Sean Michaels wins Quebec Writer's Federation fiction award

The Quebec Writers Federation announcedthe winners of the 2014 QWF Literary Awards at a gala hosted in Montreal.

• Click here to read all the winning stories

Sean Michaelstook home the ParagrapheHugh MacLennanPrize for fiction for his debut novel,Us Conductors.

The QWFliterary awardsrecognize the best in English-language writing published by Quebec writersin the past year.

Awards were handed out on Tuesday eveningat a special celebration held at the Corona Theatre in Little Burgundy.

Complete list of winners

• Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction ($2,000):Sean Michaels for Us Conductors (Random House Canada)

• Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction ($2,000):Chantal Hbert for The Morning After: The 1995 Quebec Referendum and the Day that Almost Was (Knopf Canada)

• A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry ($2,000):Sina Queyras for MxT (Coach House Books)

• QWF Prize for Childrens and Young Adult Literature ($2,000):Monique Polak for Hate Mail (Orca Book Publishers)

• Concordia University First Book Prize ($2,000):Anna Leventhal for Sweet Affliction (Invisible Publishing)

• Judy Mappin Community Award:Elizabeth Macdonnell

• Quebec Writing CompetitionA partnership between CBC Quebec, the Quebec Writers' Federation, Maisonneuve magazine and Vhicule Press, the Quebec Writing Competition recognizes the best original, unpublished stories by Quebecs English-language writers. This years winners are:

  First Prize ($1,500): Allegra McKenzie for The Glass Man

  Second Prize ($1,000): James Dunnigan for Open Bay

  Readers Choice Award ($300): Jose Lafrenire for Breath

• 3Macs carte blanche Prize:Elaine Kennedy and Sheryl Curtis for their translation of Didier Leclair for Its Late, Doctor Schweitzer