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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

2024

Winner: Poetry

Selections from “A fine African head”

Selections from “A fine African head”

Faith Paré

Faith Paré

Winner: Short Fiction

Like Rabbits

Like Rabbits

Nayani Jensen

Nayani Jensen

Finalists: Poetry

Balcony buffalo

Balcony buffalo

Ashleigh A. Allen

Hiraeth

Hiraeth

Sneha Subramanian Kanta

Finalists: Short Fiction

Our Rez Anomaly

Our Rez Anomaly

Henry Heavyshield

ON VENLAFAXINE AND GHOSTS

ON VENLAFAXINE AND GHOSTS

Reid Kerr Keller

Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers

2024

Winner

Dayspring

Dayspring

Anthony Oliveira

Anthony Oliveira

Finalists

Perfect Little Angels

Perfect Little Angels

Vincent Anioke

What I Know About You

What I Know About You

Éric Chacour

Translated by

Pablo Strauss

Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing

2024

Winner

Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast

Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast

John Vaillant

John Vaillant

Finalists

Not Here: Why American Democracy Is Eroding and How Canada Can Protect Itself

Not Here: Why American Democracy Is Eroding and How Canada Can Protect Itself

Rob Goodman

Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial

Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial

Benjamin Perrin

Canada: Beyond Grudges, Grievances, and Disunity

Canada: Beyond Grudges, Grievances, and Disunity

Donald J. Savoie

The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart

The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart

Astra Taylor

Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction

2024

Winner

There Is No Blue

There Is No Blue

Martha Baillie

Martha Baillie

Finalists

Vantage Points: On Media as Trans Memoir

Vantage Points: On Media as Trans Memoir

Chase Joynt

Here After: A Memoir

Here After: A Memoir

Amy Lin

Invisible Prisons: Jack Whalen’s Tireless Fight for Justice

Invisible Prisons: Jack Whalen’s Tireless Fight for Justice

Lisa Moore

and

Jack Whalen

Everything and Nothing At All: Essays

Everything and Nothing At All: Essays

Jenny Heijun Wills

Latner Griffin Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize

2024

Winner

Rita Wong

Rita Wong

Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People

2024

Winner

Sara O’Leary

Sara O’Leary

Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize

2024

Winner

Batshit Seven

Batshit Seven

Sheung - King

Sheung - King

Finalists

What I Know About You

What I Know About You

Éric Chacour

Translated by

Pablo Strauss

Prairie Edge

Prairie Edge

Conor Kerr

Code Noir

Code Noir

Canisia Lubrin

Hi, It’s Me

Hi, It’s Me

Fawn Parker

Writers’ Trust Engel Findley Award

2024

Winner

Madeleine Thien

Madeleine Thien

Balsillie Prize for Public Policy

2024

Winner

We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age

We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age

Wendy H. Wong

Wendy H. Wong

Finalists

Our Crumbling Foundation: How We Solve Canada’s Housing Crisis

Our Crumbling Foundation: How We Solve Canada’s Housing Crisis

Gregor Craigie

Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places

Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places

Christopher Pollon

Nowhere, Exactly: On Identity and Belonging

Nowhere, Exactly: On Identity and Belonging

M.G. Vassanji

Matt Cohen Award: In Celebration of a Writing Life

2024

Winner

Marie Clements

Marie Clements