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The Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award is a Canadian literary award administered by the Atlantic Book Awards & Festival for the best work of adult fiction published in the previous year by a writer from the Atlantic provinces.<ref name=adamsrichards>"Adams Richards wins $20,000 Thomas Head Raddall prize". The Chronicle Herald, October 13, 2012.</ref> The prize honours Thomas Head Raddall and is supported by an endowment he willed to it. The award is currently worth $30,000, with additional finalists receiving $500 each.<ref>"Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award". Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, Retrieved May 6, 2024.</ref>
Winners and nominees
1990s
| Year
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Writer
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Title
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Ref.
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| 1991
|
Wayne Johnston
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The Divine Ryans
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<ref>Val Ross, "Johnston's Divinely novel scores fiction prize 'People were belly-laughing and it was loud'". The Globe and Mail, June 15, 1991.</ref>
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| 1992
|
Herb Curtis
|
The Last Tasmanian
|
<ref>"Wright, Orca honoured". The Globe and Mail, June 30, 1992.</ref>
|
| 1993
|
John Steffler
|
The Afterlife of George Cartwright
|
<ref>"Raddall, Richardson awards presented". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, November 5, 1993.</ref>
|
| 1994
|
David Adams Richards
|
For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down
|
<ref>"Raddall prize story rooted in everyday life". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, October 28, 1994.</ref>
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| 1995
|
Bernice Morgan
|
Waiting for Time
|
<ref>"Morgan earns book prize". Halifax Daily News, September 22, 1995.</ref>
|
| 1996
|
M. T. Dohaney
|
A Marriage of Masks
|
<ref>"Masks reveals gift for details: NB's Dohaney winner of Raddall fiction award". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, September 27, 1996.</ref>
|
| 1997
|
Alfred Silver
|
Acadia
|
<ref>Marilyn Smulders, "Silver wins fiction prize for novel of Acadia's past". Halifax Daily News, September 30, 1997.</ref>
|
| 1998
|
Shree Ghatage
|
Awake When All the World Is Asleep
|
<ref>"Trio of literary awards". Halifax Daily News, May 15, 1998.</ref>
|
| Edward Riche
|
Rare Birds
|
<ref>"Local authors short-listed for awards". The Telegram, April 24, 1998.</ref>
|
| 1999
|
Wayne Johnston
|
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
|
<ref>Marilyn Smulders, "The Rock dominates local literary awards: Cameron the only mainlander to walk away with Atlantic Canadian Literary Award". Halifax Daily News, May 29, 1999.</ref>
|
| Lynn Coady
|
Strange Heaven
|
<ref>"Atlantic Writing Award nominees announced". Halifax Daily News, April 24, 1999.</ref>
|
| Don Hannah
|
The Wise and Foolish Virgins
|
| David Adams Richards
|
The Bay of Love and Sorrows
|
2000s
| Year
|
Writer
|
Title
|
Ref.
|
| 2000
|
Alistair MacLeod
|
No Great Mischief
|
<ref>"UNB professor wins regional literary award". The Daily Gleaner, June 1, 2000.</ref>
|
| Carmelita McGrath
|
Stranger Things Have Happened
|
<ref>"Time for books: Local awards consolidated in special week". Halifax Daily News, April 28, 2000.</ref>
|
| Donna Morrissey
|
Kit's Law
|
| 2001
|
Carol Bruneau
|
Purple for Sky
|
<ref>"Eight awards go to Atlantic writers". New Glasgow Evening News, May 30, 2001.</ref>
|
| Robert Finley
|
The Accidental Indies
|
<ref>"David Adams Richards up for Atlantic prize". The Globe and Mail, April 24, 2001.</ref>
|
| David Adams Richards
|
Mercy Among the Children
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| 2002
|
Michael Crummey
|
River Thieves
|
<ref>"Crummey novel wins double set of awards". The Globe and Mail, May 28, 2002.</ref>
|
| Linda Little
|
Strong Hollow
|
<ref>"Four Goose Lane books nominated for this year's Atlantic Book Awards". The Daily Gleaner, April 27, 2002.</ref>
|
| Anne Simpson
|
Canterbury Beach
|
| 2003
|
Donna Morrissey
|
Downhill Chance
|
<ref name=morrissey>Paul Chafe, "Donna Morrissey". The Canadian Encyclopedia, April 10, 2007.</ref>
|
| Christy Ann Conlin
|
Heave
|
<ref>"Atlantic Book Award nominees announced". Journal Pioneer, April 28, 2003.</ref>
|
| Susan Goyette
|
Lures
|
| 2004
|
Kenneth J. Harvey
|
The Town That Forgot How to Breathe
|
<ref>"Kenneth J. Harvey wins Atlantic fiction prize". The Globe and Mail, May 26, 2004.</ref>
|
| Leo McKay Jr.
