Jane Eaton Hamilton

Jane Eaton Hamilton (born July 19, 1954) is a Canadian short story writer, poet and photographer.

Hamilton has published two books of poetry, "Body Rain" (Brick Books 1992) and "Steam-Cleaning Love" (Brick Books 1993) and two volumes of short fiction "July Nights and Other Stories", (Douglas and McIntyre, 1991) and "Hunger", (Oberon, 2001), and two other books (children's and nonfiction). Her books have been shortlisted for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in the BC Book Prizes, the VanCity Award, the Pat Lowther Award, the Ferro-Grumley Award, and the MIND Book Prize (UK) where a non-fiction title appeared on the Best Books of the Year wrap-up at the UK Guardian newspaper.

Her short work has appeared in such publications as "En Route", "The New York Times", "Macleans" and Seventeen. She has won many awards for her short work, including first prize in the CBC Literary Awards (2003), twice first prize in the Prism International Short Story Award, Canadian Poetry Chapbook of the Year from the League of Canadian Poets, the event Non-Fiction Award, and many others.

She and her wife, Vancouver doctor Joy Masuhara, were two of the litigants in the Canadian same-sex marriage case, and when they and their colleagues won their case after a several year battle, they were wed in Toronto on June 28, 2003 shortly after their tenth anniversary. They have two grown daughters, both Jane's biological children, who were adopted by Joy in 1997 when same sex adoptions became legal. Two movies with footage of Jane and Joy were made about their case, one by the NFB called "Why Thee Wed" and the other by Toronto filmmaker Nancy Nicol, called "The End of Second Class."

Jane Eaton Hamilton gave up writing January 1, 2004, six days before the CBC called to tell her she had taken first prize in the literary awards that had seen her as a finalist 20 plus years running. She now works as a photographer, shooting weddings, portraits, fine art and travel photographs, but keeps a very occasional hand in story writing.

Jane Eaton Hamilton is also a Master Gardener who writes the intermittent but popular column for "You Grow Girl" called 'The Adequate Gardener.' The garden she creates with her wife was nominated for Vancouver's Best Front Garden Award.

BOOKS:

Hunger, Oberon Press 2002 ISBN 07780 1202 6 (hardcover) ISBN 0 7780 1203 4 (softcover)

July Nights, Douglas and McIntyre, 1992 ISBN 1-55054-015-7

Body Rain, Brick Books, 1991, ISBN 0-919626-50-5

Steam-Cleaning Love, Brick Books, 1993, ISBN 0-919626-68-8

Going Santa Fe, League of Canadian Poets, 1997, ISBN 1-896216-06-4

"'AWARDS:

BOOKS: "'

The 2003 Publishing Triangle Awards were presented on Thursday, May 8, 2003, in New York City. The finalists in fiction/female were:

The Ferro-Grumley Awards Carol Anshaw, Lucky in the Corner (Houghton Mifflin)Jane Eaton Hamilton, Hunger (Oberon Press)Zoe Valdez, Dear First Love (HarperCollins)

The winner was Carol Anshaw.

Hunger was longlisted for the Lambda Literary Award, 2004

Jessica's Elevator was chosen for the BC School Library Purchase Plan.

Body Rain was short-listed for the Pat Lowther Award.

July Nights was short-listed for the VanCity Award and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Award in the BC Book Prizes.

Going Santa Fe won the 1997 League of Canadian Poets Canadian Poetry Chapbook Award.

AWARDS: STORIES

Death in One Another's Arms, Yellow Silk Best Story of the Year 1988

Death in One Another's Arms, Pushcart Prize Honourable Mention 1988

Grain short-short Finalist 1990

Prism, short fiction finalist, 1991

Easter, Federation of BC Writers short fiction First 1992

Accusation, Prism short fiction winner 1993

Prism short fiction Honourable Mention 1994

frequent CBC Literary Competition Finalist through the years

Hunger, Paragraph erotic short fiction First 1995

How to Have Heart Disease (Without Really Trying), Prism short fiction winner, 1995

DNA, Thistledown young adult story contest Finalist 1995

Goombay Smash, Prism short fiction first prize winner, 1998

How to Have Heart Disease (Without Really Trying), Best American Short Stories Distinguished Story, 1997

Territory, This Magazine first prize winner, 1998

Wax Brains, Fish finalist 1998

Graduation, Journey Prize inclusion, 1998

Winter, sub-Terrain runner-up, 1998

Canadian Literary Awards short-listed, 1998

Cretins, H. E. Francis Award finalist, 1999

Faulkner Award semi-finalist, 1999

Fat Ankles, CBC Literary Awards finalist, 1999

Tightrope, Serpentine, Honorable Mention, 1999

Just Be Glad You Have Heels, Stand (UK) fifth place, 1999

Anemones, Exotic Erotic Writing Contest runner-up, 1999

Tightrope, Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society contest, finalist, 2000

