winner: Matthew Hollett (Optic Nerve)
Runners-up: Terry Doyle (We All Do) and Liz Solo (Phreak)
2015
Winner: Susie Taylor (Dispelling the Myths)
Runners-up: Sharon Bala (The Boat People) and Eva Crocker (Barrelling Forward and Other Stories)
2013
Winner: Paul Whittle (Everything Is What It Is)
Runners-up: Joshua Goudie (The Art of Dogs) and Tracey Waddleton (Send More Tourists, The Last Ones Were Delicious)
2011
Winner: Lesleyanne Ryan (Braco)
Runners-up: Patrick Carroll (Manigotagan) and Scott Cowan (How to Softly Break a Wild Horse)
2009
Winner: Dave Andrews (West Orange)
Runners-up: Danielle Devereaux (The Chrome Chair) and Andreae Prozesky (sparrows, sparks)
2008
Winner: Jamie Fitzpatrick (It All Comes Down to This)
Runners-up: Stephen Rowe (Preservations) and Claire Wilkshire (untitled novel)
2007
Winner: Craig Francis Power (Blood Relatives)
Runners-up: Degan Davis (The Forgetting Room) and Bruce Johnson (Firmament)
2006
Winner: Sara Tilley (Snowflake-Young published as Skin Room)
Runners-up: Degan Davis (The Forgetting Room) and Claire Wilkshire (Maxine and Other Stories)