Previous Scotiabank Giller Prize winners Margaret Atwood and Andre Alexis are on this yearB次元官网网址檚 long list for the $100,000 Canadian honour.

Esi Edugyan, who won her second Giller Prize last year, announced the dozen authors in line to succeed her at an event in St. JohnB次元官网网址檚, N.L., on Tuesday.

Atwood is competing with B次元官网网址淭he Testaments,B次元官网网址� which will be published by McClelland & Stewart on Sept. 10.

The to B次元官网网址淭he HandmaidB次元官网网址檚 TaleB次元官网网址� has also been shortlisted for the international Man Booker Prize.

Alongside Atwood, familiar names on the Giller long list include Alexis, a Trinidad native who grew up in Ottawa, for B次元官网网址淒ays by Moonlight,B次元官网网址� published by Coach House Books.

Alexis was the 2015 winner for B次元官网网址淔ifteen DogsB次元官网网址� while Atwood won the prize in 1996 for B次元官网网址淎lias Grace.B次元官网网址�

Also receiving nods this year are several previous Giller finalists: Michael Crummey for B次元官网网址淭he InnocentsB次元官网网址� (Doubleday Canada); Latvian-born, Toronto-raised author and filmmaker David Bezmozgis for the short story collection B次元官网网址淚mmigrant CityB次元官网网址� (HarperCollins Publishers); and Montreal-raised Alix Ohlin for B次元官网网址滵ual CitizensB次元官网网址� (House of Anansi Press).

Earning a spot on the long list for a second time are Thunder Bay, Ont.-raised Michael ChristieB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址滸reenwoodB次元官网网址� and Victoria poet and novelist Steven Price for B次元官网网址淟ampedusa,B次元官网网址� both published by McClelland & Stewart.

Other noted writers receiving Giller recognition include U.K.-born, Toronto-based Adam Foulds for B次元官网网址淒ream SequenceB次元官网网址� and Hamilton, Ont.-born K.D. MillerB次元官网网址檚 short story collection B次元官网网址滾ate Breaking,B次元官网网址� both published by Biblioasis.

Among the newcomers making the long list for their debut novels are Vancouver-based poet Ian Williams for B次元官网网址漅eproductionB次元官网网址� (Random House Canada), and St. JohnB次元官网网址檚, N.L.-based Megan Gail Coles for B次元官网网址淪mall Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun ClubB次元官网网址� (House of Anansi Press).

TorontoB次元官网网址檚 Zalika Reid-Benta is also in the running for her first short-story collection, B次元官网网址淔rying Plantain,B次元官网网址� published by Astoria, an imprint of House of Anansi Press.

Giller organizers say the long list was culled from 117 submissions by a jury panel featuring Canadian writers Donna Bailey Nurse, Randy Boyagoda and Jose Teodoro, joined by Scottish-Sierra Leonean author Aminatta Forna and Bosnian-American author Aleksandar Hemon.

The short list will be revealed on Sept. 30, with the winner to be named at a Toronto gala on Nov. 18.

The Canadian Press

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