Giller Prize
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The Giller Prize (known as the Scotiabank Giller Prize from 2005 to 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is a literary award given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English (including translation) the previous year, after an annual juried competition between publishers who submit entries. The prize was established in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife Doris Giller, a former literary editor at the Toronto Star, and is awarded in November of each year along with a cash reward (then CAN$25,000) with the winner being presented by the previous year's winning author.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Since its inception, the Giller Prize has been awarded to emerging and established authors from both small independent and large publishing houses in Canada.
History
From 1994 to 2004, the prize included a bronze figure created by artist Yehouda Chaki.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The current prize includes a trophy designed by Soheil Mosun.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On September 22, 2005, the Giller Prize established an endorsement deal with Canadian bank Scotiabank. The total prize package for the award was increased to $50,000, with $40,000 presented to the winning author and $2,500 each for the other four shortlisted nominees. The award's official name was also changed at that time to the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
In 2006, the prize instituted a longlist for the first time, comprising no fewer than 10 and no more than 15 titles. In 2008, the prize fund was increased to $50,000 for the winning author and $5,000 for each of the authors on the shortlist. In 2014, the prize package was expanded further, to $100,000 for the winning author and $10,000 for each of the shortlisted authors.<ref name=doubles>Template:Cite news</ref> If a translated work wins the award, however, then the prize money is split, with 70 per cent going to the original author and 30 per cent going to the translator.<ref name=monsters>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2015, the jury was expanded from three to five people.<ref name=jury>Template:Cite web</ref>
Over the years, the Giller Prize has run different promotions to extend its recognition and support of Canadian literary talent<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> to highlight all Canadian fiction eligible for the prize in a given publishing year. For example, the Craving CanLit feature (previously called Crazy for CanLit), which highlights the initial list of all titles that are under consideration for the award's longlist and shortlist nominations, seeks to publicize Canadian literature by engaging readers and writers through social media tools. Another online initiative started in 2021, the Giller Book Club, featuring virtual author readings and interviews, got off to a bumpy start when the inaugural offering was the victim of zoombombing.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Since Rabinovitch's death in 2017, the Giller Prize Foundation is now overseen by his daughter Elana Rabinovitch.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Cultural debate
Following Vincent Lam's win of the Giller Prize in 2006, Geist columnist Stephen Henighan criticized the Giller Prize for its apparent dependency for its shortlists and winners on books published by Bertelsmann AG-affiliated Canadian publishing houses, all of which are based in Toronto.
Arguing that the trend towards centralization of Canadian publishing in Toronto has led to a monopolistic control of the Giller Prize by Bertelsmann and its authors, Henighan wrote, "Year after year the vast majority of the books shortlisted for the Giller came from the triumvirate of publishers owned by the Bertelsmann Group: Knopf Canada, Doubleday Canada and Random House Canada. Like the three musketeers, this trio is in fact a quartet: Bertelsmann also owns 25 percent of McClelland & Stewart, and now manages M&S’s marketing."<ref>Stephen Henighan, "Kingmakers". Geist, 2006.</ref> Henighan added that all of the Giller Prize winners from 1994 to 2004, with the exception of Mordecai Richler, lived within a two-hour drive of downtown Toronto.
The article raised debate within the media and in the wider public over the credibility of the Giller Prize.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Henighan revisited that article in 2015.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2010, there was much talk about how small presses dominated that year’s shortlist.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Montrealer Johanna Skibsrud won the Giller Prize that year for her novel The Sentimentalists, published by independent Gaspereau Press. The company produces books using a 1960s offset printing press and hand-bindery equipment.<ref>Gaspereau Press Background</ref> As a result, while there was great demand for the book in the marketplace, the publisher had trouble keeping up with production.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In the end, they turned to Douglas & McIntyre,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> a large West-coast publisher, to print copies of the book.
