Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize

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The Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, formerly known as the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, is a Canadian literary award presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada after an annual juried competition of works submitted by publishers. [1] Alongside the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction and the Giller Prize, it is considered one of the three main awards for Canadian fiction in English. [2] Its eligibility criteria allow for it to garland collections of short stories as well as novels; works that were originally written and published in French are also eligible for the award when they appear in English translation.

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The award was first presented in 1997. It was renamed in January 2021, in order to honour the Canadian writers Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson. [3] Concurrently with the renaming, the prize package was increased from $50,000 to $60,000, matching the amount currently presented by its sibling, the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. [4] The prize is sponsored by Jim Balsillie.

Nominees and recipients

YearJuryAuthorTitleResultRef.
1997 Matt Cohen
Elisabeth Harvor
Ann Ireland 		Austin Clarke The Origin of WavesWinner [5]
Elizabeth Hay Small ChangeShortlist [6]
Brian Moore The Magician's Wife
Mordecai Richler Barney's Version
Jane Urquhart The Underpainter
1998 Joan Clark
Austin Clarke
Trevor Ferguson 		Greg Hollingshead The HealerWinner [7]
André Alexis ChildhoodShortlist [8]
Barbara Gowdy The White Bone
Wayne Johnston The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
Alice Munro The Love of a Good Woman
1999 Lynn Coady
Sylvia Fraser
Eric Wright 		Peter Oliva The City of YesWinner [9]
Caroline Adderson A History of ForgettingShortlist [10]
Elyse Gasco Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby?
Judy MacDonald Jane
Alistair MacLeod No Great Mischief
2000 Cynthia Holz
Janice Kulyk Keefer
Peter Oliva 		Helen Humphreys AfterimageWinner [11]
Todd Babiak Choke HoldShortlist [12]
Lynn Coady Play the Monster Blind
Douglas Glover 16 Categories of Desire
Michael Winter This All Happened
2001 Lesley Choyce
Eliza Clark
Olive Senior 		Margaret Sweatman When Alice Lay Down with PeterWinner [13]
Alice Munro Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage Shortlist [14]
Elizabeth Ruth Ten Good Seconds of Silence
Timothy Taylor Stanley Park
Thomas Wharton Salamander
2002 Joan Barfoot
Brian Brett
Sarah Sheard 		Paulette Jiles Enemy WomenWinner [15]
Terry Griggs Rogues' WeddingShortlist [16]
Ann Ireland Exile
Lori Lansens Rush Home Road
Nino Ricci Testament
2003 Kevin Chong
Lisa Moore
Diane Schoemperlen 		Kevin Patterson Country of ColdWinner [17]
Jacqueline Baker A Hard Witching & Other StoriesShortlist [18]
Gil Courtemanche A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali
Barbara Gowdy The Romantic
Judith McCormack The Rule of Last Clear Chance
2004 Sylvia Fraser
Zsuzsi Gartner
Michael Redhill 		Alice Munro Runaway Winner [19]
Michael Helm In the Place of Last ThingsShortlist [20]
Colin McAdam Some Great Thing
Jeffrey Moore The Memory Artists
Russell Smith Muriella Pent
2005 Anita Rau Badami
Lewis DeSoto
Mary Swan 		Joseph Boyden Three Day Road Winner [21]
Michael Crummey The WreckageShortlist [22]
Lauren B. Davis The Radiant City
Allan Donaldson Maclean
Rabindranath Maharaj A Perfect Pledge
2006 Karen Connelly
Jeffrey Moore
Anna Porter 		Kenneth J. Harvey InsideWinner [23]
Peter Behrens The Law of Dreams Shortlist [24]
Rawi Hage De Niro's Game
Catherine Hanrahan Lost Girls and Love Hotels
Mary Lawson The Other Side of the Bridge
2007 Kevin Major
Kim Moritsugu
Madeleine Thien 		Lawrence Hill The Book of Negroes Winner [25]
Shaena Lambert RadianceShortlist [26]
