The Porcupine's Quill
Celebrating forty years on the Main Street
of Erin Village, Wellington County
AWARDS
2022
Let Go by Mark Huebner A story of travail and triumph, Mark Huebner’s wordless novel Let Go follows a laid-off ad man struggling to carry the deadweight of his past as he labours through a blizzard toward an unknown future.
2022—ForeWord Indies Book Award,
Long-listed
2022—eLit Awards,
Runner-up
The Artist and the Assassin by Mark Frutkin The play of light and shadow defines Mark Frutkin’s vibrant narrative based on the life of the seventeenth-century painter known as Caravaggio, whose revolutionary use of the chiaroscuro technique fuelled his dazzling success while his demons led him down the path of exile and, ultimately, assassination.
2022—Independent Publisher (IPPY) awards,
Runner-up
2022—City of Ottawa Book Award,
Shortlisted
Urban Disturbances by Bruce McDougall Bruce McDougall’s skilful short stories sketch a warts-and-all portrait of humanity, illuminating the mysterious forces that drive people to behave in unique—and uniquely human—ways.
2022—Independent Publisher (IPPY) awards,
Commended
2022—ReLit Awards, Short Fiction,
Shortlisted
Midland by Ross Breithaupt A traumatized young man steps away from his protective family and embarks on a transformative two-month stint as a tree planter in Northern Ontario. There he seeks comfort and healing in new friends, a mix-tape and letters to his dead brother.
2022—Independent Publisher (IPPY) awards,
Winner
Breaking Right by D.A. Lockhart In D.A. Lockhart’s Breaking Right ordinary Hoosiers experience extraordinary moments that reveal the complicated correlations between their beliefs, their relationships and the land beneath their feet.
2021—The Miramichi Reader Best Fiction List,
Commended
2022—ReLit Awards, Short Fiction,
Shortlisted
2022—Indiana Author Awards, Fiction,
Shortlisted
Artful Flight by Susan Glickman In Artful Flight, Susan Glickman dives into poetry and prose, music and visual art, in an effort to find the joy in creative work not as a path to the truth but as an end in itself.
2022—eLit Awards,
Runner-up
The Essential John Glassco by John Glassco A collection of the poetic achievements of John Glassco, a Montreal Group poet whose technical giftedness and unimpeachable wordplay brought music and flair to poems characterized by darkness and decay.
2022—eLit Awards,
Winner
The Porcupine's Quill would like to acknowledge the support of the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. The financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund (CBF) is also gratefully acknowledged.
Browse Awards by Year:
View the list of awards won by Porcupine's Quill books. Titles are arranged by year, and include listings from 1977 to the present.