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Toronto writer Becky Blake wins CBC Short Story Prize
TORONTO – Toronto writer Becky Blake has won the CBC Short Story Prize and a cheque for $6,000 for her story “The Three Times Rule.”
She’ll get to read her story, about “a damaged young woman who lives in a world of self-imposed rules designed to avoid further pain and disappointment,” during the Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival in April.
The story will also be published in Air Canada’s enRoute magazine.
The CBC Short Story Prize is awarded, in English and French, to a work of unpublished literary work.
The French-language winner was Philippe Fabien for his story “Janken.”
Four runners-up in each language also received $1,000.
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