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)