Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize

Template:Short description The Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, formerly known as the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, is a Canadian literary award presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada after an annual juried competition of works submitted by publishers.<ref>The Writers' Trust of Canada, Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Template:Webarchive</ref> Alongside the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction and the Giller Prize, it is considered one of the three main awards for Canadian fiction in English.<ref>"Who wins Canada’s literary prizes — and why". Maclean's, October 26, 2016.</ref> Its eligibility criteria allow for it to garland collections of short stories as well as novels; works that were originally written and published in French are also eligible for the award when they appear in English translation.

The award was first presented in 1997. It was renamed in January 2021, in order to honour the Canadian writers Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson.<ref>"Writers' Trust renames fiction prize after co-founders and couple Atwood and Gibson". CTV News, January 27, 2021.</ref> Concurrently with the renaming, the prize package was increased from $50,000 to $60,000, matching the amount currently presented by its sibling, the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.<ref>K. J. Aiello, "Will a Writers’ Trust award honouring Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson mark the beginning of a hopeful year for writers?". The Globe and Mail, January 27, 2021.</ref> The prize is sponsored by Jim Balsillie.

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Nominees and recipients

Year	Jury	Author	Title	Result	Ref.
1997	Matt Cohen Elisabeth Harvor Ann Ireland	Austin Clarke	The Origin of Waves	Winner	<ref>"Literary Prizes Awarded". Ottawa Citizen, January 20, 1998.</ref>
		Elizabeth Hay	Small Change	Shortlist	<ref>"Govier takes Engel prize". The Globe and Mail, November 20, 1997.</ref>
		Brian Moore	The Magician's Wife
		Mordecai Richler	Barney's Version
		Jane Urquhart	The Underpainter
1998	Joan Clark Austin Clarke Trevor Ferguson	Greg Hollingshead	The Healer	Winner	<ref>Val Ross, "Writers awarded $10,000 prizes". The Globe and Mail, January 19, 1999.</ref>
		André Alexis	Childhood	Shortlist	<ref>"Butala wins Engel prize". The Globe and Mail, November 20, 1998.</ref>
		Barbara Gowdy	The White Bone
		Wayne Johnston	The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
		Alice Munro	The Love of a Good Woman
1999	Lynn Coady Sylvia Fraser Eric Wright	Peter Oliva	The City of Yes	Winner	<ref>Aida Edamariam, "Toronto historian, Calgary novelist honoured by their peers: Writers' trust awards". National Post, March 30, 2000.</ref>
		Caroline Adderson	A History of Forgetting	Shortlist	<ref>"Nominations announced". The Globe and Mail, February 9, 2000.</ref>
		Elyse Gasco	Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby?
		Judy MacDonald	Jane
		Alistair MacLeod	No Great Mischief
2000	Cynthia Holz Janice Kulyk Keefer Peter Oliva	Helen Humphreys	Afterimage	Winner	<ref>"Writers' Trust awards named: Prizes mark Canadian achievements". Sudbury Star, March 6, 2001.</ref>
		Todd Babiak	Choke Hold	Shortlist	<ref>"Finalists named for Writer's Trust prizes". Niagara Falls Review, February 3, 2001.</ref>
		Lynn Coady	Play the Monster Blind
		Douglas Glover	16 Categories of Desire
