Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize

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The Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, established in 1985 as one of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, is awarded annually to the best work of fiction by a resident of British Columbia, Canada.

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The award is named after novelist and short story writer Ethel Wilson, author of Swamp Angel (1954) and The Innocent Traveller (1949).

Winners and finalists

Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize winners and finalists
YearAuthorTitlesResultRef.
1985 Audrey Thomas Intertidal LifeWinner [1]
Mary Ellen Collura WinnersShortlist
Charles Lillard A Coastal RangeShortlist
1986 Keath Fraser Foreign AffairsWinner
Brian Fawcett The Secret Journal of Alexander MackenzieShortlist
George Ryga In the Shadow of the VultureShortlist
L. R. Wright The SuspectShortlist
1987 Leona Gom HousebrokenWinner
Paulette Jiles Sitting in the Club Car Drinking Rum and Karma KolaShortlist
Rona Murray The Indigo Dress and Other StoriesShortlist
1988 George McWhirter CageWinner
Jane Rule Memory BoardShortlist
Robin Skelton The Parrot Who CouldShortlist
1989 Bill Schermbrucker MimosaWinner
William Goede Love In BeijingShortlist
Robert Harlow Saxophone WinterShortlist
1990 Keith Maillard MotetWinner
Jane Rule After the FireShortlist
1991 Audrey Thomas Wild Blue YonderWinner
Sky Lee Disappearing Moon CafeShortlist
Caroline Woodward Disturbing the PeaceShortlist
1992 Don Dickinson Blue HusbandsWinner
M.A.C. Farrant Sick PigeonShortlist
Maureen Moore The Illuminations of Alice MalloryShortlist
1993 W.D. Valgardson The Girl with the Botticelli FaceWinner
Jane Eaton Hamilton July Nights and Other StoriesShortlist
Linda Svendsen Marine LifeShortlist
1994 Caroline Adderson Bad ImaginingsWinner
Keith Maillard Light in the Company of WomenShortlist
Carol Windley Visible LightShortlist
1995 Gayla Reid To Be There With YouWinner
Grant Buday Under GlassShortlist
Patricia RobertsonCity of OrphansShortlist
1996 Audrey Thomas Coming Down From WaWinner
Joy Kogawa Rain AscendsShortlist
Lorraine Vernon Through the CanyonShortlist
1997 Gail Anderson-Dargatz The Cure for Death by Lightning Winner
Nick Bantock The Venetian's WifeShortlist
Shani Mootoo Cereus Blooms at Night Shortlist
1998 Marilyn Bowering Visible WorldsWinner
Sally Ireland Fox's NoseShortlist
Holley Rubinsky At First I Hope for RescueShortlist
1999 Jack Hodgins Broken GroundWinner
Loranne Brown The Handless MaidenShortlist
Anne Fleming Pool-Hopping and Other StoriesShortlist
2000 Michael Turner The Pornographer's PoemWinner
Caroline Adderson A History of ForgettingShortlist
Zsuzsi Gartner All the Anxious Girls on EarthShortlist
Keith Harrison Furry CreekShortlist
Alan R. Wilson Before the FloodShortlist
2001 Eden Robinson Monkey BeachWinner
Anita Rau Badami The Hero's Walk Shortlist
Barbara LambertA Message for Mr. LazarusShortlist
Peter Trower The Judas HillsShortlist
Jack Whyte UtherShortlist
2002 Madeleine Thien Simple RecipesWinner
Rebecca Godfrey The Torn SkirtShortlist
Andrew Gray Small AccidentsShortlist
Gayla Reid All the Seas of the WorldShortlist
Timothy Taylor Stanley ParkShortlist
2003 Carol Shields Unless Winner
Kevin ArmstrongNightwatchShortlist
Bill Gaston Mount AppetiteShortlist
Nancy Lee Dead Girls Shortlist
Gayla Reid Closer ApartShortlist
2004 Caroline Adderson Sitting PracticeWinner
Claudia Casper The Continuation of Love by Other MeansShortlist
Steven Galloway AscensionShortlist
Kevin Patterson Country of ColdShortlist
Janet Warner Other Sorrows, Other JoysShortlist
2005 Pauline Holdstock Beyond MeasureWinner
Bill Gaston SointulaShortlist
Theresa Kishkan A Man in a Distant FieldShortlist
Annabel Lyon The Best Thing for YouShortlist
Patrick Taylor The Apprenticeship of Dr. LavertyShortlist
2006 Charlotte Gill LadykillerWinner
Clint Burnham Smoke ShowShortlist
Lydia Kwa The Walking BoyShortlist
John Lent So It Won't Go AwayShortlist
