Mrs. Dunster's Fiction Prize
The Mrs. Dunster's Fiction Prize recognizes the best book of fiction (novels or short stories) published by a New Brunswick resident each year. The $500 prize has been sponsored by Mrs. Dunster's since 2015.
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Mrs. Dunster's is locally owned and operated by the Hyslop Family, purchased by Blair and Rosalyn Hyslop in June 2014. Mrs. Dunster's sells donuts and other baked goods across the Maritime provinces and New England. And while the business may have grown over the years, the products produced by Mrs. Dunster's in Sussex still carry that homemade taste — the same way Mrs. Dunster would have made them.
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2019 Awards
Winner
Sarah Xarar Murphy
Itzel I: A Tlatelolco Awakening
Guernica Editions
Finalists
Chris Eaton, Symphony No. 3. Book*hug Press.
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Susan White, Fear of Drowning. Acorn Press.
2018 Awards
Winner
Raymond Frasier
Through Sunlight and Shadows
Pottersfield Press
Finalists
Meghan Rose Allen, Enid Strange. DCB/Cormorant.
Susan White, Headliner. Acorn.
2017 Awards
Winner
Peter J. Clair
Taapoategl & Pallet
Chapel Street Editions
Finalists
Wayne Curtis, Home Coming. Pottersfield Press.
M.T. Dohaney, Caplin Scull. Pottersfield Press.
2016 Awards
Winner
Kerry-Lee Powell
Willem de Kooning's Paintbrush
HarperCollins
Finalists
Roger Moore, Bistro. Self-published.
Riel Nason, All the Things We Leave Behind. Goose Lane
2015 Awards
Winner
Beth Powning
A Measure of Light
Knopf
Finalists
R.W. Gray, Entropic. Newest Press.
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Mark Anthony Jarman, Knife Party at the Hotel Europa. Goose Lane.