Women ‘are routinely overlooked for awards,’ says Melinda Gates as her Pivotal Ventures company backs the forthcoming Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.
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Gates: ‘Ours Will Be a More Equal Society’
The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction may not be a literary or publishing award you know, and that’s because it has yet to be awarded.
Today (January 15), however, the program has announced a donation from Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures investment and incubation firm, a handsome US$250,000, which is sure to help make this specialized awards program make a viable start on its mission to recognize the work of women and nonbinary writers in Canada and the United States.
Melinda Gates donates $318K to new North American literary award, Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
The literary prize, named in honour of the late writing legend Carol Shields, will be launched in 2022 awarding $150,000 Cad to a single work of fiction by a woman or non-binary writer.
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Posted: Jan 15, 2021 1:50 PM ET | Last Updated: January 15
In this Feb. 1, 2018 file photo, Melinda Gates poses for a photo before an interview in Kirkland, Wash. (The Associated Press)