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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
Jurors

Baharan Baniahmadi
Shashi Bhat

Dallas Hunt

Jean Marc Ah-Sen

Omar Mouallem

Alessandra Naccarato

Matt Rader

Sanna Wani

Lindsay Wong
2024
Jurors
Derek Beaulieu

Jessica Johns

Kama La Mackerel

Joanna Lilley

Maria Reva

Jack Wang
2023
Jurors

Cicely Belle Blain

David Huebert

shalan joudry
Janice Lynn Mather

Dimitri Nasrallah

Sue Sinclair
2022
Jurors

Tenille K. Campbell

Erin Frances Fisher

Angélique Lalonde

Derek Mascarenhas

Michael Prior

Suzannah Showler
2021
Jurors

Irfan Ali

Domenica Martinello

Jacob McArthur Mooney

J.R. McConvey

Zalika Reid-Benta

John Elizabeth Stintzi
2020
Jurors

Kris Bertin

Klara du Plessis

Benjamin Hertwig

Djamila Ibrahim

Carrianne Leung

Canisia Lubrin
2019
Jurors

Jordan Abel

Sue Goyette

Emma Healey
2018
Jurors

Martha Baillie

Omar El Akkad

Ayelet Tsabari
2017
Jurors

Adèle Barclay

Stuart Ross

Moez Surani
2016
Jurors

Eden Robinson

Johanna Skibsrud

Michael V. Smith
2015
Jurors

Fiona Lam

Rachel Rose

Nilofar Shidmehr
2014
Jurors

Michelle Berry

Tanis Rideout

Diane Schoemperlen
2013
Jurors

Mary Dalton

Phil Hall

Susan Holbrook
2012
Jurors

Alexander MacLeod

Johanna Skibsrud
Madeleine Thien
2011
Jurors

Kate Braid

Gail Harris

Robert Priest
2010
Jurors

Trevor Cole
Susan Glickman

Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer
2009
Jurors

Don Domanski

Jeanette Lynes

Anne Simpson
2008
Jurors

Michelle Berry

Natalee Caple

Andrew Pyper
2006
Jurors

Michael Crummey

Don McKay

Alison Pick
2005
Jurors

Laurel Boone

Sabine Campbell

Mark Jarman
2004
Jurors

Adam Dickinson

Jannie Edwards

Alice Major
2003
Jurors

David Arnason

Wayne Tefs

Meeka Walsh
2002
Jurors

Dave Margoshes

Elizabeth Philips

Steven Ross Smith
2001
Jurors

Larry Matthews

Carmelita McGrath

Marnie Parsons
2000
Jurors

John Barton

Stephanie Bolster

Susan McMaster
1999
Jurors

Michael Crummey

Elizabeth Greene

Helen Humphreys
1998
Jurors

Marilyn Bowering

Genni Gunn

Susan Musgrave
1997
Jurors

Phil Hall

Robert Priest

Rhea Tregebov
1996
Jurors

Julie Bruck

Mary di Michele

Barbara Kingscote
1995
Jurors

Diane Schoemperlen

Merilyn Simonds
