Ontario short story festival named after Alice Munro coming to an end [Video]

An Ontario literary festival named after Nobel Prize-winning author Alice Munro is coming to an end.

In an online post, the committee overseeing the annual Alice Munro Festival of the Short Story said it “unanimously decided” to close the festival in 2025.

“The committee would like to share their sincere appreciation to the community, volunteers, and funders for their many years of support and to the authors who continued to bring exceptional programming to the event,” reads the post.

Festival organizers said the remaining funds will be donated to charities supporting women and children, and the short story contest will continue through Huron County Library.

Festival organizers declined to comment on the decision with CBC News.

“Thank you for your inquiry … but the committee is not making any further comments outside what has been posted,” the committee’s chair, Allie Brenner, said in an email.

The move follows revelations last summer that Munro chose to remain married to her second husband after learning he had sexually …