Announcing the 2019 Thomas Morton Prize Shortlists!

The results are in! We're excited to announce the 2019 Thomas Morton Prize shortlists for both Fiction and Poetry. Fiction this year was judged by Michael Redhill and Poetry by Souvankham Thammavongsa. Thank you to this year's judges and to everyone who entered the contest. You've helped us continue to produce this prize and publish this magazine, and we rely on your support. Without further ado, the 2019 Thomas Morton Prize shortlist!   Fiction “Florence” by Hilary Ball “I Cannot Help You with This” by Timothy DeLizza “Lions to the Slaughter” Sadi Muktadir “Man and His World” by Ben Ladouceur “Terrace” by Josh Edgar “The Kids” by Bruce Meyer   Poetry “The Road from Damascus” by Bola Opaleke “You Were Found in the Belly of a Deer Once” by Chelsea Dingman “Red Shafted Northern Flicker” Susan McCaslin “What Everyone Knew” by Kate Felix   Don't forget to join us this Friday, Nov. 29 at 8 p.m. at Monarch Tavern (12 Clinton St., Toronto) to hear the winners, readings from some of this year's contributors, and launch our fall issue!