Winners of the Star’s 46th annual Short Story Contest were announced Tuesday night, with Dawn Miller’s “The Good Mother” placing first.

Insight Toronto Star Short Story Contest First Prize winner: ‘The Good Mother’ Dawn Miller’s story has claimed first prize in the Star’s annual short story contest.

Cocktail is a short story collection that explores some of life's watershed moments and the tiny horrors of domestic life. Beginning in the 1960s and moving forward through the decades, Cocktail ...

It tells the layered story of Kareela, a 24-year-old, biracial woman, who finds out she's pregnant and is struggling to find herself; her mother, Evelyn, who fled to Canada from Jamaica in the ...

When I tell him I found his new book of short stories, Other Worlds, wistful as well as witty, André Alexis isn’t surprised. The collection was written after the loss of his mother and father ...

Montreal writer Chanel Sutherland has won the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Sutherland, who was named the winner of the regional prize for Canada and Europe last month, was named the winner of ...