		Michael Winter	This All Happened
2001	Lesley Choyce Eliza Clark Olive Senior	Margaret Sweatman	When Alice Lay Down with Peter	Winner	<ref>Judy Stoffman, "Seven authors win big prizes ; Levine, Blaise, Hay among those honoured in T.O.". Toronto Star, March 6, 2002.</ref>
		Alice Munro	Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage	Shortlist	<ref>"Double nominations in Writers' Trust awards". The Telegram, February 17, 2002.</ref>
		Elizabeth Ruth	Ten Good Seconds of Silence
		Timothy Taylor	Stanley Park
		Thomas Wharton	Salamander
2002	Joan Barfoot Brian Brett Sarah Sheard	Paulette Jiles	Enemy Women	Winner	<ref>"Manitoulin author among award winners". Sault Star, March 8, 2003.</ref>
		Terry Griggs	Rogues' Wedding	Shortlist	<ref>"Finalists named for Writers' Trust Awards". The Globe and Mail, February 12, 2003.</ref>
		Ann Ireland	Exile
		Lori Lansens	Rush Home Road
		Nino Ricci	Testament
2003	Kevin Chong Lisa Moore Diane Schoemperlen	Kevin Patterson	Country of Cold	Winner	<ref>Anne-Marie Tobin, "Writers from across Canada receive literary awards". The Western Star, March 6, 2004.</ref>
		Jacqueline Baker	A Hard Witching & Other Stories	Shortlist	<ref>Judy Stoffman, "Overlooked books make shortlist". Toronto Star, February 4, 2004.</ref>
		Gil Courtemanche	A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali
		Barbara Gowdy	The Romantic
		Judith McCormack	The Rule of Last Clear Chance
2004	Sylvia Fraser Zsuzsi Gartner Michael Redhill	Alice Munro	Runaway	Winner	<ref>Judy Stoffman, "Engel 'knocked out' by honour; Sleuth writer cops Matt Cohen prize Seven, in all, feted by Writers Trust". Toronto Star, March 10, 2005.</ref>
		Michael Helm	In the Place of Last Things	Shortlist	<ref>"Munro, Newman among finals for literary awards". Peterborough Examiner, February 5, 2005.</ref>
		Colin McAdam	Some Great Thing
		Jeffrey Moore	The Memory Artists
		Russell Smith	Muriella Pent
2005	Anita Rau Badami Lewis DeSoto Mary Swan	Joseph Boyden	Three Day Road	Winner	<ref>"Joseph Boyden, John Vaillant glean Writers' Trust Awards". Sault Star, March 2, 2006.</ref>
		Michael Crummey	The Wreckage	Shortlist	<ref>"Crummey in running for national prize". The Telegram, February 3, 2006.</ref>
		Lauren B. Davis	The Radiant City
		Allan Donaldson	Maclean
		Rabindranath Maharaj	A Perfect Pledge
2006	Karen Connelly Jeffrey Moore Anna Porter	Kenneth J. Harvey	Inside	Winner	<ref>"N.L. writer's 'Inside' wins fiction prize". Telegraph-Journal, March 8, 2007.</ref>
		Peter Behrens	The Law of Dreams	Shortlist	<ref>Pat Donnelly, "Hage, Behrens face off again". Montreal Gazette, February 8, 2007.</ref>
		Rawi Hage	De Niro's Game
		Catherine Hanrahan	Lost Girls and Love Hotels
		Mary Lawson	The Other Side of the Bridge
2007	Kevin Major Kim Moritsugu Madeleine Thien	Lawrence Hill	The Book of Negroes	Winner	<ref>James Adams, "Lawrence Hill, Anna Porter win Writers' Trust Awards". The Globe and Mail, April 2, 2008.</ref>
		Shaena Lambert	Radiance	Shortlist	<ref>"Writer's Trust contenders named". Harbour City Star, March 1, 2008.</ref>
		Robert Hough	The Culprits
		Nancy Huston	Fault Lines
		M.G. Vassanji	The Assassin's Song
2008	Lawrence Hill Annabel Lyon Heather O'Neill	Miriam Toews	The Flying Troutmans	Winner	<ref>Mark Medley, "Winnipeg novelist wins Writers' Trust Fiction Prize; Miriam Toews takes $25,000 award for her road-trip story The Flying Troutmans". Winnipeg Free Press, November 18, 2008.</ref>
