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Hamilton's Liz Harmer makes shortlist for $10K Journey Prize for emerging writers

Hamilton's Liz Harmer is in the running for the Writers' Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize for emerging writers for "Never Prosper," a story published in The New Quarterly that examines 29 minutes in a professor's life.

The winner will be announced Nov. 7

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Hamilton's Liz Harmer is the author of the novel The Amateurs and is among the finalists for the Writers' Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize. (Scott Nichols/Knopf Canada)

Hamilton's Liz Harmer is in the running for the Writers' Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize for "Never Prosper," a story published in The New Quarterly that examines 29 minutes in a professor's life.

The $10,000 award recognizes the year's best short story by an emerging Canadian writer.

Also nominated is Shashi Bhat, originally from Richmond Hill, Ont., who earns a spot for "Mute," published in The Dalhousie Review. It's described as "a darkly funny take on academia, literary snobbery, and popular culture."

Greg Brown of Nanaimo, B.C., earns a spot for his intimate family drama "Love," which revolves around a mother's deathbed. It was published in Pulp Literature.

Each finalist receives $1,000, and the publication that originally published the winning entry receives $2,000.

The winner will be announced Nov. 7 at the Writers' Trust Awards ceremony held in Toronto's Glenn Gould Studio. Seven national literary awards and more than $260,000 in prize money will also be presented during the ceremony.

"The Journey Prize Stories," a collection of stories that made the prize's longlist, will be available Sept. 25.

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