|
Twenty-Six
|
<ref>"Nominees are...: Atlantic Writing Awards 2004 nods go to ...". New Glasgow Evening News, April 28, 2004.</ref>
|
| David Adams Richards
|
River of the Brokenhearted
|
| 2005
|
Edward Riche
|
The Nine Planets
|
<ref>Paul Chafe, "Edward Riche". The Canadian Encyclopedia, June 3, 2007.</ref>
|
| Kelly Cooper
|
Eyehill
|
<ref>"Atlantic book award nominees first chapter of boosted festival". Halifax Daily News, April 14, 2005.</ref>
|
| Michael Winter
|
The Big Why
|
| 2006
|
Donna Morrissey
|
Sylvanus Now
|
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| George Elliott Clarke
|
George & Rue
|
<ref>"2006 Atlantic Book Awards nominees announced". Telegraph-Journal, April 11, 2006.</ref>
|
| Lisa Moore
|
Alligator
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| 2007
|
Linda Little
|
Scotch River
|
<ref>"Scotch River by Linda Little wins Atlantic book of the year". CBC Arts, May 12, 2007.</ref>
|
| Wayne Johnston
|
The Custodian of Paradise
|
<ref>Stephen Clare, "Celebrating our own; Atlantic Book Festival launches week-long celebration; Bernard Riordon and David Adams Richards up for big prizes". Telegraph-Journal, May 5, 2007.</ref>
|
| Ami McKay
|
The Birth House
|
| 2008
|
Don Hannah
|
Ragged Islands
|
<ref>"Beaverbrook story takes 2 Atlantic Book Awards". CBC Arts, May 13, 2008.</ref>
|
| Bernice Morgan
|
Cloud of Bone
|
<ref>"CBC journalists among nominees for Atlantic Book Awards". CBC Arts, April 16, 2008.</ref>
|
| David Adams Richards
|
The Lost Highway
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| 2009
|
Douglas Arthur Brown
|
Quintet
|
<ref>Rodger J. Moran, "Douglas Arthur Brown". The Canadian Encyclopedia, November 3, 2011.</ref>
|
| Ian Colford
|
Evidence
|
|
| Sara Tilley
|
Skin Room
|
2010s
| Year
|
Writer
|
Title
|
Ref.
|
| 2010
|
Shandi Mitchell
|
Under This Unbroken Sky
|
<ref>"N.S. novelist wins Atlantic book prize". CBC News Nova Scotia, April 15, 2010.</ref>
|
| Michael Crummey
|
Galore
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| Linden MacIntyre
|
The Bishop's Man
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| 2011
|
Kathleen Winter
|
Annabel
|
<ref>"Winter wins Atlantic Book Award". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, May 20, 2011.</ref>
|
| Alexander MacLeod
|
Light Lifting
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<ref>Jeanne Whitehead, "Powning nominated for Atlantic Fiction Award". Kings County Record, April 5, 2011.</ref>
|
| Beth Powning
|
The Sea Captain's Wife
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| 2012
|
David Adams Richards
|
Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul
|
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| Valerie Compton
|
The Road
|
<ref>"Atlantic Fiction Prize shortlist announced". Telegraph-Journal, June 16, 2012.</ref>
|
| Heather Jessup
|
The Lightning Field
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| 2013
|
Russell Wangersky
|
Whirl Away
|
<ref>"Wangersky wins fiction award for ‘Whirl Away’". The Telegram, September 23, 2013.</ref>
|
| Keir Lowther
|
Dirty Bird
|
<ref>Maria Siassina, "WFNS Literary Awards shortlists revealed". Quill & Quire, June 10, 2013.</ref>
|
| Donna Morrissey
|
The Deception of Livvy Higgs
|
| 2014
|
William Kowalski
|
The Hundred Hearts
|
<ref>"Kowalski, Kimber, Domanski take home East Coast Literary Awards". Quill & Quire, September 21, 2014.</ref>
|
| Shashi Bhat
|
The Family Took Shape
|
<ref>"Nova Scotia writers sweep East Coast Literary Awards". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, September 23, 2014.</ref>
|
| Ed Kavanagh
|
Strays
|
| 2015
|
Darren Greer
|
Just Beneath My Skin
|
<ref>"East Coast Literary Awards celebrate authors". Atlantic Books Today, June 8, 2015.</ref>
|
| Michael Crummey
|
Sweetland
|
<ref>"Richards earns nomination for East Coast Literary Award". Miramichi Leader, May 6, 2015.</ref>
|
| David Adams Richards
|
Crimes Against My Brother
|
| 2016
