Quebec Writers' Federation Awards

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The Quebec Writers' Federation Awards are a series of Canadian literary awards, presented annually by the Quebec Writers' Federation to the best works of literature in English by writers from Quebec. They were known from 1988 to 1998 as the QSPELL Awards.

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Categories

They are currently presented in seven literary categories:

A Community Award is also frequently presented to a person who has played a significant role in building and supporting Quebec's anglophone writing community.

The awards have been presented annually since 1988.

Winners

Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature

The Janet Savage Blachford Prize, established in 2008, is presented annually for children's and young adult books. Picture books with text and books intended for beginner readers are eligible in even-numbered years, whereas books intended for middle grade or young adult readers are eligible in odd-numbered years. [1] The award was established in 2008, was sponsored by sponsored by Janet and John Blachford beginning in 2014, and has been sponsored in the memory of Janet Savage Blachford since 2018. [1]

Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature winners [1]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2008 Raquel Rivera Orphan AhwakWinner
2009 Monique Polak What World is LeftWinner
Jane Barclay Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a LionShortlist
Marie-Louise Gay When Stella Was Very, Very SmallShortlist
2010 Caryl Cude Mullin Rough MagicWinner [2]
Catherine Austen Walking BackwardShortlist
Monique Polak The Middle of EverywhereShortlist
2011 Alan Silberberg Milo Winner
Geneviève Coté Without YouShortlist
Alex Epstein The Circle Cast: The Lost Years of Morgan LeFayShortlist
2012 Catherine Austen 26 Tips for Surviving Grade 6Winner [3]
Monique Polak PyroShortlist
Lori Weber Yellow MiniShortlist
2013 Paul BlackwellUndercurrentWinner
Melinda Cochrane Desperate FreedomShortlist
Anne Renaud The Extraordinary Life of Anna SwanShortlist
2014 Monique Polak Hate MailWinner [4]
Marie-Louise Gay Any Questions?Shortlist
Monique Polak Straight PunchShortlist
2015 No award was presented in 2015
2016 Bonnie Farmer , illus. by Marie Lafrance Oscar Lives Next DoorWinner
Sara O'Leary , illus. by Julie Morstad This is SadieShortlist
Mélanie Watt Bug in a VacuumShortlist
2017 Karen Nesbitt Subject to ChangeWinner
Kate Lavut ChicoShortlist [5]
Lori Weber Lightning LouShortlist [5]
2018 Anne Renaud Mr. Crum's Potato Predicament Winner [6]
Bunmi Laditan , illus. by Tom KnightThe Big BedShortlist [7]
Andrée Poulin , illus. by Félix Girard That`s Not HockeyShortlist [7]
2019 Raquel Rivera Yipee's Gold MountainWinner [8]
Louise Carson In WhichShortlist
Monique Polak I Am a Feminist: Claiming the F-Word in Turbulent TimesShortlist
2020 Marie-Louise Gay The Three BrothersWinner [9] [10]
Matthew Forsythe Pokko and the DrumShortlist [11]
Marie-Louise Gay Fern and HornShortlist [11]
2021 Monique Polak Room for One MoreWinner [12] [13]
Dani Jansen The Year Shakespeare Ruined My LifeShortlist
Nadine Neema Journal of a Travelling GirlShortlist
 Su J. Sokol ZeeShortlist
2022 Matthew Forsythe MinaWinner
Marie-Louise Gay I’m Not SydneyShortlist [14] [15] [16]
Elise Gravel Pink, Blue, and YouShortlist [15] [16]
Gillian Sze You Are My Favorite ColorShortlist [14] [15] [16]
2023 Edeet Ravel A Boy Is Not a GhostWinner [17]
Sophie Escabasse Witches of Brooklyn: S’More MagicShortlist
Jennifer A. Irwin Captain Skidmark Dances with Destiny
2024 Marie-Louise Gay HopscotchWinner [18]
Marie-Louise Gay Walking TreesShortlist
Etua Snowball and Emma Crossland The Wolf Pup
Yayo SOS Water

carte blanche Prize

The carte blanche Prize, established in 2008, is awarded annual "in recognition of an outstanding submission to QWF’s online literary journal, carte blanche, by a Quebec writer, artist, or translator. Winners receive a cash prize and a unique trophy—'The Lori'—created by Montreal artist Glen LeMesurier." [19]

Carte Blanche Prize winners [19]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2008 J.R. Carpenter "Wyoming is Haunted"Winner
2009 Julie Mahfood "Changing Winter Tires"Winner
2010 Mark Paterson"Something Important and Delicate"Winner [2]
Sarah Gilbert"Picnic"Second
Finn Clarke "Letters Out"Third
2011 Gillian Sze "Like This Together"Winner
Daniel Ha"A Sunset"Second
Rodica Draghincescu , trans. by Howard Scott "EX(o)ilium"Third
2012 Heather Davis"Aria"Winner [3]
Chris Chew"The Warmth of Steel and Snow"Second
Ian McGillis "William and Robbie"Third
2013 Juliet Waters "Bluefooted"Winner [20]
Lindsay Foran "Finding Snow in Wyoming"Second
Caitlin Stall Paquet "Death in the Midden"Third
2014 Elaine Kennedy and Sheryl Curtis (trans.)"It’s Late, Doctor Schweitzer" by Didier Leclair Winner [21] [4]
Larissa Andrusyshyn "Dung Beetle"Second
Mark Paterson"The Dad Was Drinking"Third
2015 Deborah Van Slet "Self-Serve"Winner
Cathon "Old Shit I Still Feel Guilty About"Second
Deborah Ostrovsky "Holy Treasures"Third
2016 Lesley Trites "Rabbits with Red Eyes"Winner
Larissa Andrusyshyn "The Radium Girls"Second
André Simoneau "Bridges We Build"Third
2017 Domenico Martinello "Ferrante in the Cellar: A Vulgar Appreciation"Winner
Kasia Juno "The House On Carbonate"Second [5]
Lauren Turner"Self-Trolling"Third [5]
2018 Alisha Dukelow "loss of (her)self"Winner
Oana Avasilichioaei "Tracking Animal"Second [7]
Kaie Kellough "Bow"Third [7]
2019 Eliza Robertson "Aquanauts"Winner [8]
 Maria Camila Arias "On killing a spider"Second
 Alexei Perry Cox "My (Your) Home Movie"Third
2020 Alexei Perry Cox "It's a Slow Ride"Winner [9] [10]
Kelly Norah Drukker "Thin"Second
Wang Tong"Emote: A Time Capsule"Third
2021 Noa Padawer-Blatt "Tricks"Winner [12]
M-X Marin "Sickness in Limbo"Second
Helen Chau Bradley "The Queue"Third
2022 Meryem Yildiz "Some Kind of Light"Winner
Neil Smith "The Salad Spinner"Second [14] [15] [16]
Simon Brown"Gardens of Dirty Laundry"Third [15] [16]
2023 H. Felix Chau Bradley "Disorientations"Winner [17]
Katia Grubisic "Relieved"Shortlist
Laura Mota-Juang "The Cows Are Benevolent and Full of Flies"
2024 Lena Palacios "Playtime in Carmella's Room"Winner [18]
Deborah Ostrovsky "Zoologies"Shortlist
Erin Robinsong "Bone-Eating Snot Flower"