Robert Hough The Culprits
Nancy Huston Fault Lines
M.G. Vassanji The Assassin's Song
2008 Lawrence Hill
Annabel Lyon
Heather O'Neill 		Miriam Toews The Flying TroutmansWinner [27]
Rivka Galchen Atmospheric DisturbancesShortlist [28]
Rawi Hage Cockroach
Lee Henderson The Man Game
Patrick Lane Red Dog, Red Dog
2009 Marina Endicott
Miriam Toews
R.M. Vaughan 		Annabel Lyon The Golden MeanWinner [29]
Nicole Brossard Fences in BreathingShortlist [30]
Douglas Coupland Generation A
Alice Munro Too Much Happiness
Andrew Steinmetz Eva's Threepenny Theatre
2010 Andrew Pyper
Eden Robinson
Lisa Moore 		Emma Donoghue Room Winner [31]
Trevor Cole Practical JeanShortlist [32]
Michael Helm Cities of Refuge
Kathleen Winter Annabel
Michael Winter The Death of Donna Whalen
2011 Emma Donoghue
Rabindranath Maharaj
Margaret Sweatman 		Patrick deWitt The Sisters Brothers Winner [33]
Clark Blaise The Meagre TarmacShortlist [34]
Michael Christie The Beggar's Garden
Esi Edugyan Half-Blood Blues
Dan Vyleta The Quiet Twin
2012 Esi Edugyan
Lynn Coady
Drew Hayden Taylor 		Tamas Dobozy Siege 13Winner [35]
Tim Bowling The TinsmithShortlist [36]
Rawi Hage Carnival
Alix Ohlin Inside
Linda Spalding The Purchase
2013 Caroline Adderson
Alison Pick
Miguel Syjuco 		Colin McAdam A Beautiful TruthWinner [37]
Krista Bridge The Elliot GirlsShortlist [38]
Lynn Coady Hellgoing
Cary Fagan A Bird's Eye
Lisa Moore Caught
2014 Neil Bissoondath
George Murray
Helen Humphreys 		Miriam Toews All My Puny Sorrows Winner [39]
André Alexis Pastoral Shortlist [40]
Steven Galloway The Confabulist
K. D. Miller All Saints
Carrie Snyder Girl Runner
2015 Aislinn Hunter
Shani Mootoo
Richard Wagamese 		André Alexis Fifteen Dogs Winner [41]
Elizabeth Hay His Whole LifeShortlist [42]
Pamela Mordecai Red Jacket
Russell Smith Confidence
John Vaillant The Jaguar's Children
2016 Lauren B. Davis
Trevor Ferguson
Pasha Malla 		Yasuko Thanh Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow MountainsWinner [43]
Michael Helm After JamesShortlist [44]
Anosh Irani The Parcel
Kerry Lee Powell Willem de Kooning's Paintbrush
Katherena Vermette The Break
2017 Michael Christie
Christy Ann Conlin
Tracey Lindberg 		David Chariandy BrotherWinner [45]
Carleigh Baker Bad EndingsShortlist [46]
Claire Cameron The Last Neanderthal
Omar El Akkad American War
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson This Accident of Being Lost
2018 Ann Y. K. Choi
Mireille Silcoff
Robert Wiersema 		Kathy Page Dear EvelynWinner [47]
Craig Davidson The Saturday Night Ghost ClubShortlist [48]
Esi Edugyan Washington Black
Rawi Hage Beirut Hellfire Society
Jen Neale Land Mammals and Sea Creatures
2019 Dennis Bock
Michael Kaan
Suzette Mayr 		André Alexis Days by Moonlight Winner [49]
Sharon Butala Season of Fury and WonderShortlist [50]
Michael Crummey The Innocents
Téa Mutonji Shut Up, You're Pretty
Alix Ohlin Dual Citizens
2020 Elisabeth de Mariaffi
Waubgeshig Rice
Yasuko Thanh 		Gil Adamson RidgerunnerWinner [51]
Zsuzsi Gartner The BeguilingShortlist [51]
Michelle Good Five Little Indians
Thomas King Indians on Vacation
Maria Reva Good Citizens Need Not Fear
2021 Rebecca Fisseha
Michelle Good
Steven Price 		Katherena Vermette The StrangersWinner [52]
Rivka Galchen Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a WitchShortlist [53]
Alix Ohlin We Want What We Want
Miriam Toews Fight Night
Guy Vanderhaeghe August Into Winter
2022 David Bergen
Norma Dunning
Andrew Forbes		 Nicholas Herring Some HellishWinner [54]
Rima Elkouri (tr. Phyllis Aronoff, Howard Scott)ManamShortlist [55]
Kevin Lambert (tr. Donald Winkler)Querelle of Roberval
Darcy Tamayose Ezra's Ghosts
Saeed Teebi Her First Palestinian
2023 Francesca Ekwuyasi
Alix Hawley
M. G. Vassanji 		Emma Donoghue Learned by HeartShortlist [56]
Amanda Peters The Berry Pickers
Michelle Porter A Grandmother Begins the Story
Kai Thomas In the Upper Country
Thomas Wharton The Book of Rain

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