
The Alice Munro Festival of the Short Story has unanimously decided to bring the festival to a close in 2025.
The committee would like to share their sincere appreciation to the community, volunteers, and funders for their many years of support and to the authors who continued to bring exceptional programming to the event. The remaining funds will be donated to community charities supporting women and youth.
The festival website will continue to host the archive of authors and short stories for an undetermined amount of time on this website. The Short Story Contest will continue through
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Guest Authors 2012 - 2023
Alice Munro Festival of the Short Story 2012 - 2023
The Alice Munro Festival of the Short Story has presented multiple award-winning writers from Canada including: Caroline Adderson, S.K. Ali, Tara Anderson, Samuel Archibald, Aviva Armour-Ostroff, Margaret Atwood, Mona Awad, Saumiya Balasubramanian, Katherine Battersby, David Bergen, Erin Bow, Melanie Chambers, Corrina Chong, Wayson Choy, Charlene Chua, Lynn Coady, Eva Crocker, Lisa Dalrymple, Danielle Daniel, Vicki Delaney, Anthony De Sa, Cherie Dimaline, Emma Donoghue, Alicia Elliot, Brian Francis, Camilla Gibb, Douglas Gibson, A.R. Grobbo, Chantel Guertin, Samra Habib, Elizabeth Hay, Farah Heron, Sheila Heti, Miranda Hill, Marni Jackson, Marthe Jocelyn, Brian D. Johnson, Falen Johnson, E.K. Johnston, Amy Jones, Andrew Kaufman, Wesley King, Daniel Kolos, Scaachi Koul, Mary Lawson, Randall Lobb, Kyo Maclear, Alexander MacLeod, Alistair MacLeod, Lee Maracle, Bianca Marais, Heather Marshall, Don Martel, Scott McKowen, Andy McGuire, Ami McKay, Lindy Mechefske, Sarah Meehan-Sirk, K.D. Miller, Lisa Moore, Téa Mutonji, Ruth Ohi, Alex Ohlin, Michael Ondaatje, Heather O’Neill, Kenneth Oppel, Arturo Perez Torres, Casey Plett, Nita Prose, Alex Pugsley, Maria Reva, Nino Ricci, David Adams Richards, David Robertson, Jennifer Robson, Jennifer Rogers, Kevin Sands, Martha Schabas, Anakana Schofield, Vivek Shraya, Merilyn Simonds, Meehan Sirk, Johanna Skibsrud, Heather T. Smith, Sydney Smith, Shawn Syms, Carrie Synder, Mariko Tamaki, Robert Thacker, Madeleine Thien, Souvankham Thammavongsa, Paul Thompson, M.G. Vassanji, Anuja Varghese, Chelsea Vowel, Emily Urquhart, Jane Urquhart, Ian Williams, Alissa York.
2023 Authors

Alissa York

Anuja Varghese

Bianca Marais

Corinna Chong

Emily Urquhart

Farah Heron

January Rogers

Jennifer Robson

Samra Habib

S.K. Ali

David Robertson

Kevin Sands

Charlene Chua

Chantel Guertin
2022 Authors

Alexander Macleod

Chelsea Vowel

Danielle Daniel

Heather Marshall

Martha Schabas

Nita Prose
2021 Authors

Lisa Dalrymple

Emma Donoghue

Camilla Gibb

Mary Lawson

Lindy Mechefske

Alix Ohlin

Kenneth Oppel

David Adams Richards

Heather Smith

Sydney Smith

M.G. Vassanji
2020 Authors

David Bergen

Alex Pugsley

Maria Reva

Souvankham Thammavongsa
2019 Authors

Mona Awad

Saumiya Balasubramanian

Erin Bow

Anthony De Sa

Alicia Elliot

Marthe Jocelyn

E.K. Johnston

Amy Jones

Andy McGuire

K.D. Miller

Téa Mutonji

Ruth Ohi

Nino Ricci

Anakana Schofield

Heather T. Smith

Ian Williams
2018 Authors

Emma Donoghue

Marthe Jocelyn

Scaachi Koul

Ami McKay

Casey Plett

Sarah Meehan Sirk

Johanna Skibsrud

Madeleine Thien
2017 Authors

Aviva Armour-Ostroff

Eva Crocker

Cherie Dimaline

Marni Jackson

Brian D. Johnson

Falen Johnson

Kyo Maclear

Lee Maracle

Scott McKowen

Michael Ondaatje

Merilyn Simonds

Paul Thompson

Arturo Pérez Torres

Jane Urquhart
2016 Authors

Samuel Archibald

Margaret Atwood

Lynn Coady

Elizabeth Hay

Sheila Heti

Don Martel

Vivek Shraya

Merilyn Simonds

Shawn Syms

Mariko Tamaki

Robert Thacker
2015 Authors

Caroline Adderson

Andrew Kaufman

Lisa Moore

Heather O’Neill

Merilyn Simonds
2014 Authors

Melanie Chambers

Brian Francis

Miranda Hill

Carrie Snyder
2013 Authors

Melanie Chambers

Wayson Choy
Peggy Coffey
Gary Draper
Kim Jernigan
Hayley Linfield
2012 Authors

Vicki Delany

Douglas Gibson

Daniel Kolos

Randall Lobb

A.R. Grobbo