The Cole Foundation Prize for Translation

The Cole Foundation Prize for Translation, also known as Le Prix de traduction de la Fondation Cole and established in 1998, is awarded annually to books written by an English-language Quebec writer or an English-language Quebec translator of a book by a French author. [22] English-language Quebec writers are eligible in even-numbered years, whereas English-language Quebec translators are eligible in odd-numbered years. [22]

The Cole Foundation Prize for Translation winners [22]
YearTranslatorAuthorTitleRef.
1998 Hélène Rioux Yann Martel SelfWinner [23]
1999 Sheila Fischman Marie-Claire Blais These Festive NightsWinner [24]
Patricia Claxton François Girard Gabrielle Roy: A Life / Gabrielle Roy: Une VieShortlist
Donald Winkler Pierre Nepveu Romans-fleuvesShortlist
2000 Claire Dé Robert Majzels Montréal barbare / City of ForgettingWinner [25]
Marie Évangeline Arsenault Carolyn Marie Souaid Fille au bord de l’eau / Swimming Into the LightShortlist
Ivan Steenhout Trevor Ferguson Le Kinkajou /The KinkajouShortlist
2001 Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott Gilles Havard The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701: French-Native Diplomacy in the Seventeenth Century / La Grand Paix de Montréal de 1701: les voies de la diplomatie franco-amérindienneWinner
Linda Leith Louis Gauthier Travels with an Umbrella: An Irish Journey / Voyage en Irelande avec un parapluieShortlist
Fred A. Reed  Aki Shimazaki TsubakiShortlist
2002 Pan Bouyoucas Sheila Arnopoulos Dans l'ombre de Maggie / Jackrabbit MoonWinner
Michel Saint-Germain Mary Soderstrom L’autre ennemi / Finding the EnemyShortlist
Ivan Steenhout Elyse Gasco Bye-Bye, bébé / Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby?Shortlist
2003 Fred A. Reed and David Homel Monique Proulx The Heart is an Involuntary Muscle / Le Coeur est un muscle involuntaireWinner [26] [27]
Robert Majzels France Daigle A Fine Passage / Un fin passageShortlist
Gail Scott Michael Delisle Helen with a Secret / Helen avec un secretShortlist
2004 Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné Neil Bissoondath Un baume pour le cœur / Doing the Heart GoodWinner
Nicole and Émile Martel Yann Martel L’histoire de Pi Life of Pi Shortlist
Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné David Homel L’analyste / The Speaking CureShortlist
2005 Fred A. Reed Thierry Hentsch Truth or Death: The Quest for Immortality in the Western Narrative Tradition / Raconter et mourirWinner [28]
Fred A. Reed and David Homel Martine Desjardins ll That Glitters / L'élu du hazardShortlist
Daniel Sloate Hélène Dorion No End to the World / Sans bord, sans bout du mondeShortlist
2006 Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné Neil Bissoondath La Clameur des ténèbres / The Unyielding Clamour of the NightWinner
Paule Champoux Louisa Blair Les Anglos: La face cachée de Québec, Tome 1, 1608-1850 / The Anglos: The Hidden Face of Quebec City (Volume 1)Shortlist
Dominique Fortier Mark Abley Parlez-vous Boro? /Spoken HereShortlist
2007 Lazer Lederhendler Gaétan Soucy The Immaculate Conception / L'immaculée conceptionWinner
Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott Madeleine Gagnon My Name is Bosnia / Je m'appelle BosniaShortlist
Robert Majzels and Erín Moure Nicole Brossard Notebook of Roses and Civilization / Cahier de roses & de civilisationShortlist
2008 Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné Neil Smith Big Bang / Bang CrunchWinner
Hélène Rioux Jeffrey Moore Les artistes de la mémoire / The Memory ArtistsShortlist
Sophie Voillot Rawi Hage Parfum de poussière / De Niro’s GameShortlist
2009 Lazer Lederhendler Nicolas Dickner NikolskiWinner
Susanne de Lotbinière-Harwood Nicole Brossard Fences in Breathing / La Capture du sombreShortlist
David Homel and Fred A. Reed Monique Proulx Wildlives / ChampagneShortlist
2010 Paule Champoux David MendelQuébec, ville du patrimoine mondial / Quebec, World Heritage CityWinner [2]
Hélène Rioux Taras Grescoe Notre Mer Nourricière / BottomfeederShortlist
Michelle Tisseyre Byron Rempel Sans limites: la vie exceptionelle des jumelles Rhona et Rhoda Wurtele, olympiennes et pionnières du ski au Canada / No Limits: The Amazing Life Story of Rhona and Rhoda Wurtele – Canada’s Olympian Skiing PioneersShortlist
2011 Lazer Lederhendler Nicolas Dickner Apocalypse for Beginners / TarmacWinner
