Finalists have been selected for the $100,000 2026 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, in association with the National Library of Israel, which goes to "an emerging writer who demonstrates the potential for continued contribution to the world of Jewish literature."
The finalists:
Laura Hobson Faure, for Who Will Rescue Us?: The Story of the Jewish Children who Fled to France and America During the Holocaust (Yale University Press)
Shaul Kelner, for A Cold War Exodus: How American Activists Mobilized to Free Soviet Jews (NYU Press)
Jordan Salama, for Stranger in the Desert: A Family Story (Catapult)
Amir Tibon, for The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel's Borderlands (Little, Brown)
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The Writers' Union of Canada has released a shortlist for the C$10,000 (about US$7,290) Danuta Gleed Literary Award, which recognizes "the best first collection of short fiction by a Canadian author published in 2025 in the English language." Two finalists are also awarded C$1,000 (about US$730) each. The winners will be named in June. This year's shortlisted titles are:
A Song for Wildcats by Caitlin Galway
Seeing You Home by Catherine Hunter
Good Victory by Mikka Jacobsen
The Cree Word for Love: Sâkihitowin by Tracey Lindberg
My Thievery of the People by Leila Marshy