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

Awards

RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers

2025

Finalists: Poetry
Rather Her Clean

Rather Her Clean

Cicely Grace

Prairie Bog

Prairie Bog

Nicole Mae

Loose Threads

Loose Threads

Dora Prieto

Finalists: Short Fiction
Tombstone of a Tsaddik

Tombstone of a Tsaddik

Jess Goldman

Three New France Suicides

Three New France Suicides

Alexis Lachaîne

Training the Replacement

Training the Replacement

Hana Mason

Finalists: Creative Nonfiction
White Trucks and Mergansers

White Trucks and Mergansers

Phillip Dwight Morgan

Breach

Breach

Graham Slaughter

Where Do Mothers Go

Where Do Mothers Go

Huyền Trân

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

2023

Winner: Poetry
Scattered Oblations

Scattered Oblations

Cooper Skjeie

Cooper Skjeie

Winner: Short Fiction
So Much More To Say

So Much More To Say

Zak Jones

Zak Jones

Finalists: Poetry
diasporic dissonance

diasporic dissonance

Kyo Lee

Notes on the Non-Place

Notes on the Non-Place

Dora Prieto

Finalists: Short Fiction
Mama’s Lullabies

Mama’s Lullabies

Vincent Anioke

Triggered

Triggered

Zilla Jones

2022

Winner: Poetry
If Fire, Then Bird

If Fire, Then Bird

Patrick James Errington

Patrick James Errington

Winner: Short Fiction
Watching, Waiting

Watching, Waiting

Teya Hollier 

Teya Hollier 

Finalists: Poetry
My Life, Delimited

My Life, Delimited

Eimear Laffan

Selections from Familial Hungers

Selections from Familial Hungers

Christine Wu

Finalists: Short Fiction
Ectopia Cordis

Ectopia Cordis

Jen Batler

Wild Girls

Wild Girls

Emily Paskevics

2021

Winner: Poetry
The Knot of My Tongue

The Knot of My Tongue

Zehra Naqvi

Zehra Naqvi

Winner: Short Fiction
East City

East City

Anna Ling Kaye

Anna Ling Kaye

Finalists: Poetry
Selections from No One Knows Us There

Selections from No One Knows Us There

Jessica Bebenek

Selections from XANAX COWBOY

Selections from XANAX COWBOY

Hannah Green

Finalists: Short Fiction
Bright Fish, Dead Bird

Bright Fish, Dead Bird

Carolyn Chung

Mass Effect

Mass Effect

Joshua Wales

2020

Winner: Poetry
Selections from Winter Stars Visible in December

Selections from Winter Stars Visible in December

Alexa Winik

Alexa Winik

Winner: Short Fiction
Six Things My Father Taught Me About Bears

Six Things My Father Taught Me About Bears

Leah Mol

Leah Mol

Finalists: Poetry
c:ode

c:ode

nina jane drystek

Selection from [CA$H4GOLD]

Selection from [CA$H4GOLD]

Zoe Imani Sharpe

Finalists: Short Fiction
This Hard Easy Life

This Hard Easy Life

Jamaluddin Aram

Palestinian Still Life

Palestinian Still Life

Omer Friedlander

2019

Winner: Poetry
Selections From Junebat

Selections From Junebat

John Elizabeth Stintzi

John Elizabeth Stintzi

Your Public Body

Your Public Body

Rebecca Salazar

Unorganized Territory

Unorganized Territory

Ellie Sawatzky

2018

Winner: Short Fiction
The Ermine Coat

The Ermine Coat

Maria Reva

Maria Reva

Kingdom Come

Kingdom Come

Sarah Christina Brown

Adjacent Rooms

Adjacent Rooms

Khalida Hassan

2017

Winner
The Mistress and the Ping

The Mistress and the Ping

Noor Naga

Noor Naga

Finalists
after thoughts

after thoughts

Tyler Engström

All Day I Dream About Sirens

All Day I Dream About Sirens

Domenica Martinello

2016

Winner
Wyatt Thurst

Wyatt Thurst

Brendan Bowles

Brendan Bowles

Finalists
This Monstrous Heart

This Monstrous Heart

Allegra McKenzie

With My Scarf Tied Just So

With My Scarf Tied Just So

Hannah Rahimi

2015

Winner
Re-Origin of Species

Re-Origin of Species

Alessandra Naccarato

Alessandra Naccarato

Finalists
Who I Think About When I Think About You

Who I Think About When I Think About You

Irfan Ali

Roads Home

Roads Home

Chuqiao Yang

2014

Winner
Girl

Girl

Erin Frances Fisher

Erin Frances Fisher

Finalists
Dream Interpretation

Dream Interpretation

Leah Jane Esau

Screen Capture

Screen Capture

Jakub Stachurski

2013

Winner
Mule Variations

Mule Variations

Laura Clarke

Laura Clarke

Finalists
Here Comes the Future

Here Comes the Future

Laura Matwichuk

The Reason and Other Poems

The Reason and Other Poems

Suzannah Showler

2012

Winner
Elk-Headed Man

Elk-Headed Man

Jen Neale

Jen Neale

Finalists
At the Bottom of the Garden

At the Bottom of the Garden

Dina Del Bucchia

Under the ‘I’

Under the ‘I’

Kathy Friedman

2011

Winner
Inheritance and Other Poems

Inheritance and Other Poems

Garth Martens

Garth Martens

Finalists
By Way of Explanation

By Way of Explanation

Raoul Fernandes

The Quiet iii

The Quiet iii

Anne-Marie Turza

2010

Winner
The Bird in Hand

The Bird in Hand

Kilby Smith-McGregor

Kilby Smith-McGregor

Finalists
Indian Cooking

Indian Cooking

Shashi Bhat

Dumb Dog

Dumb Dog

Claire Tacon

2009

Winner
Wokkpash and Other Poems

Wokkpash and Other Poems

Emily McGiffin

Emily McGiffin

Finalists
The Minnow and Other Poems

The Minnow and Other Poems

Michael Johnson

How the Tiklaalik Came Onto Land and Other Poems

How the Tiklaalik Came Onto Land and Other Poems

Jeff Latosik

2008

Winner
Othello

Othello

Marjorie Celona

Marjorie Celona

Finalists
When in the Field with Her at His Back

When in the Field with Her at His Back

Ben Lof

The Bottlenecks

The Bottlenecks

Grace O’Connell

2006

Winner
Jeramy Dodds

Jeramy Dodds

2005

Winner
Nicole Dixon

Nicole Dixon

2004

Winner
Alison Calder

Alison Calder

2003

Winner
Gillian Best

Gillian Best

2002

Winner
Alison Pick

Alison Pick

2001

Winner
Valerie Stetson

Valerie Stetson

2000

Winner
Sonnet L’Abbé

Sonnet L’Abbé

1999

Winner
Alissa York

Alissa York

1998

Winner
Talya Rubin

Talya Rubin

1997

Winner
Rachel Rose

Rachel Rose

1996

Winner
Stephanie Bolster

Stephanie Bolster

1995

Winner
Adele Megann

Adele Megann

1994

Winner
Michael Crummey

Michael Crummey