Judith Cowan Paul Bélanger Meridian Line / Origine des méridiensShortlist
Donald Winkler Georges LerouxPartita for Glenn Gould / Partita pour Glenn GouldShortlist
2012 Éric Fontaine Doug HarrisT'es con, point /YOU Comma IdiotWinner [3]
Marie Frankland David Solway Passage de Franklin / Franklin’s PassageShortlist
Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné Colin McAdam FallShortlist
2013 Donald Winkler Pierre Nepveu The Major Verbs / Les Verbes majeursWinner
Linda Gaboriau Lise Tremblay Judith’s Sister / La Soeur de JudithShortlist
Nigel Spencer Marie-Claire Blais Mai at the Predators’ Ball / Mai au bal des prédateursShortlist
2014 No award was presented in 2014
2015 Debbie Blythe Laure Marchand and Guillaume Perrier Turkey and the Armenian Ghost: On the Trail of the Genocide / La Turquie et le fantôme arménien: sur les traces du genocideWinner [21]
Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott Madeleine Gagnon As Always / Depuis ToujoursShortlist [29] [30] [31]
Sheila Fischman Kim Thúy MãnShortlist [30]
2016 Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné Mordecai Richler Solomon Gursky / Solomon Gursky Was Here Winner
Daniel Canty Erín Moure Petits Théâtres / Little TheatresShortlist
Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné Mordecai Richler Joshua / Joshua Then and NowShortlist
2017 Peter Feldstein Jean-Marie Fecteau The Pauper's Freedom: Crime and Poverty in Nineteenth-Century Quebec / La liberté pauvreWinner
Karen Ocana Louise Dupre Rooms / ChambresShortlist [5]
 Claire Holden Rothman David Bouchet Sun of a Distant Land / SoleilShortlist [5]
Donald Winkler Josephine Bacon A Tea in the Tundra: Nipishapui Nete Mushuat/ Un the dans la toundra: Nipishapui Nete MushuatShortlist [5]
2018 Dominique Fortier Heather O'Neill Hôtel Lonely Hearts / The Hotel Lonely HeartsWinner
Rachel Martinez Peter KirbyVague d’effroi / The Dead of WinterShortlist [7]
Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné Kelly Norah Drukker Petits feux / Small FiresShortlist [7]
Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné Louise Penny Un Outrage Mortel / A Great ReckoningShortlist [7]
2019 Oana Avasilichioaei Catherine Lalonde The Faerie Devouring / La dévoration des féesWinner [8]
Helge Dascher and Aleshia Jensen Julie Delporte This Woman’s Work / Moi aussi je voulais l'emporterShortlist
Aleshia Jensen Mathieu Poulin Explosions / Des explosionsShortlist
2020 Benoît Laflamme Melissa Bull Éclipse électrique / The Knockoff EclipseWinner [9] [10]
Catherine Ego Robyn Maynard NoirEs sous surveillance. Esclavage, répression et violence d’État au Canada / Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the PresentShortlist [11]
Catherine Ego Paige Cooper ZolitudeShortlist [11]
2021 Sarah Henzi An Antane-Kapesh I Am a Damn Savage; What Have You Done to My Country? / Je suis une maudite sauvagesse/Eukuan nin matshimanitu innu-iskueu and Tante nana etutamin mitassi? / Qu'as-tu fait de mon pays?)Winner [12] [13]
Sheila Fischman Kim Thúy EmShortlist
Donald Winkler Frédérick Lavoie Orwell in Cuba: How 1984 Came to Be Published in Castro’s Twilight / Avant l’AprèsShortlist
2022 Nicolas Calvé Samir Shaheen-Hussain Plus aucun enfant autochtone arraché / Fighting for a Hand to Hold: Confronting medical Colonialism Against Indigenous Children in CanadaWinner [32]
Jonathan Lamy Rachel McCrum Le premier coup de clairon pour réveiller les femmes immorales / The First Blast to Awaken Women Degenerate  Shortlist [15] [16]
Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné Mordecai Richler Fils d’un tout petit héros / Son of a Smaller HeroShortlist [15] [16]
2023 Katia Grubisic David Clerson To See Out the Night (Dormir sans tête)Winner [17]
Aleshia Jensen , Bronwyn Haslam Mirion Malle This Is How I Disappear (C’est comme ça que je disparais)Shortlist
Alex Manley Daphné B. Made-Up: A True Story of Beauty Culture under Late Capitalism (Maquillée)
Peter McCambridge Éric Dupont Rosa's Very Own Personal Revolution (La Logueuse)
2024 Stéphane Martelly Kaie Kellough Équateur magnétique (Magnetic Equator)Winner [18]
Paul Gagné Ann-Marie MacDonald Fayne: L’histoire fantastique de C. Bell (Fayne)Shortlist
Émilie Laramée Su J. Sokol Les lignes invisibles (Cycling to Asylum)
Luba Markovskaia Gillian Sze Peler les ramboutans (Peeling Rambutan)
Sophie Voillot Sean Michaels Te souviens-tu de ta naissance? (Do You Remember Being Born?)

