Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award
The Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award was established in 1991 with an endowment by Thomas Head Raddall himself, and it continues with ongoing support from the Raddall family. The award honours the work of fiction writers in the Atlantic region and, as its original benefactor envisioned, provides “the gift of time and peace of mind” so essential to the creation of new work.
Inaugurated as a $5,000 prize, the award has grown steadily under the Raddall family’s stewardship. Beginning in 2022, the prize amount was raised from $25,000 to $30,000.
Submissions and Guidelines
One prize ($30,000) is awarded each year for a novel or a book of short fiction that was written by a full-time resident of Atlantic Canada and published and/or distributed for the first time in Canada in the year prior to the submission deadline. Additional finalists each receive $500.
For complete submission details, please visit the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia, the administrator of the award.
Congratulations!
David Huebert is the 2025 recipient of the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award for his first novel, Oil People (McClelland & Stewart.)
Of the book, the Raddall jury said, “Oil People will start conversations, change perspectives, challenge opinions, and it will do it all with mind-bendingingly poetic language. With a long view that includes the past, present and future, Oil People gives us an opportunity to begin to understand the impact of our ways.”