The Hamilton Arts Council has revealed the finalists for the Ontario city’s 23rd annual literary awards. Winners will be announced Dec. 7 at Theatre Aquarius.

Kerry Schooley Award (for capturing the spirit of the city)

• David Baillie‚ What We Salvage (ChiZine Publications)
• David Neil Lee‚ The Midnight Games (Wolsak & Wynn)
• David Tysdale‚ Unwanted (Strange Land Books)

Hamilton Arts Council Literary Award for Fiction

• Gary Barwin‚ I, Dr. Greenblatt, Orthodontist, 251-1457 (Anvil Press)
• Lawrence Hill‚ The Illegal (HarperCollins)
• Janet Turpin Meyers‚ The Last Year of Confusion (Seraphim Editions)
• Marnie Woodrow‚ Heyday (Tightrope Books)

Hamilton Arts Council Literary Award for Non-fiction

• E. Graziani‚ War in My Town (Second Story Press)
• James King‚ Inner Places: The Life of David Milne (Dundurn Press)
• David Tysdale‚ Unwanted (Strange Land Books)