Redefining Writing: Canisia Lubrin Receives the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for "Code Noir" | College of Arts

Redefining Writing: Canisia Lubrin Receives the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for "Code Noir"

Posted on Tuesday, June 17th, 2025

Canisia Lubrin, assistant professor, School of Theatre, English, and Creative Writing, University of Guelph, and coordinator, Creative Writing MFA (Guelph-Humber)

Canisia Lubrin, assistant professor, School of Theatre, English, and Creative Writing, College of Arts, University of Guelph, and coordinator, Creative Writing MFA (Guelph-Humber), has received the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for her publication, Code Noir. The Writers' Union of Canada website notes the award "[recognizes] the best first collection of short fiction by a Canadian author published in 2024 in the English language."