Recognizing the very best in Canadian writing
Awards
What’s new
2025 Balsillie Prize shortlist announced
Raymond B. Blakes wins 2025 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize
Shortlist reveals best Canadian novels & short stories of the year
2025 shortlist recognizing top nonfiction of the year announced
Book Awards
Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
Single book • Publisher submission
Winner $60,000 • Finalists $5,000
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Balsillie Prize for Public Policy
Single book • Publisher submission
Winner $70,000 • Finalists $7,500
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Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers
Debut books • Publisher submission
Winner $12,000 • Finalists $2,000
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Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction
Single book • Publisher submission
Winner $75,000 • Finalists $5,000
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Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing
Single book • Publisher submission
Winner $40,000 • Finalists $5000
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Weston International Award
Body of Work • No submissions
Winner $75,000
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Career Awards
Latner Griffin Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize
Body of Work • No submissions
Winner $60,000
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Matt Cohen Award: In Celebration of a Writing Life
Body of Work • No submissions
Winner $40,000
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Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People
Body of Work • No submissions
Winner $25,000
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Writers’ Trust Engel Findley Award
Body of Work • No submissions
Winner $25,000
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