		Rivka Galchen	Atmospheric Disturbances	Shortlist	<ref>"Who's in the running for some of this year's big awards". Montreal Gazette, October 25, 2008.</ref>
		Rawi Hage	Cockroach
		Lee Henderson	The Man Game
		Patrick Lane	Red Dog, Red Dog
2009	Marina Endicott Miriam Toews R.M. Vaughan	Annabel Lyon	The Golden Mean	Winner	<ref>Mark Medley, "Ontario-born B.C. writer Annabel Lyon wins fiction prize for The Golden Mean". CanWest News Service, November 24, 2009.</ref>
		Nicole Brossard	Fences in Breathing	Shortlist	<ref>"Munro, Coupland on fiction shortlist for Writer's Trust prizes". Edmonton Journal, October 1, 2009.</ref>
		Douglas Coupland	Generation A
		Alice Munro	Too Much Happiness
		Andrew Steinmetz	Eva's Threepenny Theatre
2010	Andrew Pyper Eden Robinson Lisa Moore	Emma Donoghue	Room	Winner	<ref>Mark Medley, "Emma Donoghue wins Writers' Trust Fiction Prize". Vancouver Sun, November 3, 2010.</ref>
		Trevor Cole	Practical Jean	Shortlist	<ref>John Barber, "Emma Donoghue, Kathleen and Michael Winter among finalists for Writers' Trust". The Globe and Mail, September 29, 2010.</ref>
		Michael Helm	Cities of Refuge
		Kathleen Winter	Annabel
		Michael Winter	The Death of Donna Whalen
2011	Emma Donoghue Rabindranath Maharaj Margaret Sweatman	Patrick deWitt	The Sisters Brothers	Winner	<ref>Mark Medley, "Patrick deWitt wins Writers' Trust Fiction Prize". Postmedia News, November 2, 2011.</ref>
		Clark Blaise	The Meagre Tarmac	Shortlist	<ref>John Barber, "Edugyan, deWitt on Writers' Trust short list". The Globe and Mail, September 29, 2011.</ref>
		Michael Christie	The Beggar's Garden
		Esi Edugyan	Half-Blood Blues
		Dan Vyleta	The Quiet Twin
2012	Esi Edugyan Lynn Coady Drew Hayden Taylor	Tamas Dobozy	Siege 13	Winner	<ref>Mark Medley, "Tamas Dobozy wins Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize for Siege 13". National Post, November 7, 2012.</ref>
		Tim Bowling	The Tinsmith	Shortlist	<ref>"Rawi Hage among finalists for Rogers Writers' Trust of Canada Fiction Prize". Canadian Press, September 19, 2012.</ref>
		Rawi Hage	Carnival
		Alix Ohlin	Inside
		Linda Spalding	The Purchase
2013	Caroline Adderson Alison Pick Miguel Syjuco	Colin McAdam	A Beautiful Truth	Winner	<ref>Dianne Rinehart, "Colin McAdam wins Writers' Trust prize: A Beautiful Truth captures the story of family, belonging, and survival". Toronto Star, November 21, 2013.</ref>
		Krista Bridge	The Eliot Girls	Shortlist	<ref>"Writers Moore, Coady shortlisted". Windsor Star, October 1, 2013.</ref>
		Lynn Coady	Hellgoing
		Cary Fagan	A Bird's Eye
		Lisa Moore	Caught
2014	Neil Bissoondath George Murray Helen Humphreys	Miriam Toews	All My Puny Sorrows	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		André Alexis	Pastoral	Shortlist	<ref>Victoria Ahearn, "Carrie Snyder, Miriam Toews among finalists for Writers' Trust Fiction Prize". Canadian Press, October 1, 2014.</ref>
		Steven Galloway	The Confabulist
		K. D. Miller	All Saints
		Carrie Snyder	Girl Runner
2015	Aislinn Hunter Shani Mootoo Richard Wagamese	André Alexis	Fifteen Dogs	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Elizabeth Hay	His Whole Life	Shortlist	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Pamela Mordecai	Red Jacket
		Russell Smith	Confidence
		John Vaillant	The Jaguar's Children
2016	Lauren B. Davis Trevor Ferguson Pasha Malla	Yasuko Thanh	Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Michael Helm	After James	Shortlist	<ref>Sadaf Ahsan, "Writers' Trust of Canada announces five finalists". National Post, September 22, 2016.</ref>
		Anosh Irani	The Parcel
