Ryerson_Fiction_Award
The Ryerson Fiction Award, also known as the All-Canada Prize, was a Canadian literary award, presented irregularly between 1942 and 1960. Presented by Ryerson Press,[1] the award was given to an unpublished manuscript by a new or emerging writer, which was then published by Ryerson Press,[2] and the prize consisted of $1,000 of which $500 was an advance on royalties.[1]
Although it was considered one of the major Canadian literary awards in its era, few of the winning novels remain well-remembered today.[2] Only five titles which won the award ever went on to a subsequent paperback reprint,[2] with Edward McCourt's Music at the Close the only title that was selected for McClelland & Stewart's New Canadian Library reprint series in the 1970s.[2]