Concordia University First Book Prize

The Concordia University First Book Prize, established in 1996 and sponsored by Concordia University, is awarded annually to the first book of an English-language Quebec writer. [33] The award has been known as the First Book Award (1996 – 1998), McAuslan First Book Prize (1999 – 2009), the QWF First Book Prize (2010), and the Concordia University First Book Prize (2011 – present). [33]

Concordia University First Book Prize winners [33]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
1996 Blema Steinberg Shame and Humiliation: Presidential Decision Making on VietnamWinner
1997 Irene Burstyn Picking Up PearlsWinner [34]
Ashok Chandwani Buntys and Pinkies: Chronicles of a New CanadianShortlist
Maurice Podbrey and R. Bruce Henry Half Man, Half Beast: Making a Life in Canadian TheatreShortlist
1998 Matthew FriedmanFuzzy Logic: Dispatches from the Information RevolutionWinner [23]
Judith Cowan More Than Life ItselfShortlist
Tess Fragoulis Stories to Hide From Your MotherShortlist
1999 Elyse Gasco Can You Wave Bye-Bye, Baby?Winner [24]
Jeffrey Moore Prisoner In a Red-Rose Chain Shortlist
Jori Smith Charlevoix County, 1930Shortlist
2000 Taras Grescoe Sacré Blues: An Unsentimental Journey Through QuebecWinner [25]
Andrew Steinmetz Wardlife, The Apprenticeship Of a Young Writer as a Hospital ClerkShortlist
Janine Stingel Social Discredit, Anti-Semitism, Social Credit and the Jewish ResponseShortlist
2001 Jack Todd A Taste of Metal: A Deserter's StoryWinner
Michael BlairIf Looks Could KillShortlist
Monika Kin Gagnon Other Conundrums: Race, Culture and Canadian ArtShortlist
2002 Nalini Warriar Blues from the Malabar CoastWinner
Derek Grout Empress of Ireland: The Story of an Edwardian LinerShortlist
Morton Weinfeld Like Everyone Else…But Different: The Paradoxical Success of Canadian JewsShortlist
2003 Neale McDevitt One Day Even Trevi Will CrumbleWinner [26] [27]
Ian McGillis A Tourist’s Guide to GlengarryShortlist
Corey Frost My Own DevicesShortlist
2004 Jaspreet Singh Seventeen Tomatoes: Tales from KashmirWinner
Clayton Bailey The ExpeditionShortlist
Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda Shortlist
2005 Marci Denesiuk The Far Away HomeWinner [28]
Dimitri Nasrallah BlackbodyingWinner [28]
Matthew Fox Cities of WeatherShortlist
2006 Rawi Hage De Niro's Game Winner
Susan Elmslie I, Nadja, and Other PoemsShortlist
Melissa A. Thompson Dreadful ParisShortlist
2007 Neil Smith Bang CrunchWinner
Angela Carr RopewalkShortlist
Nairne Holtz The Skin BeneathShortlist
2008 Adam Leith Gollner The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and ObsessionWinner
Liane Keightley Seven Openings of the HeadShortlist
Saleema Nawaz Mother SuperiorShortlist
2009 Eric Siblin The Cello SuitesWinner
Gillian Sze Fish BonesShortlist
Alice Zorn Ruins and RelicsShortlist
2010 Sean MillsThe Empire Within: Postcolonial Thought and Political Activism in Sixties MontrealWinner [2] [35]
Larissa Andrusyshyn MammothShortlist
Doug HarrisYOU Comma IdiotShortlist
2011 Ann Scowcroft The Truth of HousesWinner
Gabe Foreman A Complete Encyclopedia of Different Types of PeopleShortlist
Ed Macdonald Spat the DummyShortlist
2012 Alice Petersen All The Voices CryWinner [3]
Tom Abray PollenShortlist
Michael Lithgow Waking in the Tree HouseShortlist
2013 Andrew Szymanski The Barista and IWinner [20]
Connie Guzzo-McParland The Girls of Piazza d’AmoreShortlist
Shelagh Plunkett The Water Here is Never BlueShortlist
2014 Anna Leventhal Sweet AfflictionWinner [4]
 Sean Michaels Us Conductors Shortlist
Caroline Vu Palawan StoryShortlist
2015 Anita Anand Swing in the House and Other StoriesWinner [21]
Mike Steeves Giving UpShortlist [29] [30] [31]
Joel WapnickThe View North from Liberal CemeteryShortlist [30]
2016 Kelly Norah Drukker Small FiresWinner [36]
Sylvain Neuvel Sleeping GiantsShortlist
Chelsea Vowel Indigenous WritesShortlist
2017 Jocelyn Parr Uncertain Weights and MeasuresWinner
Ariela Freedman Arabic for BeginnersShortlist [5]
 J. Jacob Potashnik The Golem of Hampstead and Other StoriesShortlist [5]
2018 Paige Cooper ZolitudeWinner
Robyn Maynard Policing Black Lives: State Violence In Canada from Slavery to the PresentShortlist [7]
John Emil Vincent Excitement TaxShortlist [7]
2019 Lindsay Nixon nîtisânakWinner [8]
Ann Lambert The Birds That StayShortlist
Rita Pomade Seeker: A Sea OdysseyShortlist
Ken Victor We Were Like Everyone ElseShortlist
2020 Madelaine Caritas Longman The Danger ModelWinner [9] [10]
Kama La Mackerel ZOM-FAMShortlist [11]
Yusuf Saadi PluviophileShortlist [11]
2021 Samir Shaheen-Hussain Fighting for a Hand to HoldWinner [12] [13] [37]
Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch Knot BodyShortlist
Balfour M. Mount Ten Thousand Crossroads: The Path As I Remember ItShortlist
Aimee Wall We, JaneShortlist
2022 Trynne Delaney the half-drownedWinner
Baharan Baniahmadi ProphetessShortlist [15] [16]
David Bradford Dream of No One But MyselfShortlist [15] [16]
Kasia Van Schaik We Have Never Lived On EarthShortlist [15] [16]
2023 Andrew Stobo Sniderman , Douglas Sanderson Valley of the BirdtailWinner [17]
Sheima Benembarek Halal Sex: The Intimate Lives of Muslim Women in North AmericaShortlist
Tanya Standish McIntyre The House You Were Born In
Michelle Syba End Times
2024 Sabrina Reeves Little CrossesWinner [18]
Marjorie Silverman (Un)spokenShortlist
Sivan Slapak Here Is Still Here

Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction

The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction, established in 1988, is awarded annually to an English-language non-fiction book written by a Quebec author. The award was original named the Non-fiction Prize, though it changed in 1999.

Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction winners [38]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
1988 Witold Rybczynski Home: A Short History of an Idea Winner [39]
1989 Witold Rybczynski The Most Beautiful House in the World Winner [40]
Louise Abbott The Coast Way: A Portrait of the English on the Lower North Shore of the St. LawrenceShortlist
Dominique Clift The Secret Kingdom: Interpretations of the Canadian CharacterShortlist
1990 David Solway Education Lost: Reflections on Contemporary Pedogogical PracticeWinner [41]
Marc Raboy Missed Opportunities: The Story of Canada’s Broadcasting PolicyShortlist
Charles Taylor Sources of the Self: The Making of Modern IdentityShortlist
1991 Donald MacKayFlight from FamineWinner [42]
Reid Scowen A Different Vision: The English in Quebec in the 90sShortlist
Margaret Westley Remembrance of Grandeur: The Anglo-Protestant Elite of MontrealShortlist
1992 Mary Meigs In the Company of StrangersWinner [43]
Charles Foran Sketches in WinterShortlist
Charles Taylor The Malaise of ModernityShortlist
1993 Zhimei Zhang Foxspirit: A Woman in Mao's ChinaWinner [44]
John Laffey Civilization and its DiscontentedShortlist
Ruth Wisse If I Am Not For Myself: The Liberal Betrayal of the Jews Shortlist
1994 Laura S. Groening E.K. Brown: A Study in ConflictWinner
Ghitta Caiserman-Roth and Rhoda CohenInsights, Discoveries, SurprisesShortlist
Laura Smith Groening E. K. Brown: A Study in ConflictShortlist
1995 Charles Foran The Last House of Ulster: A Family in BelfastWinner [45]
Sharon Batt Patient No More: The Politics of Breast CancerShortlist
Michael Malus Before the End of the Day: Stories from a Doctor’s JournalShortlist
1996 T. F. Rigelhof A Blue Boy in a Black Dress: A MemoirWinner
Ann Charney Defiance in Their EyesShortlist
André Picard The Gift of DeathShortlist
1997 William Weintraub City Unique: Montreal Days and Nights in the 40s and 50sWinner [34]
Joe Fiorito Tango On the MainShortlist
 Elaine Kalman Naves Journey to VajaShortlist
1998 David Manicom Progeny of Ghosts: Travels in Russia and the Old EmpireWinner [23]
Alan Hustak Saint Patrick’s of Montreal: The Biography of a BasilicaShortlist
 W. Gillies Ross This Distant and Unsurveyed CountryShortlist
1999 Elaine Kalman Naves Putting Down RootsWinner [24]
Robert HillVoice of the Vanishing MinorityShortlist
Jori Smith Charlevoix County, 1930Shortlist
2000 Taras Grescoe Sacré Blues: An Unsentimental Journey Through QuebecWinner [25]
Nicholas Regush The Virus Within, A Coming EpidemicShortlist
Andrew Steinmetz Wardlife, The Apprenticeship Of a Young Writer as a Hospital ClerkShortlist
2001 Jack Todd A Taste of Metal: A Deserter's StoryWinner
Phil Jenkins River Song: Sailing the History of the St. LawrenceShortlist
William Weintraub Getting Started: A Memoir of the 1950sShortlist
2002 Henry T. Aubin The Rescue of JerusalemWinner
Tod Hoffman LeCarré’s LandscapeShortlist
Margaret Lock Twice Dead: Organ Transplants and the Re-invention of DeathShortlist
2003 Elaine Kalman Naves Shoshanna's StoryWinner [26] [27]
Tod Adams A Love of Reading: The Second CollectionShortlist
Taras Grescoe The End of ElsewhereShortlist
2004 Joel Yanofsky Mordecai and Me: An Appreciation of a KindWinner
Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda Shortlist
Julian Sher and William MarsdenThe Road to Hell: How the Biker Gangs Are Conquering CanadaShortlist
2005 Fred Bruemmer Survival: A Refugee LifeWinner [28]
Alan Hustak Sir William Hingston (1829-1907): Montreal Mayor, Surgeon and BankerShortlist
Carmine Starnino A Lover’s QuarrelShortlist
2006 Sherry Simon Translating Montreal: Episodes in the Life of a Divided CityWinner
William Marsden and Julian Sher Angels of DeathShortlist
Byron Rempel Truth is Naked, All Others Pay CashShortlist
2007 Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoît Nadeau The Story of FrenchWinner
Margaret Somerville The Ethical ImaginationShortlist
Vikki Stark My Sister, My Self: Understanding the Relationship That Shapes Our Lives, Our Loves, and OurselvesShortlist
2008 Taras Grescoe Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing SeafoodWinner
Adam Gollner The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and ObsessionShortlist
Byron Rempel No Limits: The Amazing Life Story of Rhona and Rhoda Wurtele, Canada’s Olympian Skiing PioneersShortlist
2009 Eric Siblin The Cello SuitesWinner
Yves Engler The Black book of CanadianShortlist
Patrick McDonaghIdiocy: A Cultural HistoryShortlist
2010 Cleo Paskal Global Warring: How Environmental, Economic, and Political Crises Will Redraw the World MapWinner [2] [35]
Avi Friedman A Place in Mind: the Search for AuthenticityShortlist
Frank MackeyDone with SlaveryShortlist
2011 Joel Yanofsky Bad Animals: A Father's Accidental Education in AutismWinner
Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children Shortlist
Merrily Weisbord The Love Queen of Malabar: Memoir of a Friendship with Kamala DasShortlist
2012 Taras Grescoe Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the AutomobileWinner [3]
William MarsdenFools Rule: Inside the Failed Politics of Climate ChangeShortlist
Julija Šukys Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona ŠimaitėShortlist
2013 Adam Leith Gollner The Book of ImmortalityWinner [20]
Maximilian Forte Slouching Towards SirteShortlist
Shelagh Plunkett The Water Here is Never BlueShortlist
2014 Chantal Hébert The Morning After: The 1995 Quebec Referendum and the Day that Almost WasWinner [4]
 Issa J. Boullata The Bells of MemoryShortlist
Margaret Lock The Alzheimer Conundrum: Entanglements of Dementia and AgingShortlist
2015 Carlos Fraenkel Teaching Plato in Palestine: Philosophy in a Divided WorldWinner [21]
Judith Cowan The Permanent Nature of Everything: A MemoirShortlist [30]
Kathleen Winter BoundlessShortlist [30]
2016 Daniel J. Levitin A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age Winner
Taras Grescoe Shanghai GrandShortlist
Chelsea Vowel Indigenous WritesShortlist
2017 Sandra Perron Out Standing in the Field: A Memoir by Canada's First Female Infantry OfficerWinner
E. A. Heaman Tax, Order, and Good Government: A New Political History of Canada, 1867 – 1917Shortlist [5] [46]
Laila Parsons The Commander: Fawzi al-Qawuqji and the Fight for Arab Independence, 1914 – 1948Shortlist [5] [46]
2018 Judi Rever In Praise of Blood: The Crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front Winner
Robyn Maynard Policing Black Lives: State Violence In Canada from Slavery to the PresentShortlist [7]
Erín Moure Sitting Shiva on Minto Avenue, by ‘Toots’Shortlist [7]
2019 Susan Doherty The Ghost GardenWinner [8]
Mark Abley The OrganistShortlist
Jas M. Morgan nîtisânakShortlist
2020 Taras Grescoe Possess the Air: Love, Heroism, and the Battle for the Soul of Mussolini's RomeWinner [9] [10]
Danielle Bobker The Closet: The Eighteenth-Century Architecture of IntimacyShortlist [11]
M. Max Hamon The Audacity of His Enterprise: Louis Riel and the Métis Nation That Canada Never Was, 1840-1875Shortlist [11] [47]
2021 Samir Shaheen-Hussain Fighting for a Hand to HoldWinner [12] [13] [37]
Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt Peacekeeper’s Daughter: A Middle-East MemoirShortlist
Karen Messing Bent Out of ShapeShortlist
André Picard Neglected No More: The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada’s Elders in the Wake of a PandemicShortlist
Robyn Sarah Music, Late and SoonShortlist
2022 Taras Raboy Looking for Alicia: The Unfinished Life of an Argentinian RebelWinner
Nora Loreto Spin Doctors: How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the COVID-19 PandemicShortlist [15] [16]
Christopher NealThe Rebel Scribe: Carleton Beals and the Progressive Challenge to U.S. Policy in Latin AmericaShortlist [15] [16]
Sina Queyras Rooms: Women, Writing, WoolfShortlist [15] [16]
2023 Andrew Stobo Sniderman , Douglas Sanderson Valley of the BirdtailWinner [17]
Alex Manley The New Masculinity: A Roadmap for a 21st-Century Definition of ManhoodShortlist
Julian Sher The North Star: Canada and the Civil War Plots Against Lincoln
Debra Thompson The Long Road Home: On Blackness and Belonging
2024 Gail Scott Furniture MusicWinner [18]
Judith Adamson Ghost Stories: On Writing BiographyShortlist
Taras Grescoe The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Tastes of the Past
Don Weekes Picturing the Game: An Illustrated Story of Hockey

Judy Mappin Community Award

The Judy Mappin Community Award, established in 1995 and first awarded to Judith Mappin, is awarded annually "to a member of the extended literary community who has made a significant and longstanding contribution to the development and/or dissemination of English-language literature in Quebec." [48]

