May is short story month! Celebrate by reading a great Canadian short story. This list was originally curated by writer Kevin Hardcastle in 2020, and has been updated for 2024!

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 ...

“The biggest short story contest” may read as though it is an oxymoron, but it is what the Toronto Star Short Story Contest has become. Launched for the first time in 1978, the contest, which ...

Short yet powerful books are so moving that you will want to share them with everyone you know. Thoughtful, poetic, and ...

Open to all Ontario residents, the Toronto Star Short Story Contest — one of North America’s longest-running and largest — allows submissions on any topic, with a 2,500-word limit.

Even as Chido Muchemwa’s characters move between countries, generations and identities, they are tied by their desire for ...