The Gaspereau situation prompted an examination within the cultural community about what makes a book and the nature of publishing and marketing books.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The book also became the top-selling title for Kobo eReaders, outselling even George W. Bush's memoir Decision Points.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In November 2023, a month after the October 7th escalation of the Gaza War, pro-Palestinian protestors interrupted the Giller ceremony to object to Scotiabank's sponsorship of the prize, given the bank's reported $500m investment in Israel-based arms manufacturer Elbit Systems.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In response to their arrests, an open letter was circulated in solidarity with the protestors, which was signed by more than 2,000 people, including past winners, finalists, and jurors of the prize.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> By March 2024, Scotiabank had divested nearly half of its stake in Elbit Systems.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In July 2024, 19 authors presented a letter withdrawing their books from consideration for that year's prize and demanding the foundation pressure Scotiabank's full divestment from Elbit Systems, as well as ending the sponsorships by the Azrieli Foundation, Indigo, and Audible over their ties to Israel. The letter was also signed by two previous winners of the prize. Dinaw Mengestu–who was originally set to serve on the jury that year–resigned in response; the following week, the other international juror, Megha Majumdar, did as well.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the first quarter of 2024, Scotiabank further divested from Elbit Systems by more than $100-million; this makes for a total divestment over the previous year of more than three quarters of its total stake.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Covering the controversy, Marsha Lederman of The Globe and Mail noted that several other Canadian literary awards, including the Amazon.ca First Novel Award and the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, were not being targeted despite also being sponsored by companies with financial ties to Israel, and suggested that the primary reason for focusing solely on the Giller was that founder Jack Rabinovitch had been Jewish.<ref name=lederman>Template:Cite news</ref>
The 2024 ceremony followed a different format than previous years, being taped for later rebroadcast rather than being aired live, although organizers and the CBC attributed this to increasingly common practice for awards ceremonies (such as the Canadian Screen Awards, which have also been broadcast in recent years as tape-delayed one-hour "highlights" specials rather than full live ceremonies) rather than the protests.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Despite this, protestors still picketed the hotel where the ceremony was taking place.<ref name=monsters/>
Scotiabank's sponsorship of the prize ended in February 2025.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In July 2025, the Giller Foundation announced that the award was in danger of having to shut down at the end of 2025 if other sponsorships and/or public government support could not be secured.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Nominees and winners
1990s
| Year | Jury | Author | Book | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Alice Munro Mordecai Richler David Staines |
M. G. Vassanji | The Book of Secrets | Winner | <ref>"Vassanji wins first Giller Prize". Edmonton Journal, November 4, 1994.</ref> |
| Bonnie Burnard | Casino and Other Stories | Shortlist | <ref>"CanLit heavyweights absent from Giller list; Newer names vie for $25,000 fiction prize". Ottawa Citizen, October 5, 1994.</ref> | ||
