Sean Johnston is a

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writer,"Sterling new voice in prairie fiction". ''

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'', November 5, 2006. who won the

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for short fiction in 2003 for his short story collection ''A Day Does Not Go By''. He has also published the novels ''All This Town Remembers'' (2006) and ''Listen All You Bullets'' (2013), the poetry collections ''Bull Island'' (2004) and ''The Ditch Was Lit Like This'' (2011), and the short story collection ''We Don't Listen to Them'' (2014)."Johnston’s stories an exercise in brevity"
''The Coastal Spectator'', January 27, 2015. Originally from Asquith,

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, he lives in

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, where he teaches English at

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."Spend tonight with three writers"
''

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'', February 23, 2017.

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