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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