| Eliza Clark | What You Need | ||||
| Shyam Selvadurai | Funny Boy | ||||
| Steve Weiner | The Museum of Love | ||||
| 1995 | Mordecai Richler David Staines Jane Urquhart |
Rohinton Mistry | A Fine Balance | Winner | <ref>Elaine Kalman Naves, "Mistry's storytelling is why he's an award-winner". Montreal Gazette, November 11, 1995.</ref> |
| Timothy Findley | The Piano Man's Daughter | Shortlist | <ref>"Authors nominated for $25,0000 Giller Prize". Vancouver Sun, October 6, 1995.</ref> | ||
| Barbara Gowdy | Mister Sandman | ||||
| Leo McKay, Jr. | Like This | ||||
| Richard B. Wright | The Age of Longing | ||||
| 1996 | Bonnie Burnard Carol Shields David Staines |
Margaret Atwood | Alias Grace | Winner | <ref>Philip Marchand, "Atwood wins Giller Prize and $25,000". Toronto Star, November 7, 1996.</ref> |
| Gail Anderson-Dargatz | The Cure for Death by Lightning | Shortlist | <ref>Kim Covert, "Island author on Giller list". Victoria Times-Colonist, October 10, 1996.</ref> | ||
| Ann-Marie MacDonald | Fall on Your Knees | ||||
| Anne Michaels | Fugitive Pieces | ||||
| Guy Vanderhaeghe | The Englishman's Boy | ||||
| 1997 | Bonnie Burnard Mavis Gallant Peter Gzowski |
Mordecai Richler | Barney's Version | Winner | <ref>Hollie Shaw, "Mordecai Richler wins Giller Prize". Kingston Whig-Standard, November 6, 1997.</ref> |
| Michael Helm | The Projectionist | Shortlist | <ref>Judy Stoffman, "First novel on Giller Prize list". Toronto Star, October 2, 1997.</ref> | ||
| Shani Mootoo | Cereus Blooms at Night | ||||
| Nino Ricci | Where She Has Gone | ||||
| Carol Shields | Larry's Party | ||||
| 1998 | Margaret Atwood Guy Vanderhaeghe Peter Gzowski |
Alice Munro | The Love of a Good Woman | Winner | <ref>John Goddard, "Alice Munro takes Giller Prize". Telegraph-Journal, November 5, 1998.</ref> |
| André Alexis | Childhood | Shortlist | <ref>"Gowdy, Munro among Giller prize finalists". St. Catharines Standard, October 6, 1998.</ref> | ||
| Gail Anderson-Dargatz | A Recipe for Bees | ||||
| Barbara Gowdy | The White Bone | ||||
| Greg Hollingshead | The Healer | ||||
| Wayne Johnston | The Colony of Unrequited Dreams | ||||
| 1999 | Alberto Manguel Judith Mappin Nino Ricci |
Bonnie Burnard | A Good House | Winner | <ref>"Giller winner's publisher among those surprised by victory". Whitehorse Star, November 5, 1999.</ref> |
| Timothy Findley | Pilgrim | Shortlist | <ref>"Giller shortlist announced". Cornwall Standard-Freeholder, October 5, 1999.</ref> | ||
| Anne Hébert | Am I Disturbing You? | ||||
| Nancy Huston | The Mark of the Angel | ||||
| David Macfarlane | Summer Gone |
2000s
| Year | Jury | Author | Book | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Margaret Atwood Alistair MacLeod Jane Urquhart |
Michael Ondaatje | Anil's Ghost | Winner | <ref>"Richards, Ondaatje share Giller Prize: First tie in award's history". St. Catharines Standard, November 17, 2000.</ref> |
| David Adams Richards | Mercy Among the Children | ||||
| Alan Cumyn | Burridge Unbound | Shortlist | <ref>"Six nominated for Giller". Guelph Mercury, October 2, 2000.</ref> | ||
| Elizabeth Hay | A Student of Weather | ||||
| Eden Robinson | Monkey Beach | ||||
| Fred Stenson | The Trade | ||||
| 2001 | David Adams Richards Joan Clark Robert Fulford |
Richard B. Wright | Clara Callan | Winner | <ref>Bryan Demchinsky, "Wright for fame: Giller Prize comes after 10 books over 30 years". Victoria Times-Colonist, November 11, 2001.</ref> |
| Sandra Birdsell | The Russlander | Shortlist | <ref>"Two GG-nominated authors also on shortlist for Giller". Kamloops Daily News, October 24, 2001.</ref> | ||
| Michael Crummey | River Thieves | ||||
| Michael Redhill | Martin Sloane | ||||
| Jane Urquhart | The Stone Carvers | ||||
