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Writers & Books
Each of these authors has benefitted from Writers' Trust awards or programs.
Awards
Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction
2024
Jurors
Annahid Dashtgard
Taylor Lambert
Christina Sharpe
2023
Jurors
Eve Joseph
Michelle Porter
Dan Werb
2022
Jurors
Mark Bourrie
Cheryl Foggo
Jessica McDiarmid
2021
Jurors
Kevin Chong
Terese Marie Mailhot
Adam Shoalts
2020
Jurors
Helen Knott
Sandra Martin
Ronald Wright
2019
Jurors
Ivan Coyote
Trevor Herriot
Manjushree Thapa
2018
Jurors
Michael Harris
Donna Bailey Nurse
Joel Yanofsky
2017
Jurors
Susan Harada
Arno Kopecky
Siobhan Roberts
2016
Jurors
Carolyn Abraham
Stephen Kimber
Emily Urquhart
2015
Jurors
Stevie Cameron
Will Ferguson
JJ Lee
2014
Jurors
Charles Foran
Priscila Uppal
Merrily Weisbord
2013
Jurors
Hal Niedzviecki
Candace Savage
Andreas Schroeder
2012
Jurors
James Bartleman
Charlotte Gill
Marni Jackson
2011
Jurors
Brian Brett
Devyani Saltzman
Russell Wangersky
2010
Jurors
Hadani Ditmars
Sid Marty
Michael Mitchell
2009
Jurors
Tim Bowling
Anne Hart
Bruce Meyer
2008
Jurors
Derek Lundy
Darren Wershler
Jan Wong
2007
Jurors
Greg Gatenby
John Metcalf
Aritha van Herk
2006
Jurors
Alma Lee
Ian Pearson
Bill Waiser
2005
Jurors
Ernest Hillen
Myrna Kostash
Paula Todd
2004
Jurors
Moira Farr
Jake MacDonald
John Bentley Mays
2003
Jurors
Katherine Ashenburg
Stephen Brunt
Ken Wiwa
2002
Jurors
Ingeborg Boyens
Elaine Dewar
Don Gillmor
2001
Jurors
Wayne Grady
Lesley Krueger
Kevin Patterson
2000
Jurors
Denise Chong
Christopher Moore
Andreas Schroeder
1999
Jurors
Elspeth Cameron
Linda Spalding
Rudy Wiebe
1998
Jurors
Mark Abley
Sharon Butala
Ernest Hillen
1997
Jurors
Sandra Gwyn
David Macfarlane