Matt Cohen Award
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The Matt Cohen Award is an award given annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to a Canadian writer, in honour of a distinguished lifetime contribution to Canadian literature. First presented in 2000, it was established in memory of Matt Cohen, a Canadian writer who died in 1999.
Winners
- 2000 - Mavis Gallant
- 2001 - Norman Levine
- 2002 - Fred Bodsworth
- 2003 - Audrey Thomas
- 2004 - Howard Engel
- 2005 - Janet Lunn
- 2006 - Marie-Claire Blais
- 2007 - David Helwig
- 2008 - Sylvia Fraser
- 2009 - Paul Quarrington<ref>"Quarrington wins $20,000 Matt Cohen Award". cbc.ca, October 19, 2009.</ref>
- 2010 - Myrna Kostash
- 2011 - David Adams Richards<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2012 - Jean Little
- 2013 - Andrew Nikiforuk
- 2014 - Susan Musgrave<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2015 - Richard Wagamese<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2016 - Brian Brett<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2017 - Diane Schoemperlen<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2018 - David Bergen<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2019 - Olive Senior<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2020 - Dennis Lee<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2021 - Frances Itani<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2022 - Candace Savage<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2023 - Helen Humphreys<ref>Nicole Thompson, "Kai Thomas wins Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for debut novel". Toronto Star, November 21, 2023.</ref>
- 2024 - Marie Clements<ref>"Sheung-King, Martha Baillie among Writers' Trust literary prize winners". CBC Books, November 19, 2017.</ref>
- 2025 - Sheree Fitch<ref>Cassandra Drudi, "Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Maria Reva, Roza Nozari among Writers’ Trust award winners". Quill & Quire, November 13, 2025.</ref>