| Timothy Taylor | Stanley Park | ||||
| 2002 | Barbara Gowdy Thomas King W. H. New |
Austin Clarke | The Polished Hoe | Winner | <ref>"Austin Clarke wins $25,000 Giller prize at Toronto gala". Pembroke Observer, November 7, 2002.</ref> |
| Bill Gaston | Mount Appetite | Shortlist | <ref>"Shields, Clarke among five nominees for Giller prize". Sudbury Star, October 5, 2002.</ref> | ||
| Wayne Johnston | The Navigator of New York | ||||
| Lisa Moore | Open | ||||
| Carol Shields | Unless | ||||
| 2003 | Rosalie Abella David Staines Rudy Wiebe |
M. G. Vassanji | The In-Between World of Vikram Lall | Winner | <ref>"M.G. Vassanji wins Giller Prize for fiction for The In-Between World". Prince Rupert Daily News, November 7, 2003.</ref> |
| Margaret Atwood | Oryx and Crake | Shortlist | <ref>James Cowan, "Giller jury names short list: Atwood, MacDonald joined by 'micro- fiction,' others". National Post, October 3, 2003.</ref> | ||
| John Bemrose | The Island Walkers | ||||
| John Gould | Kilter: 55 Fictions | ||||
| Ann-Marie MacDonald | The Way the Crow Flies | ||||
| 2004 | Charlotte Gray Alistair MacLeod M. G. Vassanji |
Alice Munro | Runaway | Winner | <ref>Vanessa Farquharson, "Munro wins Giller Prize for a second time". Vancouver Sun, November 12, 2004.</ref> |
| Shauna Singh Baldwin | The Tiger Claw | Shortlist | <ref>Rebecca Caldwell, "Who'll win the Giller?". The Globe and Mail, November 10, 2004.</ref> | ||
| Wayson Choy | All That Matters | ||||
| Pauline Holdstock | Beyond Measure | ||||
| Miriam Toews | A Complicated Kindness | ||||
| Paul Quarrington | Galveston | ||||
| 2005 | Warren Cariou Elizabeth Hay Richard B. Wright |
David Bergen | The Time in Between | Winner | <ref>"Veteran's story wins Giller Prize". Timmins Daily Press, November 10, 2005.</ref> |
| Joan Barfoot | Luck | Shortlist | <ref>"Barfoot, Bergen among authors short listed for lucrative Giller prize". Peterborough Examiner, October 1, 2005.</ref> | ||
| Camilla Gibb | Sweetness in the Belly | ||||
| Lisa Moore | Alligator | ||||
| Edeet Ravel | A Wall of Light | ||||
| 2006 | Adrienne Clarkson Alice Munro Michael Winter |
Vincent Lam | Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures | Winner | <ref>"Toronto MD wins Giller". Waterloo Region Record, November 8, 2006.</ref> |
| Rawi Hage | De Niro's Game | Shortlist | <ref>"Rawi Hage, Vincent Lam on shortlist for Giller prize". Winnipeg Free Press, October 4, 2006.</ref> | ||
| Pascale Quiviger (Sheila Fischman, tr.) | The Perfect Circle | ||||
| Gaétan Soucy (Lazer Lederhendler, tr.) | The Immaculate Conception | ||||
| Carol Windley | Home Schooling | ||||
| Caroline Adderson | Pleased to Meet You | Longlist | <ref>"Locals on longlist of nominees". The Telegram, September 12, 2006.</ref> | ||
| Todd Babiak | The Garneau Block | ||||
| Randy Boyagoda | Governor of the Northern Province | ||||
| Douglas Coupland | JPod | ||||
| Alan Cumyn | The Famished Lover | ||||
| David Adams Richards | The Friends of Meager Fortune | ||||
| Kenneth J. Harvey | Inside | ||||
| Wayne Johnston | The Custodian of Paradise | ||||
| Annette Lapointe | Stolen | ||||
| Russell Wangersky | The Hour of Bad Decisions | ||||
| 2007 | David Bergen Camilla Gibb Lorna Goodison |
Elizabeth Hay | Late Nights on Air | Winner | <ref>Charles Enman, "Still walking on air, but Hay longs to write". Ottawa Citizen, November 10, 2007.</ref> |
| Michael Ondaatje | Divisadero | Shortlist | <ref>"Giller Prize shortlist features heavyweights". Windsor Star, October 10, 2007.</ref> | ||
| Daniel Poliquin (Donald Winkler, tr.) | A Secret Between Us | ||||
| M. G. Vassanji | The Assassin's Song | ||||
| Alissa York | Effigy | ||||
| David Chariandy | Soucouyant | Longlist | <ref>"Fifteen authors on Giller Prize longlist for fiction". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, September 18, 2007.</ref> | ||