Fat Ankles, Fish Short Story Prize, shortlisted, 1999-2000

Summer Literary Seminar, Russia, 2000, finalist

Summer Literary Seminar, Russia, 2000, finalist

A Drosophila's Wings, Real Writers (UK), shortlisted, 2000

Travel Tips for Girls, Prism International, third prize winner, 2001

Wax Brains, The New Quarterly, honourable mention, 2001

Travel Tips for Girls, Prism International, third prize, 2001

Half Waikiki, CBC/En Route contest finalist, 2002

Easter, Fish story contest finalist, 2002

Do You Want Whiskey? Canadian Authors Association contest shortlist, 2003

Sperm King, Prism International first prize, 2003

Many People Have Been Gored, Room of One's Own story contest finalist, 2003

The Lost Boy, CBC Literary Awards, first prize, fiction ($6000), 2003

Social Discourse: 1944, Pushcart Prize nomination, 2004

Wart's Ugly, Carve Magazine finalist, 2004

AWARDS; POETRY

Elemental, Absolut Vodka finalist 1991

League of Canadian Poets Finalist 1991

Special Needs, Prairie Fire long poem Honourable Mention 1994

Stephen Leacock Poetry Competition, Certificate of Merit, 1995-96

Tilden Canadian Literary Awards, Finalist, 1996

League of Canadian Poets Finalist 1997

luby's cafeteria, killeen, Texas, Stand, 5th. Prize, 1998

Stand honorable mention, 1998

This New Country, Atlanta Review Int'l Merit Award Winner, 1999

Crescendo, Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society, semi-finalist, 1999

Delor Street, New Letters (University of Missouri) fourth place, 1999

Vermilion, Outlaw Editions Chapbook Competition, finalist, 1999

Mr and Mrs Mouse, Summer Literary Seminars, Russia, third prize 2000

Survivor, finalist ARC contest, 2002

AWARDS; NON-FICTION

CBC Literary Competition Finalist 1989

Tilden Finalist 1995

Walking on the Ancestors, Event First 1995

Federation of BC Writers Finalist (humour) 1995

Tilden Canadian Literary Awards, Finalist, 1996

Permanent Wave, Belle Lettres, Essay First, 1996

Permanent Wave, Pirate's Alley Faulkner Award finalist, 1998

Girls Like Me (Or Not), Creative Non-Fiction Walter V Shipley contest, 2001

21 Questions, Creative Non-Fiction Walter V Shipley contest, 2001

On the Piano, Pirate's Alley Faulkner contest, finalist, 2001

Permanent Wave, Prism Maclean Hunter contest shortlist, 2002

Being Jane Hamilton, Prism Maclean Hunter contest shortlist, 2002

Being Jane Hamilton, Missouri Review Editors' Awards runner-up, 2002

Being Jane Hamilton, Grain, co-winner Long Grain of Truth, 2002

Waiting for Dierdre, finalist, CBC Canadian Literary Awards 2004

"AWARDS: CITATIONS"

The story "Death in One Another's Arms" was cited in the Pushcart Prize, 1989.

The story "How to Have Heart Disease (Without Really Trying)" was cited as distinguished by Best American Short Stories, 1997.

Canadian Who's Who, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

The story "Territory" was shortlisted for the Journey Prize.

The story "Goombay Smash" was cited as one of the best published stories in Canada by Best Canadian Short Stories.

The story "Graduation" was shortlisted for the Journey Prize.

The story "Tulips" was optioned by Bravo! TV and produced for broadcast in 1996.

The poem "Piñata" was chosen by Poetry in Transit to appear on BC public transit, 1997

AWARDS: GRANTS

Canada Council Explorations 1985

numerous Ontario Arts Council Writer’s Reserve 1987-1996 (when BC writers were no longer eligible)

BC Cultural Services Project Assistance 1992

BC Cultural Services Professional Development 1993

Canada Council B, fiction, 1993

Canada Council B, non-fiction, 1994

BC Cultural Services Project Assistance, 1997

BC Cultural Services Project Assistance, 1998

Canada Council, $20,000, 2000

BC Cultural Services, $10,000, 2000

BC Cultural Services Project Assistance, $10,000, 2003

Canada Council Arts Award, $20,000, 2003

External links

* [http://www.janeeatonhamilton.com Jane Hamilton's writing web site]
* [http://www.janeeatonhamiltonphotography.comJane Eaton Hamilton's photography web site]