Amazon.ca First Novel Award

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The Amazon.ca First Novel Award, formerly the Books in Canada First Novel Award, is a Canadian literary award, co-presented by Amazon.ca and The Walrus to the best first novel in English published the previous year by a citizen or resident of Canada. [1] It has been awarded since 1976. [1]

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The First Novel Award was founded by the literary magazine Books in Canada . [1] Between 1976 and 1994, the award was sponsored by SmithBooks. During this period, the award was known as the SmithBooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award. [1] When SmithBooks was acquired by Chapters, it became the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award. [1]

The award was reorganized when Books in Canada was acquired by Adrian and Olga Stein in 1995. The Steins retained a first novel editor, introduced a comprehensive first novel review program, and formalized the adjudication process.

Amazon first signed on as a sponsor of the award in 2001, [2] with the award presented as the amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award through the 2000s. Full administration of the award was taken over by Amazon in 2009 and its name was changed to the current incarnation. The Amazon.com arrangement saw the prize award initially doubled to $10,000, and then increased to its current amount of $40,000, with shortlisted finalists each receiving over $6,000.

Winners and nominees

At different times in its history, the award has been presented early in the year for works published in the preceding year, late in the year for works published in the same year as the presentation, or mid-year for an eligibility period that straddled parts of both years. For clarity, the list below is organized by the year of presentation rather than the year of publication eligibility.

1970s

Amazon.ca First Novel Award winners and finalists, 1977-1979
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
1977 Ian McLachlan The Seventh HexagramWinner [3]
Michael Ondaatje Coming Through Slaughter Winner
Alice Boissoneau Eileen McCulloughFinalist [4]
David Kellum The Falling World of Tristram PocketFinalist
Susan Kerslake MiddlewatchFinalist
Sharon Riis The True Story of Ida JohnsonFinalist
Carol Shields Small Ceremonies Finalist
Mary Soderstrom The Descent of Andrew McPhersonFinalist
1978 Oonah McFee SandbarsWinner [5]
Shane Dennison Sidehill GougerFinalist [6]
Pauline Gedge Child of the Morning Finalist
Jack Hodgins The Invention of the WorldFinalist
M. T. Kelly I Do Remember the FallFinalist
Helen Levi A Small Informal DanceFinalist
Morley Torgov The Abramsky VariationsFinalist
1979 Joan Barfoot AbraWinner [1]
Michael Dorland The Double-Cross CircuitFinalist [7]
Clive Doucet Disneyland, PleaseFinalist
Margaret Drury Gane Parade on an Empty StreetFinalist
Kevin Major Hold FastFinalist
Frank Paci The ItaliansFinalist