Judy Mappin Community Award winners [48]
YearAuthorDescriptionRef.
1995 Judith Mappin Her role in founding QSPELL and its prizes, her tireless work as a bookseller who promoted local authors, and her visionary role in the creation of a genuine Canadian literature in both the French and English languages [45]
1996 Bryan DemchinskyHis work promoting local authors as Books editor of the Montreal Gazette
1997 Shelley PomeranceHer work promoting literature and writers at CBC Radio [34]
1998 Simon Dardick and Nancy MarrelliTheir work at Véhicule Press [23]
1999 Mireille GouletThe commitment and professionalism she displayed in her work for the Electronic Rights Defence Committee [24]
2000 Patricia PleszcynskaHer work at CBC Radio [25]
2001 Germain LefebvreHis work as Cultural Advisor of CACUM: Conseil des Arts de la CUM
2002 Linda ShohetHer work as the Director of The Centre of Literacy of Quebec
2003 Linda Leith Her work as the Founder and Artistic Director of the Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival and as a teacher, author, literary translator, editor, and community activist [26] [27]
2004 Margaret Goldik and Ian McGillisThe professionalism and judgment they brought to their work as co-editors of the Montreal Review of Books
2005 Guy RodgersHis role in the founding and flourishing of many major arts organizations, including the Federation of English-language Writers of Quebec, the Quebec Drama Federation, the Quebec Writers' Federation, and the English-Language Arts Network [28]
2006 Julie Keith Her good judgment, graciousness, and unwavering commitment to advancing the cause of English-language literature in Quebec
2007 André VanasseThe inclusiveness and power of his vision of Quebec literature
2008 Mary Soderstrom Her indefatigable service to the writing community as an organizer, writer, and advocate
2009 Luci and Adrian King-EdwardsTheir work at The Word bookstore, Montreal
2010 Ilona MartonfiHer tireless work promoting writers through The Yellow Door and the Visual Arts Centre reading series [2]
2011 Endre Farkas His work as a producer, editor, and publisher, and for the inclusiveness and power of his vision for Quebec literature
2012 Steve Luxton His invaluable contributions as a teacher, mentor, editor, publisher, and writer [3]
2013 No award was presented in 2013
2014 Elizabeth MacdonnellHer longstanding dedication to fostering a love of learning, literacy, and the English language during her work with the Montreal Children's Library [4]
2015 Maya Munro ByersThe invaluable care and advice she has given to book lovers and writers, and for her role in instilling a love of literature in throngs of children [49]
2016 Rana BoseThe unflagging focus, determination, and modesty with which he built and maintained Serai and Montreal Serai
2017 Philip LanthierHis work with Matrix and the Knowlton Literary Association
2018 Lynn Verge Her work with Atwater Library and Computer Centre
2019 Louis RastelliHis work championing underground publishing and dedicated service to Montreal's independent writing community
2020 Jan JorgensenHer hard work, leadership, and longstanding personal commitment to community in all its forms [9] [10]
2021 H. Nigel ThomasOffering advice and opportunity to scores of students and writers, always with generosity, humility, and good humour [12]
Richard KingDedicating almost 50 years of his life to serving readers, promoting books, and supporting the English-language writing community [12]
2022 Ian Ferrier His lifelong commitment to leading, supporting, and inspiring writers and artists in Montreal and beyond.
2023 Elise Moser Contribution and dedication to literary arts in Quebec [17]
2024 Christopher DiRaddo [18]

A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry

The A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry, established in 1988, is awarded annually to a book of English-language poetry written by a Quebec poet. The prize was known as the Poetry Prize from 1988 to 1922. [50] From 2011 to 2015, the prize was sponsored by Richard Pound, in memory of his brother Robert, and in 2022, it was sponsored by Byron Rempel. [50]