Audrey Thomas TattycoramShortlist
2007 Carol Windley Home SchoolingWinner
Marilyn Bowering What It Takes to Be HumanShortlist
Bill Gaston GargoylesShortlist
Anosh Irani The Song of Kahunsha Shortlist
Adam Lewis Schroeder Empress of AsiaShortlist
2008 Mary Novik Conceit Winner
Heather Burt Adam's PeakShortlist
David Chariandy SoucouyantShortlist
Shaena Lambert RadianceShortlist
Claire Mulligan The Reckoning of Boston JimShortlist
2009 Lee Henderson The Man GameWinner
Steven Galloway The Cellist of Sarajevo Shortlist
Paul Headrick That Tune Clutches My HeartShortlist
Patrick Lane Red Dog, Red DogShortlist
Andreas Schroeder Renovating HeavenShortlist
2010 Cathleen With Having Faith in the Polar Girls' PrisonWinner [2]
Annabel Lyon The Golden MeanShortlist
Michael Turner 8 x 10Shortlist
Ian Weir Daniel O'ThunderShortlist
Deborah Willis Vanishing and Other StoriesShortlist
2011 Gurjinder Basran Everything Was Good-ByeWinner [3] [4]
Rifet Bahtijaragic Chernovs’ Toil and PeaceShortlist
Jack Hodgins The Master of Happy EndingsShortlist
Meredith Quartermain Recipes from the Red PlanetShortlist
Jack Whyte The Forest Laird: A Tale of William WallaceShortlist
2012 Esi Edugyan Half-Blood Blues Winner [5] [6]
Michael Christie The Beggar's GardenShortlist [7]
Frances Greenslade ShelterShortlist [7]
Steven Price Into the DarknessShortlist [7]
D. W. Wilson Once You Break a KnuckleShortlist [7]
2013 Bill Gaston The WorldWinner [8]
C. P. Boyko Psychology and Other StoriesShortlist
Anne Fleming Gay Dwarves of AmericaShortlist
Anakana Schofield MalarkyShortlist
Yasuko Thanh Floating Like the DeadShortlist
2014 Ashley Little Anatomy of a Girl GangWinner [9] [10]
Théodora Armstrong Clear Skies, No Wind, 100% VisibilityShortlist
Janie Chang Three SoulsShortlist
Cynthia Flood Red Girl Rat BoyShortlist
Kathryn Para LuckyShortlist
2015 Aislinn Hunter The World Before UsWinner [11]
Caroline Adderson Ellen in PiecesShortlist
Kathy Page Paradise & ElsewhereShortlist
Brian Payton The Wind is Not a RiverShortlist
Michael Springate The Beautiful West & the Beloved of GodShortlist
2016 Alix Hawley All True Not a Lie in ItWinner [12]
Pauline Holdstock The Hunter and the Wild GirlShortlist
Irina Kovalyova SpecimenShortlist
Nasreen Pejvack AmityShortlist
Anakana Schofield Martin JohnShortlist
2017 Jennifer Manuel The Heaviness of Things That FloatWinner [13] [14]
Joan Haggerty The Dancehall YearsShortlist
Anosh Irani The ParcelShortlist
Jen Sookfong Lee The ConjoinedShortlist
Ashley Little Niagara MotelShortlist [15]
2018 David Chariandy BrotherWinner [16] [17]
Andrea MacPherson What We Once BelievedShortlist [18]
Zoey Leigh Peterson Next Year, For SureShortlist [18]
Eden Robinson Son of a Trickster Shortlist [18]
Daniel Zomparelli Everything Is Awful and You’re a Terrible PersonShortlist [18]
2019 Eden Robinson Trickster DriftWinner
Amber Dawn Sodom Road ExitShortlist
Erin Frances Fisher That Tiny LifeShortlist
Alex Leslie We All Need to EatShortlist
Kathy Page Dear EvelynShortlist
2020 Stephen Price LampedusaWinner
Michael Christie GreenwoodShortlist [19]
Nazanine Hozar AriaShortlist [19] [20]
Alix Ohlin Dual CitizensShortlist [19]
Rhea Tregebov Rue des RosiersShortlist [19]
2021 Shaena Lambert PetraWinner [21]
Susan Sanford Blades Fake It So RealShortlist [22] [23]
Michelle Good Five Little IndiansShortlist [22] [23]
Aislinn Hunter The Certainties Shortlist [22] [23]
Annabel Lyon ConsentShortlist [22] [23]
2022 Ruth Ozeki The Book of Form and Emptiness Winner [24]
Cedar Bowers AstraShortlist [25] [26]
Carrie Jenkins Victoria Sees ItShortlist [25] [26]
Rahela Nayebzadah Monster ChildShortlist [25] [26]
Alix Ohlin We Want What We WantShortlist [25] [26]
2023 Marion Ehrenberg The Language of DreamsShortlist [27]
Billy-Ray Belcourt A Minor ChorusShortlist [27]
Tsering Yangzom Lama We Measure the Earth with Our BodiesShortlist [27]
Janice Lynn Mather Uncertain KinShortlist [27]
Danny Ramadan The Foghorn EchoesShortlist [27]

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