1980s

Amazon.ca First Novel Award winners and finalists, 1980-1989
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
1980 Clark Blaise Lunar AttractionsWinner [8]
Victoria Branden Mrs. JobFinalist
Stan Dragland PeckertracksFinalist
Florence Evans A Man Without PassionFinalist
Shirley Faessler Everything in the WindowFinalist
Katherine Govier Random DescentFinalist
Betty Lambert CrossingsFinalist
1981 W. D. Valgardson Gentle SinnersWinner [9]
Martyn Burke Laughing WarFinalist
Susan Musgrave The Charcoal BurnersFinalist
Graham Petrie SeahorseFinalist
Leon Rooke Fat WomanFinalist
1982 Joy Kogawa Obasan Winner [10]
Jim Christy StreetheartsFinalist [11]
George Jonas Final DecreeFinalist
Edward O. Phillips Sunday's ChildFinalist
Gary Ross Always Tip the DealerFinalist
1983 W. P. Kinsella Shoeless Joe Winner [12]
Lorris Elliott Coming for to CarryFinalist [13]
Geraldine Rahmani BlueFinalist
Nessa Rapoport Preparing for SabbathFinalist
Ann Rosenberg The Bee BookFinalist
1984 Heather Robertson Willie: A RomanceWinner [8]
Robert G. Collins Tolerable Levels of ViolenceFinalist [14]
Susan Swan The Biggest Modern Woman in the WorldFinalist
George Szanto Not WorkingFinalist
Wayne Tefs Figures on a WharfFinalist
1985 Geoffrey Ursell Perdue, or How the West Was LostWinner [15]
Sharon Butala Country of the HeartFinalist [16]
Douglas Glover PreciousFinalist
John Gray DazzledFinalist
Sara Stambaugh I Hear the Reaper's SongFinalist
Armin Wiebe The Salvation of Yasch Siemens Finalist
1986 Wayne Johnston The Story of Bobby O'MalleyWinner [17]
Susan Charlotte Haley A Nest of Singing BirdsFinalist [18]
Ann Ireland A Certain Mr. TakahashiFinalist
Frank Jones Master and MaidFinalist
Robert Walshe Wales' WorkFinalist
1987 Karen Lawrence The Life of Helen AloneWinner [19]
Marc Diamond MomentumFinalist [20]
David Gilmour Back on TuesdayFinalist
Paulette Jiles The Late Great Human Road ShowFinalist
Jo Anne Williams Bennett Downfall PeopleFinalist
1988 Marion Quednau The Butterfly ChairWinner [21]
D.F. Bailey Fire EyesFinalist [22]
W.D. Barcus Squatters' IslandFinalist
Pauline Holdstock The Blackbird's SongFinalist
Seán Virgo SelakhiFinalist
1989 Rick Salutin A Man of Little FaithWinner [23]
Neil Bissoondath A Casual BrutalityFinalist [24]
Joan Clark The Victory of Geraldine GullFinalist
David Homel Electrical StormsFinalist
Janice Kulyk Keefer ConstellationsFinalist
Helen Fogwill Porter January, February, June or JulyFinalist

1990s

Amazon.ca First Novel Award winners and finalists, 1990-1999
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
1990 Sandra Birdsell The Missing ChildWinner [25]
Marilyn Bowering To All Appearances a LadyFinalist [26]
Barry Callaghan The Way the Angel Spread Her WingsFinalist
Jacqueline Dumas Madeleine and the AngelFinalist
Kristjana Gunnars The ProwlerFinalist
Kenneth Radu Distant RelationsFinalist
1991 Nino Ricci Lives of the Saints Winner [27]
Gail Bowen Deadly AppearancesFinalist [28]
Rita Donovan The Dark JewelsFinalist
Glen Huser Grace LakeFinalist
Margot Livesey HomeworkFinalist
Carsten Stroud Sniper's MoonFinalist
1992 Rohinton Mistry Such a Long Journey Winner [29]
Douglas Coupland Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture Finalist [30]
Ekbert Faas Woyzeck's HeadFinalist
Michael Kenyon KleinbergFinalist
Alberto Manguel News From a Foreign Country CameFinalist
1993 John Steffler The Afterlife of George CartwrightWinner [31]
Douglas Anthony Cooper Amnesia Finalist [32]
Carole Corbeil Voice-OverFinalist
Kenneth J. Harvey BrudFinalist
Greg Hollingshead Spin DryFinalist
1994 Deborah Joy Corey Losing EddieWinner [33]
Catherine Bush Minus TimeFinalist [34]
Don Dickinson The CrewFinalist
Douglas How Blow Up the Trumpet in the New MoonFinalist
Carol Malyon If I Knew I'd Tell YouFinalist
1995 Shyam Selvadurai Funny Boy Winner [35]
Charles Foran Kitchen MusicFinalist [36]
Diane Schoemperlen In the Language of LoveFinalist
Russell Smith How InsensitiveFinalist
Cordelia Strube Alex & ZeeFinalist
1996 Keath Fraser Popular AnatomyWinner [37]
Diana Atkinson Highways and DancehallsFinalist [38]
Wayson Choy The Jade Peony Finalist
Larissa Lai When Fox Is a ThousandFinalist
Yan Li Daughters of the Red Land Finalist
1997 Anne Michaels Fugitive Pieces Winner [39]
Gail Anderson-Dargatz The Cure for Death by Lightning Finalist [40]
Ann-Marie MacDonald Fall on Your Knees Finalist
Yann Martel SelfFinalist
Shani Mootoo Cereus Blooms at Night Finalist
1998 Margaret Gibson Opium Dreams Winner [41]
Kim Echlin Elephant WinterFinalist [42]
Allan Levine The Blood LibelFinalist
Rabindranath Maharaj Homer in FlightFinalist
Tim Wynveen Angel FallsFinalist
1999 André Alexis Childhood Winner [43]
Loranne Brown The Handless MaidenFinalist [44]
Tomson Highway Kiss of the Fur Queen Finalist
Terry Jordan Beneath That Starry PlaceFinalist
Kerri Sakamoto The Electrical FieldFinalist

