Jack Macleod's 2008 novel, Uproar has been nominated for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The medal is awarded annually for the best book of humour written in the previous year by a Canadian. Founded in 1947, the Memorial Medal has been awarded each year in April to an outstanding book of humour from a shortlist of five books. The winner receives a $10,000 cash prize, and will be presented the award at a banquet held in late May in Orillia.

A quintessential campus novel, Uproar is the story of J.T., an Economics professor who lives a charmed life with his family until his wife leaves him and his children, and sends him into an alcoholic downward spriral. Amidst this is the politicking of the college departmental committee and a glimpse inside its inner workings through his eyes. When J.T. is accused of uncharacteristic prejudice and must appear before the ethics committee, he decides to go on the defensive and use the media to promote his cause -- and his new book.