|
R. W. Gray
|
Entropic
|
<ref>Becky Robertson, "Awards: R.W. Gray, Sue Goyette, Gary L. Saunders win 2016 East Coast Literary Awards". Quill & Quire, June 8, 2016.</ref>
|
| Elisabeth de Mariaffi
|
The Devil You Know
|
<ref>Sue Carter, "Dean Jobb, Sue Goyette, Elisabeth de Mariaffi among East Coast Literary Award nominees". Quill & Quire, May 4, 2016.</ref>
|
| Mark Anthony Jarman
|
Knife Party at the Hotel Europa
|
| 2017
|
Donna Morrissey
|
The Fortunate Brother
|
<ref>"Donna Morrissey, Jennifer Houle, and Erin Wunker win 2017 East Coast Literary Awards". Quill & Quire, June 1, 2017.</ref>
|
| Darren Greer
|
Advocate
|
<ref>Becky Robertson, "Darren Greer, Ami McKay, Erin Wunker among East Coast Literary Awards nominees". Quill & Quire, April 20, 2017.</ref>
|
| Ami McKay
|
The Witches of New York
|
| 2018
|
Oisin Curran
|
Blood Fable
|
<ref>Tara Thorne, "Your 2018 Atlantic Book Award winners". The Coast, May 11, 2018.</ref>
|
| Carol Bruneau
|
A Bird on Every Tree
|
<ref>Norma Jean MacPhee, "Cape Breton couple to duke it out for same Atlantic Book Award". CBC News Nova Scotia, March 29, 2018.</ref>
|
| Sarah Faber
|
All Is Beauty Now
|
| 2019
|
Lisa Moore
|
Something for Everyone
|
<ref>Ryan Porter, "Lisa Moore wins $25,000 fiction award at Atlantic Book Awards". Quill & Quire, June 10, 2019.</ref>
|
| Sharon Bala
|
The Boat People
|
<ref>Jane van Koeverden, "Lisa Moore, Elisabeth de Mariaffi & Sharon Bala shortlisted for $25K prize for Atlantic Canadian fiction". CBC Arts, May 2, 2019.</ref>
|
| Elisabeth de Mariaffi
|
Hysteria
|
2020s
| Year
|
Writer
|
Title
|
Ref.
|
| 2020
|
Michael Crummey
|
The Innocents
|
<ref>Sue Carter, "Ami McKay, Gemma Hickey double winners at Atlantic Book Awards". Quill & Quire, July 2, 2020.</ref>
|
| Jaime Burnet
|
Crocuses Hatch from Snow
|
<ref>Samraweet Yohannes, "Sheree Fitch among finalists for 2020 Atlantic Book Awards". CBC Books, June 2, 2020.</ref>
|
| Shandi Mitchell
|
The Waiting Hours
|
| 2021
|
Anne Simpson
|
Speechless
|
<ref>Alex Cook, "Atlantic Book Awards Announce 2021 Winners". The East Magazine, May 14, 2021.</ref>
|
| Bridget Canning
|
Some People's Children
|
<ref>Stephen Cooke, "Family history of Acadian Expulsion top nominee for 2021 Atlantic Book Awards". SaltWire Network, April 16, 2021.</ref>
|
| Morgan Murray
|
Dirty Birds
|
| 2022
|
Michelle Butler Hallett
|
Constant Nobody
|
<ref>Cassandra Drudi, "2022 Atlantic Book Awards winners announced". Quill & Quire, June 9, 2022.</ref>
|
| David Huebert
|
Chemical Valley
|
<ref>"Halifax poet and author David Huebert among finalists for 2022 Atlantic Book Awards". CBC Books, April 26, 2022.</ref>
|
| Sharon Robart-Johnson
|
Jude and Diana
|
| 2023
|
K.R. Byggdin
|
Wonder World
|
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| Bobbi French
|
The Good Women of Safe Harbour
|
<ref>"Bridget Canning, Lisa Moore and Annick MacAskill among finalists for 2023 Atlantic Book Awards". CBC Books, April 25, 2023.</ref>
|
| Lisa Moore
|
This Is How We Love
|
| 2024
|
Michelle Porter
|
A Grandmother Begins the Story
|
<ref>Cassandra Drudi, "Michelle Porter, Jack Wong among Atlantic Book Award winners". Quill & Quire, June 6, 2024.</ref>
|
| Violet Browne
|
This Is the House That Luke Built
|
<ref>"The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters makes the shortlist for 3 Nova Scotia and Atlantic Book Awards". CBC Books, April 18, 2024.</ref>
|
| Charlene Carr
|
Hold My Girl
|
| Amanda Peters
|
The Berry Pickers
|
| William Ping
|
Hollow Bamboo
|
| 2025
|
| David Huebert
|
Oil People
|
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| Mark Blagrave
|
Felt
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| Carol Bruneau
|
Threshold: Stories
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| Charlene Carr
|
We Rip the World Apart
|
| Susie Taylor
|
Vigil
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References
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