2000s

Amazon.ca First Novel Award winners and finalists, 2000-2009
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2000 David Macfarlane Summer Gone Winner [45]
Alan R. Wilson Before the FloodWinner
Alistair MacLeod No Great Mischief Finalist [46]
Donna Morrissey Kit's LawFinalist
Jim Munroe Flyboy Action Figure Comes with Gasmask Finalist
Catherine Simmons-Niven A Fine DaughterFinalist
2001 Eva Stachniak Necessary LiesWinner [47]
Steven Galloway Finnie WalshFinalist [48]
Scott Gardiner The Dominion of Wyley McFaddenFinalist
Susan Juby Alice, I Think Finalist
Lydia Kwa This Place Called AbsenceFinalist
2002 Michael Redhill Martin Sloane Winner [49]
Dennis Bock The Ash Garden Finalist [49]
Michael Crummey River ThievesFinalist
Marina Endicott Open ArmsFinalist
Linda Little Strong HollowFinalist
Elizabeth Ruth Ten Good Seconds of SilenceFinalist
2003 Mary Lawson Crow Lake Winner [50]
Christy Ann Conlin HeaveFinalist [51]
Aislinn Hunter StayFinalist
Clint Hutzulak The Beautiful Dead EndFinalist
Michael V. Smith CumberlandFinalist
Marnie Woodrow Spelling MississippiFinalist
2004 Michel Basilières Black Bird Winner [52]
Clayton Bailey The Expedition Finalist [53]
John Bemrose The Island WalkersFinalist
Lisa Grekul Kalyna's SongFinalist
Edeet Ravel Ten Thousand LoversFinalist
Bettina von Kampen Blue Becomes YouFinalist
2005 Colin McAdam Some Great ThingWinner [54]
David Elias Sunday AfternoonFinalist [55]
Ibi Kaslik Skinny Finalist
Arthur Motyer What's RememberedFinalist
Catherine Safer Bishop's RoadFinalist
2006 Joseph Boyden Three Day Road Winner [56]
Howard Akler The City ManFinalist [57]
Brenda Brooks Gotta Find Me an AngelFinalist
Anne Giardini The Sad Truth About HappinessFinalist
Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer The Nettle SpinnerFinalist
B. Glen Rotchin The Rent CollectorFinalist
2007 Madeleine Thien CertaintyWinner [58]
Peter Behrens The Law of Dreams Finalist [59]
John Degen The Uninvited GuestFinalist
Annette Lapointe StolenFinalist
Heather O'Neill Lullabies for Little Criminals Finalist
Adam Lewis Schroeder Empress of AsiaFinalist
2008 Gil Adamson The OutlanderWinner [60]
David Chariandy SoucouyantFinalist [61]
Kyo Maclear The Letter OpenerFinalist
C.S. Richardson The End of the AlphabetFinalist
Brian Tucker Big White KnucklesFinalist
Andrew Wedderburn The Milk Chicken BombFinalist
2009 Joan Thomas Reading by Lightning Winner [62]
Michael Blouin Chase & HavenFinalist [63]
Claudia Dey StuntFinalist
Patrick Lane Red Dog, Red DogFinalist
Mary Swan The Boys in the TreesFinalist

