Craig Francis Power

Craig Francis Power is a Canadian writer and artist from St. John's, [Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's], Newfoundland and Labrador.
His debut novel, Blood Relatives, won the Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador's Fresh Fish Award in 2007, and the Percy [Janes First Novel Award] for unpublished manuscripts in 2008. It was published in 2010, was short-listed for the BMO Winterset Award that year, and won the ReLit Award for Fiction in 2011. His second novel, The Hope, was published in 2016, and was again a ReLit Award finalist. His third novel, Skeet [Love Craig Francis Power|Skeet Love], followed in 2017. His first book of poetry, Total Party Kill, a meditation on addiction and sobriety through the imagery of Dungeons & Dragons, was published in 2024.
In 2018 he served as a judge for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction, and for the CBC Short Story Prize.
As an artist, Power is known primarily for a subversive spin on folk art forms, such as hooked rug art. In 2008, he was nominated for the Sobey [Art Award].