		Kerry Lee Powell	Willem de Kooning's Paintbrush
		Katherena Vermette	The Break
2017	Michael Christie Christy Ann Conlin Tracey Lindberg	David Chariandy	Brother	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Carleigh Baker	Bad Endings	Shortlist	<ref>Mark Medley, "David Chariandy, Omar El Akkad among finalists for Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize". The Globe and Mail, September 30, 2017.</ref>
		Claire Cameron	The Last Neanderthal
		Omar El Akkad	American War
		Leanne Betasamosake Simpson	This Accident of Being Lost
2018	Ann Y. K. Choi Mireille Silcoff Robert Wiersema	Kathy Page	Dear Evelyn	Winner	<ref>"Kathy Page, Elizabeth Hay among Writers' Trust winners". Toronto Sun, November 8, 2018.</ref>
		Craig Davidson	The Saturday Night Ghost Club	Shortlist	<ref>"Writers' Trust to hand out total $260,000 in prizes for literary excellence". National Post, November 7, 2018.</ref>
		Esi Edugyan	Washington Black
		Rawi Hage	Beirut Hellfire Society
		Jen Neale	Land Mammals and Sea Creatures
2019	Dennis Bock Michael Kaan Suzette Mayr	André Alexis	Days by Moonlight	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Sharon Butala	Season of Fury and Wonder	Shortlist	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Michael Crummey	The Innocents
		Téa Mutonji	Shut Up, You're Pretty
		Alix Ohlin	Dual Citizens
2020	Elisabeth de Mariaffi Waubgeshig Rice Yasuko Thanh	Gil Adamson	Ridgerunner	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Zsuzsi Gartner	The Beguiling	Shortlist	<ref name=takeuchi/>
		Michelle Good	Five Little Indians
		Thomas King	Indians on Vacation
		Maria Reva	Good Citizens Need Not Fear
2021	Rebecca Fisseha Michelle Good Steven Price	Katherena Vermette	The Strangers	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Rivka Galchen	Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch	Shortlist	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Alix Ohlin	We Want What We Want
		Miriam Toews	Fight Night
		Guy Vanderhaeghe	August Into Winter
2022	David Bergen Norma Dunning Andrew Forbes	Nicholas Herring	Some Hellish	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Rima Elkouri (tr. Phyllis Aronoff, Howard Scott)	Manam	Shortlist	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Kevin Lambert (tr. Donald Winkler)	Querelle of Roberval
		Darcy Tamayose	Ezra's Ghosts
		Saeed Teebi	Her First Palestinian
2023	Francesca Ekwuyasi Alix Hawley M. G. Vassanji	Kai Thomas	In the Upper Country	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Emma Donoghue	Learned by Heart	Shortlist	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Amanda Peters	The Berry Pickers
		Michelle Porter	A Grandmother Begins the Story
		Thomas Wharton	The Book of Rain
2024	Saeed Teebi Joan Thomas Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike	Sheung-King	Batshit Seven	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Éric Chacour (tr. Pablo Strauss)	What I Know About You	Shortlist	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Conor Kerr	Prairie Edge
		Canisia Lubrin	Code Noir
		Fawn Parker	Hi, It's Me
2025	Gary Barwin Ali Bryan Jasmine Sealy	Maria Reva	Endling	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Tim Bowling	Graveyard Shift at the Lemonade Stand	Shortlist	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Robert McGill	Simple Creatures
		Otoniya J. Okot Bitek	We, the Kindling
		Aurora Stewart de Peña	Julius Julius

External links

• Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, official website