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Writers & Books
Each of these authors has benefitted from Writers' Trust awards or programs.
Awards
Writers’ Trust Engel Findley Award
2024
Jurors
Wayne Arthurson
Corinna Chong
Phil Halton
2023
Jurors
Conor Kerr
Michael Redhill
Shauna Singh Baldwin
2022
Jurors
Carol Bruneau
Sean Michaels
2021
Jurors
David A. Robertson
Kerri Sakamoto
Russell Wangersky
2020
Jurors
Timothy Taylor
Souvankham Thammavongsa
Kathleen Winter
2019
Jurors
Peter Behrens
Paul Seesequasis
Alissa York
2018
Jurors
Devon Code
Billie Livingston
Tessa McWatt
2017
Jurors
Katherine Govier
Alexander MacLeod
Eden Robinson
2016
Jurors
Warren Cariou
Annabel Lyon
Linda Spalding
2015
Jurors
David Chariandy
Russell Smith
Joan Thomas
2014
Jurors
Frances Itani
Lisa Moore
Nino Ricci
2013
Jurors
Wayne Johnston
Nino Ricci
Jane Urquhart
2012
Jurors
Stan Dragland
Wayne Johnston
Miriam Toews
2011
Jurors
David Bergen
Joan Clark
Miriam Toews
2010
Jurors
David Bergen
Eleanor Wachtel
Michael Winter
2009
Jurors
Diane Schoemperlen
Rudy Wiebe
Michael Winter
2008
Jurors
Caroline Adderson
Michael Crummey
Diane Schoemperlen
2007
Jurors
Caroline Adderson
Joan Barfoot
Douglas Glover
Jack Hodgins
Gayla Reid
Nino Ricci
2006
Jurors
Bill Gaston
Steven Heighton
Helen Humphreys
Gayla Reid
David Adams Richards
Dianne Warren
2005
Jurors
Elisabeth Harvor
David Adams Richards
Antanas Sileika
Merilyn Simonds
Guy Vanderhaeghe
Dianne Warren
2004
Jurors
Bill Gaston
Terry Griggs
Elisabeth Harvor
Fred Stenson
Susan Swan
Guy Vanderhaeghe
2003
Jurors
Sandra Birdsell
George Galt
Bill Gaston
Terry Griggs
Elizabeth Hay
Alistair MacLeod
2002
Jurors
Bonnie Burnard
William Deverell
George Galt
Elizabeth Hay
Ann Ireland
Leon Rooke
2001
Jurors
Anita Rau Badami
Janice Kulyk Keefer