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The Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing is a
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literary award, presented by the
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to the best
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book on Canadian political and social issues. It has been presented annually in
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at the Writers’ Trust Politics and the Pen gala since 2000,Kate Jaimet, "Spirit of Shaughnessy Cohen lives on at literary dinner on Hill". ''
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'', May 4, 2000.
superseding the organization's defunct Gordon Montador Award. The award had a dollar value in 2015 of
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25,000. The prize was established in honour of
Shaughnessy Cohen Elizabeth Shaughnessy Cohen ( Murray; February 11, 1948 – December 9, 1998) was a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Windsor—St. Clair for the Liberal Party of Canada from 1993 until her death in 1998. Background She was bo ...
(February 11, 1948 - December 9, 1998), an outspoken and popular Liberal Member of Parliament from
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who died after suffering a
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in the
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just seconds after standing to address her peers. The award is sponsored by CN.


Submissions

All Canadian-based publishers of original manuscripts may enter two books; companies publishing more than ten eligible nonfiction titles during the 2012 calendar year may add one book for every additional ten eligible books (or fraction thereof) on their nonfiction list, up to a maximum of five. For example, a publisher with a list of 18 qualifying nonfiction books would be entitled to submit three — two for the first ten and one for the next ten."The Writers' Trust of Canada: Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing"
2012.


Jury

A three-person jury selects the winner and finalists of the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. The jury acts independently of the Writers’ Trust and is charged with interpreting the mandate and eligibility criteria of the prize, as well as determining which of the submissions best reflect the prize mandate. In evaluating the writing, literary merit is the sole criteria. Each juror may request an unlimited number of additional titles from the publisher's lists. Such titles are on equal footing with all other submissions, provided that their publishers agree to abide by the conditions laid out in this document. The judgment of the jury in selecting the winners, determining eligibility, and interpreting these rules is final.


Winners and nominees


References


External links


Shaughnessy Cohen Prize
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