2010s

Amazon.ca First Novel Award winners and finalists, 2010-2019
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2010 Jessica Grant Come, Thou TortoiseWinner [64]
Diana Fitzgerald Bryden No Place StrangeFinalist [65]
Annabel Lyon The Golden MeanFinalist
Damian Tarnopolsky Goya's DogFinalist
Dragan Todorović Diary of Interrupted DaysFinalist
Ian Weir Daniel O'ThunderFinalist
2011 Eleanor Catton The Rehearsal Winner [66]
Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall GhostedFinalist [67]
Miguel Syjuco IlustradoFinalist
Dianne Warren Cool WaterFinalist
Kathleen Winter AnnabelFinalist
2012 David Bezmozgis The Free WorldWinner [68]
Fraser Nixon The Man Who KilledFinalist [69]
Sina Queyras Autobiography of ChildhoodFinalist
Olive Senior Dancing LessonsFinalist
Alexi Zentner TouchFinalist
2013 Anakana Schofield MalarkyWinner [70]
Marjorie Celona Y Finalist [71]
Scott Fotheringham The Rest Is SilenceFinalist
Pasha Malla People ParkFinalist
Kim Thúy Ru Finalist
2014 Wayne Grady Emancipation DayWinner [72]
Kenneth Bonert The Lion SeekerFinalist [73]
Krista Bridge The Eliot GirlsFinalist
Susan Downe Juanita Wildrose: My True LifeFinalist
D. W. Wilson BallisticsFinalist
2015 Alix Hawley All True Not a Lie in ItWinner [74]
Emma Hooper Etta and Otto and Russell and JamesFinalist [75]
Sean Michaels Us Conductors Finalist
Guillaume Morissette New Tab Finalist
Chelsea Rooney PedalFinalist
2016 Mona Awad 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat GirlWinner [76]
Karim Alrawi Book of SandsFinalist [77]
Aaron Cully Drake Do You Think This Is Strange?Finalist
W. Mark Giles SeepFinalist
Judith McCormack BackspringFinalist
Elizabeth Philips The Afterlife of BirdsFinalist
2017 Katherena Vermette The BreakWinner [78]
Catherine Cooper White ElephantFinalist [79]
Kaie Kellough AccordéonFinalist
Rebecca Rosenblum So Much LoveFinalist
Yasuko Thanh Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow MountainsFinalist
2018 Michael Kaan The Water BeetlesWinner [80]
Sharon Bala The Boat PeopleFinalist [81]
David Demchuk The Bone MotherFinalist
Omar El Akkad American War Finalist
Rachel Manley The Black PeacockFinalist
Alison Watt Dazzle PatternsFinalist
2019 Casey Plett Little Fish Winner [82]
Liz Harmer The AmateursFinalist [83]
Tyler Hellard Searching for Terry PunchoutFinalist
Tanya Tagaq Split Tooth Finalist
Joshua Whitehead Jonny AppleseedFinalist
Ian Williams Reproduction Finalist

2020s

Amazon.ca First Novel Award winners and finalists, 2020–present
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2020 Stéphane Larue The DishwasherWinner [84]
Nancy Jo Cullen The Western Alienation Merit BadgeFinalist [84]
James Gregor Going Dutch
Victoria Hetherington Mooncalves
Nazanine Hozar Aria
Andrew David MacDonald When We Were Vikings
2021 Michelle Good Five Little Indians Winner [85]
Sheung-King You Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked.Finalist [86]
Francesca Ekwuyasi Butter Honey Pig Bread
Marlowe Granados Happy Hour
Jael Richardson Gutter Child
John Elizabeth Stintzi Vanishing Monuments
2022 Pik-Shuen Fung Ghost ForestWinner [87]
Emily Austin Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be DeadFinalist [88]
Lisa Bird-Wilson Probably Ruby
Brian Thomas Isaac All the Quiet Places
Conor Kerr Avenue of Champions
Aimee Wall We, Jane
2023 Jasmine Sealy The Island of ForgettingWinner [89]
Billy-Ray Belcourt A Minor ChorusFinalist [90]
André Forget In the City of Pigs
Jessica Johns Bad Cree
William Ping Hollow Bamboo
Kai Thomas In the Upper Country
2024 Jordan Abel Empty SpacesFinalist [91]
Caroline Dawson As the Andes Disappeared
Alicia Elliott And Then She Fell
Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall Tauhou
Janika Oza A History of Burning
Amanda Peters The Berry Pickers

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