In the wake of this year’s controversy over Canadian short story anthologies, with CNQ and The New Quarterly contesting the inclusions and exclusions in The Penguin Book of Short Stories, it’s encouraging to know that emerging writers are continuing to lick stamps and mail their stories to literary journals. Even as the debate pitches and rages around them about who defines the old Canadian canon, they are defining the new. The absolute best of their efforts are anthologized each year by McClelland & Stewart’s Journey Prize Anthology. The 2007 edition of the anthology, in which four-time nominee Craig Boyko finally earns the $10,000 top prize, is a superb example of why this collection is the definitive source for well-crafted, fearless stories by Canada’s brand new writers.