| Sharon English | Zero Gravity | ||||
| Barbara Gowdy | Helpless | ||||
| Lawrence Hill | The Book of Negroes | ||||
| Paulette Jiles | Stormy Weather | ||||
| D. R. MacDonald | Lauchlin of the Bad Heart | ||||
| Claire Mulligan | The Reckoning of Boston Jim | ||||
| Mary Novik | Conceit | ||||
| Michael Winter | The Architects Are Here | ||||
| Richard B. Wright | October | ||||
| 2008 | Margaret Atwood Bob Rae Colm Tóibín |
Joseph Boyden | Through Black Spruce | Winner | <ref>Andrea Baillie, "'Through Black Spruce' wins Giller". Telegraph-Journal, November 13, 2008.</ref> |
| Anthony De Sa | Barnacle Love | Shortlist | <ref>Vit Wagner, "Prize jury chooses 5 books from an open field; Hage, Boyden, De Sa, Swan and Endicott picked as finalists". Toronto Star, October 8, 2008.</ref> | ||
| Marina Endicott | Good to a Fault | ||||
| Rawi Hage | Cockroach | ||||
| Mary Swan | The Boys in the Trees | ||||
| David Bergen | The Retreat | Longlist | <ref>"Ricci, Clarke make Giller long list". Kamloops Daily News, September 20, 2008.</ref> | ||
| Austin Clarke | More | ||||
| Emma Donoghue | The Sealed Letter | ||||
| Steven Galloway | The Cellist of Sarajevo | ||||
| Kenneth J. Harvey | Blackstrap Hawco | ||||
| Patrick Lane | Red Dog, Red Dog | ||||
| Pasha Malla | The Withdrawal Method | ||||
| Paul Quarrington | The Ravine | ||||
| Nino Ricci | The Origin of Species | ||||
| David Adams Richards | The Lost Highway | ||||
| 2009 | Russell Banks Victoria Glendinning Alistair MacLeod |
Linden MacIntyre | The Bishop's Man | Winner | <ref>"Linden MacIntyre wins Scotiabank Giller Prize". Hamilton Spectator, November 11, 2009.</ref> |
| Kim Echlin | The Disappeared | Shortlist | <ref>Vanessa Farquharson, "Familiar names missing from Giller Prize list". Regina Leader-Post, October 7, 2009.</ref> | ||
| Annabel Lyon | The Golden Mean | ||||
| Colin McAdam | Fall | ||||
| Anne Michaels | The Winter Vault | ||||
| Margaret Atwood | The Year of the Flood | Longlist | <ref>John Barber, "Women dominate 2009 Giller long list". The Globe and Mail, September 21, 2009.</ref> | ||
| Martha Baillie | The Incident Report | ||||
| Claire Holden Rothman | The Heart Specialist | ||||
| Paulette Jiles | The Color of Lightning | ||||
| Jeanette Lynes | The Factory Voice | ||||
| Shani Mootoo | Valmiki's Daughter | ||||
| Kate Pullinger | The Mistress of Nothing |
2010s
| Year | Jury | Author | Book | Result | Ref. |
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| 2010 | Michael Enright Claire Messud Ali Smith |
Johanna Skibsrud | The Sentimentalists | Winner | <ref>John Barber, "Johanna Skibsrud wins Giller Prize for The Sentimentalists". The Globe and Mail, November 9, 2010.</ref> |
| David Bergen | The Matter with Morris | Shortlist | <ref>"Giller prize nominees cut to final five; Former winner David Bergen and Alexander MacLeod on shortlist". Victoria Times-Colonist, October 6, 2010.</ref> | ||
| Alexander MacLeod | Light Lifting | ||||
| Sarah Selecky | This Cake Is for the Party | ||||
| Kathleen Winter | Annabel | ||||
| Douglas Coupland | Player One | Longlist | <ref>Victoria Ahearn, "Buzzy novel 'The Imperfectionists' among books on Giller prize long list". Canadian Press, September 20, 2010.</ref> | ||
| Michael Helm | Cities of Refuge | ||||
| Avner Mandelman | The Debba | ||||
| Tom Rachman | The Imperfectionists | ||||
| Cordelia Strube | Lemon | ||||
| Joan Thomas | Curiosity | ||||
| Jane Urquhart | Sanctuary Line | ||||
| Dianne Warren | Cool Water | ||||
| 2011 | Annabel Lyon Howard Norman Andrew O'Hagan |
Esi Edugyan | Half-Blood Blues | Winner | <ref>Mark Medley, "Giller Prize is the latest peak for Victoria author in roller-coaster year". Vancouver Sun, November 9, 2011.</ref> |
