NEWS RELEASE
STEPHEN LEACOCK ASSOCIATES
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The Stephen Leacock Associates are pleased to announce the 2021 long list for the annual Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.
Handed out for the past 74 years, this annual award recognizes excellence in Canadian literary humour. Past winners have included Terry Fallis, Will Ferguson, W.O.Mitchell, Stuart McLean and Mordecai Richler.
Our Long List is out! Congrats to all writers! https://t.co/DpiCOY3JVO
— The Leacock Medal (@LeacockMedal) April 19, 2021
Board President Michael Hill thanks the national panel of judges and a committee of local readers for their thoughtful recommendations with this 'long list.'
The three finalists for the award will be named on Monday, May 3, 2021, with the medal winner being announced on Friday, June 4, 2021.
The long list for the 2021 Leacock Medal is (in alphabetical order by author surname):
| Carley, Rod | Kinmount | Latitude 46 Publishing |
| Christmas, Jane | Open House: A Life in Thirty-Two Moves | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Enfield, Tyler | Like Rum-Drunk Angels | Goose Lane Editions |
| Graham, Randal N.M. | Afterlife Crisis | ECW Press |
| Kertes, Joseph | Last Impressions | Penguin Random House |
| King, Thomas | Indians on Vacation | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Leiren-Young, Mark | Bar Mitzvah Boy | Playwrights Canada Press |
| Murray, Morgan | Dirty Birds | Breakwater Books |
| Reva, Maria | Good Citizens Need Not Fear | Knopf Canada |
| Scott, Paddy | The Union of Smokers | Invisible Publishing |
The Leacock Medal for Humour awards are generously sponsored by the Dunkley Charitable Foundation. For more information about the Leacock Medal and Stephen Leacock Associates, please visit the website at www.leacock.ca.
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