A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry [50]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
1988 David Solway Modern MarriageWinner [39]
1989 D. G. Jones Balthazar and Other PoemsWinner [40]
Mark Abley Blue Sand, Blue MoonShortlist
Louis Dudek Infinite Worlds: The Poetry of Louis DudekShortlist
1990 Bruce Taylor Cold Rubber FeetWinner [41]
Erín Moure WSW (West South West)Winner [41]
1991 Eric Ormsby Bavarian Shrine and Other PoemsWinner [42]
Charlotte Hussey Rue Sainte FamilleShortlist
Paddy WebbWoman ListeningShortlist
1992 Naomi Guttman Reasons for WinterWinner [43]
Louis Dudek Small Perfect ThingsShortlist
Sharon NelsonThe Work of Our HandsShortlist
1993 Ralph Gustafson Configurations at MidnightWinner [44]
Anne Carson Short TalksShortlist
Eric Ormsby CoastlinesShortlist
1994 Julie Bruck The Woman DownstairsWinner
Raymond Filip Flowers in Magnetic FieldsWinner
Erín Moure Sheepish Beauty, Civilian LoveShortlist
Ruth Taylor The Dragon PapersShortlist
1995 D. G. Jones The Floating GardenWinner [45]
Mark Abley GlasburyonShortlist
1996 Anne Carson Glass, Irony and GodWinner
Erín Moure Search ProceduresShortlist
Carolyn Marie Souaid Swimming into the LightShortlist
1997 Ralph Gustafson Visions FugitiveWinner [34]
Stephen Schecter David and JonathanShortlist
Carmine Starnino The New WorldShortlist
1998 Anne Carson Autobiography of Red Winner [23]
Mary di Michele Debriefing the RoseShortlist
David Manicom The Older GracesShortlist
1999 Bruce Taylor FactsWinner [24]
D. G. Jones Grounding SightShortlist
Erín Moure A Frame of the BookShortlist
2000 Rachel Rose Giving My Body to ScienceWinner [25]
Faizal Deen Land Without ChocolateShortlist
Carolyn Marie Souaid OctoberShortlist
2001 Anne Carson The Beauty of the Husband Winner
Jason Camlot The Animal LibraryShortlist
Andrew Steinmetz HistoriesShortlist
2002 Norm Sibum Girls and Handsome DogsWinner
Portlin Cochise A Bulldog’s Guide to Small Engine RepairShortlist
Erín Moure O’CidadánShortlist
2003 Susan Gillis VoltaWinner [26] [27]
Carolyn Marie Souaid Snow FormationsShortlist
Carolyn Zonailo The Goddess in the GardenShortlist
2004 Carmine Starnino With English SubtitlesWinner
Robyn Sarah A Day’s Grace: Poems 1997-2002Shortlist
David Solway Franklin’s PassageShortlist
2005 Erín Moure Little TheatresWinner [28]
Mark Abley The Silver Palace Restaurant Shortlist
Sherwin Tjia The World is a HeartbreakerShortlist
2006 Susan Elmslie I, Nadja and Other PoemsWinner
Jon Paul Fiorentino The Theory of the Loser ClassShortlist
Lazar Sarna He Claims He is the Direct Heir (Porcupine's Quill)by  Shortlist
2007 Erín Moure O CadoiroWinner
David Solway Reaching for Clear: The Poetry of Rhys SavarinShortlist
David McGimpsey SitcomShortlist
2008 Peter RichardsonSympathy for the CouriersWinner
Joshua Auerbach Radius of LightShortlist
Katia Grubisic What if red ran outShortlist
2009 Carmine Starnino This Way OutWinner
Norm Sibum The Pangborn DefenceShortlist
Mike Spry JackShortlist
2010 Kate HallThe Certainty DreamWinner [2] [35]
Michael HarrisCircusShortlist
Erín Moure O ResplandorShortlist
2011 Gabe Foreman A Complete Encyclopedia of Different Types of PeopleWinner
Asa Boxer SkullduggeryShortlist
Jack Hannan Some FramesShortlist
2012 Oana Avasilichioaei We, BeastsWinner [3]
Mary di Michele The Flower of Youth Shortlist
Susan Gillis The RapidsShortlist
2013 Ken Howe The Civic-Mindedness of TreesWinner
Mia AndersonThe Sunrise Liturgy: A Poem SequenceShortlist
Peter Dubé ConjureShortlist
2014 Sina Queyras MxTWinner [4]
Angela Carr Here In ThereShortlist
Jon Paul Fiorentino Needs ImprovementShortlist
Gillian Sze Peeling RambutanShortlist
2015 David McGimpsey Asbestos HeightsWinner [21]
Catherine Kidd Hyena SubpoenaShortlist [29] [30]
Erín Moure KapustaShortlist [30]
2016 Kelly Norah Drukker Small FiresWinner
Sarah Burgoyne Saint TwinShortlist
Alison Strumberger and Gillian Sze Redrafting WinterShortlist
2017 Erin Robinsong Rag CosmologyWinner
Linda Besner Feel Happier in Nine SecondsShortlist [5]
Rebecca Papucaru The Panic RoomShortlist [5]
2018 Sina Queyras My ArielWinner [6]
Susan Elmslie Museum of KindnessShortlist [7]
Gillian Sze PanicleShortlist [7] [6]
2019 T. Liem ObitsWinner [8]
Kaie Kellough Magnetic EquatorShortlist
Shannon Webb-Campbell I am a Body of LandShortlist
2020 Sarah Wolfson A Common Name for EverythingWinner [9] [10]
Oana Avasilichioaei Eight TrackShortlist [11]
Simina Banu POPShortlist [11]
Peter Dubé The Headless ManShortlist [11]
stephanie roberts rushes from the river disappointmentShortlist [11] [47]
2021 Sarah Venart I Am the Big HeartWinner [12] [13]
Sarah Burgoyne Because the SunShortlist
Klara du Plessis Hell Light FleshShortlist
Jessie Jones The FoolShortlist
2022 David Bradford Dream of No One But MyselfWinner
Avery Lake Horrible DanceShortlist [15] [16]
Prathna Lor EmanationsShortlist [32] [15] [16]
Gillian Sze Quiet Night ThinkShortlist [14] [15] [16]
2023 Erin Robinsong Wet DreamWinner [17]
River Halen Dream RoomsShortlist
T. Liem Slows: Twice
2024 Derek Webster National AnimalWinner [18]
D. M. Bradford Bottom Rail on TopShortlist
Mary Dean Lee Tidal
Jay Ritchie Listening in Many Publics

Max Margles Fiction Prize

The Max Margles Fiction Prize, established in 2022, is presented to a new English-language Quebec writer "to allow a writer to work uninterruptedly on a manuscript for four months." [51] It is "the largest such prize to be awarded by any Canadian provincial writers’ organization." [51]

Max Margles Fiction Prize winners [51]
YearAuthor
2022 June Park

Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction

The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction, established in 1988, is presented annually to an English-language Quebec writer of fiction.

Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction winners [52]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
1988 Hugh Hood The Motor Boys in OttawaWinner [39]
1989 Kenneth Radu Distant RelationsWinner [40]
Roma Gelblum Bross To Samerkand and BackShortlist
David Homel Electrical StormsShortlist
1990 Mordecai Richler Solomon Gursky Was Here Winner [41]
Ludmilla Beresko The Parcel from Chicken StreetShortlist
Nino Ricci Lives of the SaintsShortlist
1991 Kenneth Radu A Private PerformanceWinner [42]
Keith Harrison EyemouthShortlist
Claudia Morrison From the Foot of the Mountain (Cormorant)by  Shortlist
1992 Ray Smith A Night at the OperaWinner [43]
Dennis Denisoff Dog YearsShortlist
Yeshim Ternar Orphaned by Halley’s CometShortlist
1993 P. Scott Lawrence Missing Fred AstaireWinner [44]
 T. F. Rigelhof Je t’aime CowboyShortlist
Gail Scott Main BridesShortlist
1994 Ann Diamond Evil EyeWinner
Jean-Guy Carrier The End of WarShortlist
H. Nigel Thomas Spirits in the DarkShortlist
1995 George Szanto Friends & MarriagesWinner [45]
Akhtar Naraghi The Big Green HouseShortlist
Mary Soderstrom Endangered SpeciesShortlist
1996 Trevor Ferguson The Time KeeperWinner
Benet Davetian The Seventh CircleShortlist
Yeshim Ternar True Romance with a SailorShortlist
1997 Charles Foran Butterfly LoversWinner [34]
Connie Barnes Rose Getting Out of TownShortlist
Mary Soderstrom Finding the EnemyShortlist
1998 Mordecai Richler Barney's Version Winner [23]
Robert Majzels City of ForgettingShortlist
Robyn Sarah Promise of ShelterShortlist
1999 Elyse Gasco Can You Wave Bye-Bye, Baby?Winner [24]
Neil Bissoondath The Worlds Within HerShortlist
John Farrow City of IceShortlist
2000 Julie Keith The Devil Out ThereWinner [25]
Will Aitken RealiaShortlist
John LaveryVery Good ButterShortlist
2001 Yann Martel Life of Pi Winner
John Farrow Ice LakeShortlist
Kate Sterns Down There By the TrainShortlist
2002 Neil Bissoondath Doing the Heart GoodWinner
John BrookeAll Pure SoulsShortlist
Steven Manners Wound BallisticsShortlist
2003 David Homel The Speaking CureWinner [26] [27]
Edeet Ravel Ten Thousand LoversShortlist
Ian McGillis A Tourist’s Guide to GlengarryShortlist
2004 Edeet Ravel Look for MeWinner
Jeffrey Moore The Memory ArtistsShortlist
Gordon Sheppard Ha! A Self-Murder MysteryShortlist
2005 Neil Bissoondath The Unyielding Clamour of the NightWinner [28]
Denise Roig Any Day NowShortlist
William Weintraub Crazy About LilyShortlist
2006 Rawi Hage De Niro's Game Winner
Anita Rau Badami Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?Shortlist
Barry Webster The Sound of All FleshShortlist
2007 Heather O'Neill Lullabies for Little Criminals Winner
Liam Durcan Garcìa’s HeartShortlist
Neil Smith Bang CrunchShortlist
2008 Rawi Hage CockroachWinner
Andrew Hood Pardon Our MonstersShortlist
Jaspreet Singh ChefShortlist
2009 Colin McAdam FallWinner
Jon Paul Fiorentino StripmallingShortlist
Harold Hoefle The Mountain ClinicShortlist
2010 Miguel Syjuco IllustradoWinner [2] [35]
Jeffrey Moore The Extinction ClubShortlist [35]
Doug HarrisYOU Comma IdiotShortlist [35]
2011 Dimitri Nasrallah NikoWinner
David Homel MidwayShortlist
Madeleine Thien Dogs at the PerimeterShortlist
2012 Rawi Hage CarnivalWinner [3]
Tom Abray PollenShortlist
Anita Rau Badami Tell It to the TreesShortlist
2013 Saleema Nawaz Bone and BreadWinner
Jocelyne Dubois World of GlassShortlist
Lorne Elliott Beach ReadingShortlist
2014 Sean Michaels Us Conductors Winner [4]
Jon Paul Fiorentino I’m Not Scared of You or AnythingShortlist
Guillaume Morissette New TabShortlist
2015 Neil Smith BooWinner [21]
Heather O'Neill Daydreams of AngelsShortlist [30]
H. Nigel Thomas No SafeguardsShortlist [29] [30] [31]
2016 Liam Durcan The Measure of DarknessWinner
Jack Hannan The Poet is a RadioShortlist
Madeleine Thien Do Not Say We Have NothingShortlist
Jacob Wren Rich and PoorShortlist
2017 Heather O'Neill The Lonely Hearts HotelWinner
Cora Sire Behold Things BeautifulShortlist [5]
Kathleen Winter Lost In SeptemberShortlist [5]
2018 Eliza Robertson Demi-GodsWinner
Paige Cooper ZolitudeShortlist [7]
Rawi Hage Beirut Hellfire SocietyShortlist [7] [6]
2019 David Homel The TeardownWinner [8]
Michael Carin Churchill at MunichShortlist
Ariela Freedman A Joy To Be HiddenShortlist
Catherine McKenzie I’ll Never TellShortlist
2020 Kaie Kellough Dominoes at the Crossroads Winner [9] [10]
Endre Farkas Home GameShortlist [11]
Sean Michaels The WagersShortlist [11]
Ceilidh Michelle Butterflies, Zebras, MoonbeamsShortlist [11]
2021 Mikhail Iossel Love Like Water, Love Like FireWinner [12] [13]
Saleema Nawaz Songs for the End of the WorldShortlist
Aimee Wall We, JaneShortlist
Kathleen Winter UndersongShortlist
2022 Baharan Baniahmadi ProphetessWinner
Anita Anand A Convergence of SolitudesShortlist [15] [16]
Rawi Hage Stray DogsShortlist [15] [16]
Neil Smith JonesShortlist [15] [16]
2023 Ann-Marie MacDonald FayneWinner [17]
David C. C. Bourgeois Full Fadom FiveShortlist
Sean Michaels Do You Remember Being Born?
Vanessa R. Sasson The Gathering
Caroline Vu Catinat Boulevard
2024 Sabrina Reeves Little CrossesWinner [18]
Susan Doherty Monday Rent BoyShortlist
Irena Karafilly Arrested Song
Heather O'Neill The Capital of Dreams
Jacob Wren Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim

QWF Playwriting Prize

The QWF Playwriting Prize, established in 2018, is award every other year in even-numbered years. Typically, plays published "published or produced during the two previous years" are eligible. [53] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on theatre, plays have been eligible for the award if they have been published or produced since 2018, "provided that the play was not already submitted for the 2020 prize." [53]

The QWF Playwriting Prize winner received a $3,000 prize, as well as "a reading as part of Infinithéâtre’s Pipeline Reading Series." [53]

QWF Playwriting Prize [53]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2018 Erin Shields Paradise LostWinner
Stephen Orlov "Sperm Count" (in Double Exposure: Plays of the Jewish and Palestinian Diasporas)Shortlist [7]
Paul Van Dyck When Memories Have Us (Based on the original script co-written by Paul Van Dyck and Caitlin Murphy)Shortlist [7]
Rahul Varma Truth and TreasonShortlist [7]
2020 Mishka Lavigne AlbumenWinner [9]
Alexandria Haber Alice and the World We Live InShortlist [11]
Mona’a Malik Sania the DestroyerShortlist [11]
Erin Shields InstantShortlist [11]
2022 Erin Shields The Millennial MalcontentWinner
Alexandria Haber and Ned Cox The Silent WomanShortlist [15] [16]
Arthur Holden BelovedShortlist [15] [16]
Erin Shields Beautiful ManShortlist [14] [15] [16]
2024 Leanna Brodie , Jovanni Sy Salesman in ChinaWinner [18]
Jessica B. Hill The Dark LadyShortlist
Mishka Lavigne Shorelines
Julie Tamiko Manning Mizushōbai (The Water Trade)
Rachel Mutombo Vierge

Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize

The Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize, established in 2022 as the QWF Spoken Word Prize and renamed in 2023 in honor of Ian Ferrier, "is open to Quebec-based spoken word artists, storytelling artists, and literary performance artists working primarily in English in any form of performative writing." [14] [54]

Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize [14]
YearAuthorTitleRef
2022 Lucia De Luca "Not in the Bike Commercial”
Roen Higgins “Free Your Mind”
Erín Moure "Odiama"
2023 Deb Vanslet"Laughter in the Rain" [17]
Caitlin Murphy"All the Screams"
BeWyrd"Survival Mechanisms"
2024 Moe Clark“committing a dream / pâwakan Palestine” [18]
Lucia De Luca“Congratulations”
Mac van den Hoeven“Memory Justice”

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