| David Bezmozgis | The Free World | Shortlist | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | ||
| Lynn Coady | The Antagonist | ||||
| Patrick deWitt | The Sisters Brothers | ||||
| Zsuzsi Gartner | Better Living Through Plastic Explosives | ||||
| Michael Ondaatje | The Cat's Table | ||||
| Clark Blaise | The Meagre Tarmac | Longlist | <ref>Mark Medley, "Ondaatje, Vanderhaeghe on Giller Prize longlist". Ottawa Citizen, September 8, 2011.</ref> | ||
| Michael Christie | The Beggar's Garden | ||||
| Myrna Dey | Extensions | ||||
| Marina Endicott | The Little Shadows | ||||
| Genni Gunn | Solitaria | ||||
| Pauline Holdstock | Into the Heart of the Country | ||||
| Wayne Johnston | A World Elsewhere | ||||
| Dany Laferrière (David Homel, tr.) | The Return | ||||
| Suzette Mayr | Monoceros | ||||
| Guy Vanderhaeghe | A Good Man | ||||
| Alexi Zentner | Touch | ||||
| 2012 | Roddy Doyle Anna Porter Gary Shteyngart |
Will Ferguson | 419 | Winner | <ref>Greg Quill, "419 is the lucky number for Ferguson at Gillers". Toronto Star, October 31, 2012.</ref> |
| Nancy Richler | The Imposter Bride | Shortlist | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | ||
| Alix Ohlin | Inside | ||||
| Kim Thúy | Ru | ||||
| Russell Wangersky | Whirl Away | ||||
| Marjorie Celona | Y | Longlist | <ref>"Lyon, Richardson among authors on Giller long list". Prince George Citizen, September 5, 2012.</ref> | ||
| Lauren B. Davis | Our Daily Bread | ||||
| Cary Fagan | My Life Among the Apes | ||||
| Robert Hough | Dr. Brinkley's Tower | ||||
| Billie Livingston | One Good Hustle | ||||
| Annabel Lyon | The Sweet Girl | ||||
| Katrina Onstad | Everybody Has Everything | ||||
| C. S. Richardson | The Emperor of Paris | ||||
| 2013 | Margaret Atwood Esi Edugyan Jonathan Lethem |
Lynn Coady | Hellgoing | Winner | <ref>Elizabeth Withey, "A 'very surreal' experience; Winning Canada's Giller Prize leaves Edmonton's Coady reeling". Edmonton Journal, November 7, 2013.</ref> |
| Dennis Bock | Going Home Again | Shortlist | <ref>"Giller Prize shortlist announced". Montreal Gazette, October 9, 2013.</ref> | ||
| Craig Davidson | Cataract City | ||||
| Lisa Moore | Caught | ||||
| Dan Vyleta | The Crooked Maid | ||||
| Joseph Boyden | The Orenda | Longlist | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | ||
| Elisabeth de Mariaffi | How to Get Along With Women | ||||
| David Gilmour | Extraordinary | ||||
| Wayne Grady | Emancipation Day | ||||
| Louis Hamelin (Wayne Grady, tr.) | October 1970 | ||||
| Wayne Johnston | The Son of a Certain Woman | ||||
| Claire Messud | The Woman Upstairs | ||||
| Michael Winter | Minister Without Portfolio | ||||
| 2014 | Shauna Singh Baldwin Justin Cartwright Francine Prose |
Sean Michaels | Us Conductors | Winner | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| David Bezmozgis | The Betrayers | Shortlist | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | ||
| Frances Itani | Tell | ||||
| Heather O'Neill | The Girl Who Was Saturday Night | ||||
| Miriam Toews | All My Puny Sorrows | ||||
| Padma Viswanathan | The Ever After of Ashwin Rao | ||||
| Arjun Basu | Waiting for the Man | Longlist | <ref>Samantha Sobolewski, "Giller Prize purse doubles to $140K; Winner will take home $100,000". Edmonton Journal, September 17, 2014.</ref> | ||
| Rivka Galchen | American Innovations | ||||
| Claire Holden Rothman | My October | ||||
| Jennifer LoveGrove | Watch How We Walk | ||||
| Shani Mootoo | Moving Forwards Sideways Like a Crab | ||||
| Kathy Page | Paradise and Elsewhere | ||||
| 2015 | John Boyne Cecil Foster Alexander MacLeod Helen Oyeyemi Alison Pick |
André Alexis | Fifteen Dogs | Winner | <ref>Ian McGillis, "Andre Alexis wins Giller Prize for Fifteen Dogs". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, November 12, 2015.</ref> |
