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Writers & Books

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

Awards

Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize

2024

Jurors
Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike

Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike

Saeed Teebi

Saeed Teebi

Joan Thomas

Joan Thomas

2023

Jurors
francesca ekwuyasi

francesca ekwuyasi

Alix Hawley

Alix Hawley

M.G. Vassanji

M.G. Vassanji

2022

Jurors
David Bergen

David Bergen

Norma Dunning

Norma Dunning

Andrew Forbes

Andrew Forbes

2021

Jurors
Rebecca Fisseha

Rebecca Fisseha

Michelle Good

Michelle Good

Steven Price

Steven Price

2020

Jurors
Elisabeth de Mariaffi

Elisabeth de Mariaffi

Waubgeshig Rice

Waubgeshig Rice

Yasuko Thanh

Yasuko Thanh

2019

Jurors
Dennis Bock

Dennis Bock

Michael Kaan

Michael Kaan

Suzette Mayr

Suzette Mayr

2018

Jurors
Ann Y. K. Choi

Ann Y. K. Choi

Mireille Silcoff

Mireille Silcoff

Robert Wiersema

Robert Wiersema

2017

Jurors
Michael Christie

Michael Christie

Christy Ann Conlin

Christy Ann Conlin

Tracey Lindberg

Tracey Lindberg

2016

Jurors
Lauren B. Davis

Lauren B. Davis

Trevor Ferguson

Trevor Ferguson

Pasha Malla

Pasha Malla

2015

Jurors
Aislinn Hunter

Aislinn Hunter

Shani Mootoo

Shani Mootoo

Richard Wagamese

Richard Wagamese

2014

Jurors
Neil Bissoondath

Neil Bissoondath

Helen Humphreys

Helen Humphreys

George Murray

George Murray

2013

Jurors
Caroline Adderson

Caroline Adderson

Alison Pick

Alison Pick

Miguel Syjuco

Miguel Syjuco

2012

Jurors
Lynn Coady

Lynn Coady

Esi Edugyan

Esi Edugyan

Drew Hayden Taylor

Drew Hayden Taylor

2011

Jurors
Emma Donoghue

Emma Donoghue

Rabindranath Maharaj

Rabindranath Maharaj

Margaret Sweatman

Margaret Sweatman

2010

Jurors
Lisa Moore

Lisa Moore

Andrew Pyper

Andrew Pyper

Eden Robinson

Eden Robinson

2009

Jurors
Marina Endicott

Marina Endicott

Miriam Toews

Miriam Toews

R.M. Vaughan

R.M. Vaughan

2008

Jurors
Lawrence Hill

Lawrence Hill

Annabel Lyon

Annabel Lyon

Heather O’Neill

Heather O’Neill

2007

Jurors
Barry Gough

Barry Gough

Kim Moritsugu

Kim Moritsugu

Madeleine Thien

Madeleine Thien

2006

Jurors
Karen Connelly

Karen Connelly

Jeffrey Moore

Jeffrey Moore

Anna Porter

Anna Porter

2005

Jurors
Anita Rau Badami

Anita Rau Badami

Lewis DeSoto

Lewis DeSoto

Mary Swan

Mary Swan

2004

Jurors
Sylvia Fraser

Sylvia Fraser

Zsuzsi Gartner

Zsuzsi Gartner

Michael Redhill

Michael Redhill

2003

Jurors
Kevin Chong

Kevin Chong

Lisa Moore

Lisa Moore

Diane Schoemperlen

Diane Schoemperlen

2002

Jurors
Joan Barfoot

Joan Barfoot

Brian Brett

Brian Brett

Sarah Sheard

Sarah Sheard

2001

Jurors
Lesley Choyce

Lesley Choyce

Eliza Clark

Eliza Clark

Olive Senior

Olive Senior

2000

Jurors
Cynthia Holz

Cynthia Holz

Janice Kulyk Keefer

Janice Kulyk Keefer

Peter Oliva

Peter Oliva

1999

Jurors
Lynn Coady

Lynn Coady

Sylvia Fraser

Sylvia Fraser

Eric Wright

Eric Wright

1998

Jurors
Joan Clark

Joan Clark

Austin Clarke

Austin Clarke

Trevor Ferguson

Trevor Ferguson

1997

Jurors
Matt Cohen

Matt Cohen

Elisabeth Harvor

Elisabeth Harvor

Ann Ireland

Ann Ireland