Author Aviaq Johnston Selected to Help Determine the Longlist for the 2026 CBC Short Story Prize

Every year, CBC Books enlists the help of established writers and editors from across Canada to read the thousands of entries submitted to our prizes.

Our readers compile the longlist, which is given to the jury. The jury, composed of Maria Reva, Terry Fallis and Tracey Lindberg, will then select the shortlist and the eventual winner from the longlisted selections.

The 2026 CBC Short Story Prize is currently accepting submissions until Nov. 1, 2025.

Aviaq Johnston is an Inuk author from Igloolik, Nunavut, currently living in Iqaluit. Her books include Those Who Run in the Sky, which won an Indigenous Voices Award, and its sequel, Those Who Dwell Below. She also writes for younger audiences with books like What’s My Superpower?, which was illustrated by Tim Mack and The Haunted Blizzard, illustrated by Athena Gubbe. Her most recent book is Leave Our Bones Where They Lay.

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