| Samuel Archibald | Arvida | Shortlist | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | ||
| Rachel Cusk | Outline | ||||
| Heather O'Neill | Daydreams of Angels | ||||
| Anakana Schofield | Martin John | ||||
| Michael Christie | If I Fall, If I Die | Longlist | <ref>"Giller Prize releases long list of nominees". Windsor Star, September 10, 2015.</ref> | ||
| Patrick deWitt | Undermajordomo Minor | ||||
| Marina Endicott | Close to Hugh | ||||
| Connie Gault | A Beauty | ||||
| Alix Hawley | All True Not a Lie in It | ||||
| Clifford Jackman | The Winter Family | ||||
| Russell Smith | Confidence | ||||
| 2016 | Samantha Harvey Jeet Heer Lawrence Hill Alan Warner Kathleen Winter |
Madeleine Thien | Do Not Say We Have Nothing | Winner | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| Mona Awad | 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl | Shortlist | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | ||
| Gary Barwin | Yiddish for Pirates | ||||
| Emma Donoghue | The Wonder | ||||
| Catherine Leroux | The Party Wall | ||||
| Zoe Whittall | The Best Kind of People | ||||
| Andrew Battershill | Pillow | Longlist | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | ||
| David Bergen | Stranger | ||||
| Kathy Page | The Two of Us | ||||
| Susan Perly | Death Valley | ||||
| Kerry Lee Powell | Willem De Kooning's Paintbrush | ||||
| Steven Price | By Gaslight | ||||
| 2017 | André Alexis Anita Rau Badami Richard Beard Lynn Coady Nathan Englander |
Michael Redhill | Bellevue Square | Winner | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Rachel Cusk | Transit | Shortlist | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | ||
| Ed O'Loughlin | Minds of Winter | ||||
| Eden Robinson | Son of a Trickster | ||||
| Michelle Winters | I Am a Truck | ||||
| David Chariandy | Brother | Longlist | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | ||
| David Demchuk | The Bone Mother | ||||
| Joel Thomas Hynes | We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night | ||||
| Andrée A. Michaud | Boundary | ||||
| Josip Novakovich | Tumbleweed | ||||
| Zoey Leigh Peterson | Next Year, For Sure | ||||
| Deborah Willis | The Dark and Other Love Stories | ||||
| 2018 | Kamal Al-Solaylee Maxine Bailey John Freeman Philip Hensher Heather O'Neill |
Esi Edugyan | Washington Black | Winner | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Patrick deWitt | French Exit | Shortlist | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | ||
| Éric Dupont | Songs for the Cold of Heart | ||||
| Sheila Heti | Motherhood | ||||
| Thea Lim | An Ocean of Minutes | ||||
| Paige Cooper | Zolitude | Longlist | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | ||
| Rawi Hage | Beirut Hellfire Society | ||||
| Emma Hooper | Our Homesick Songs | ||||
| Lisa Moore | Something for Everyone | ||||
| Tanya Tagaq | Split Tooth | ||||
| Kim Thúy | Vi | ||||
| Joshua Whitehead | Jonny Appleseed | ||||
| 2019 | Randy Boyagoda Aminatta Forna Aleksandar Hemon Donna Bailey Nurse José Teodoro |
Ian Williams | Reproduction | Winner | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| David Bezmozgis | Immigrant City | Shortlist | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | ||
| Megan Gail Coles | Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club | ||||
| Michael Crummey | The Innocents | ||||
| Alix Ohlin | Dual Citizens | ||||
| Steven Price | Lampedusa | ||||
| André Alexis | Days by Moonlight | Longlist | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | ||
| Margaret Atwood | The Testaments | ||||
| Michael Christie | Greenwood | ||||
| Adam Foulds | Dream Sequence | ||||
| K. D. Miller | Late Breaking | ||||
| Zalika Reid-Benta | Frying Plantain |