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Writers & Books

Each of these authors has benefitted from Writers' Trust awards or programs.

Awards

RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers

2025

Winner: Poetry

Loose Threads

Loose Threads

Dora Prieto

Dora Prieto

Winner: Short Fiction

Tombstone of a Tsaddik

Tombstone of a Tsaddik

Jess Goldman

Jess Goldman

Winner: Creative Nonfiction

White Trucks and Mergansers

White Trucks and Mergansers

Phillip Dwight Morgan

Phillip Dwight Morgan

Finalists: Poetry

Rather Her Clean

Rather Her Clean

Cicely Grace

Prairie Bog

Prairie Bog

Nicole Mae

Finalists: Short Fiction

Three New France Suicides

Three New France Suicides

Alexis Lachaîne

Training the Replacement

Training the Replacement

Hana Mason

Finalists: Creative Nonfiction

Breach

Breach

Graham Slaughter

Where Do Mothers Go

Where Do Mothers Go

Huyền Trân

Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing

2025

Finalists

Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity

Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity

Raymond B. Blake

The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau

The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau

Stephen Maher

Health for All: A Doctor’s Prescription for a Healthier Canada

Health for All: A Doctor’s Prescription for a Healthier Canada

Jane Philpott

The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century

The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century

Alasdair Roberts

The Knowing

The Knowing

Tanya Talaga