Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
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The Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize is a Canadian literary award presented by Rogers Communications and the Writers' Trust of Canada after an annual juried competition between publishers who submit entries.[1]
First presented in 1997, the prize goes to the author of the novel or short story collection judged to be the year's best work of fiction. The prize awards $25,000 to the winning book and $3,500 to each of the finalists.[2]
[edit] Nominees and recipients
Past winners.[3]
[edit] 1997
Juried by Matt Cohen, Elisabeth Harvor, and Ann Ireland
Austin Clarke, The Origin of Waves- Elizabeth Hay, Small Change
- Brian Moore, The Magician's Wife
- Mordecai Richler, Barney's Version
- Jane Urquhart, The Underpainter
[edit] 1998
Juried by Joan Clark, Austin Clarke, and Trevor Ferguson
- Greg Hollingshead, The Healer
- André Alexis, Childhood
- Barbara Gowdy, The White Bone
- Wayne Johnston, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
- Alice Munro, The Love of a Good Woman
[edit] 1999
Juried by Lynn Coady, Sylvia Fraser, and Eric Wright
- Peter Oliva, The City of Yes
- Caroline Adderson, A History of Forgetting
- Elyse Gasco, Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby?
- Judy MacDonald, Jane
- Alistair MacLeod, No Great Mischief
[edit] 2000
Juried by Cynthia Holz, Janice Kulyk Keefer, and Peter Oliva
- Helen Humphreys, Afterimage
- Todd Babiak, Choke Hold
- Lynn Coady, Play the Monster Blind
- Douglas Glover, 16 Categories of Desire
- Michael Winter, This All Happened
[edit] 2001
Juried by Lesley Choyce, Eliza Clark, and Olive Senior
- Margaret Sweatman, When Alice Lay Down with Peter
- Alice Munro, Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
- Elizabeth Ruth, Ten Good Seconds of Silence
- Timothy Taylor, Stanley Park
- Thomas Wharton, Salamander
[edit] 2002
Juried by Joan Barfoot, Brian Brett, and Sarah Sheard
- Paulette Jiles, Enemy Women
- Terry Griggs, Rogues' Wedding
- Ann Ireland, Exile
- Lori Lansens, Rush Home Road
- Nino Ricci, Testament
[edit] 2003
Juried by Kevin Chong, Lisa Moore, and Diane Schoemperlen
- Kevin Patterson, Country of Cold
- Jacqueline Baker, A Hard Witching & Other Stories
- Gil Courtemanche, A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali
- Barbara Gowdy, The Romantic
- Judith McCormack, The Rule of Last Clear Chance
[edit] 2004
Juried by Sylvia Fraser, Zsuzsi Gartner, and Michael Redhill
- Alice Munro, Runaway
- Michael Helm, In the Place of Last Things
- Colin McAdam, Some Great Thing
- Jeffrey Moore, The Memory Artists
- Russell Smith, Muriella Pent
[edit] 2005
Juried by Anita Rau Badami, Lewis DeSoto, and Mary Swan
- Joseph Boyden, Three Day Road
- Michael Crummey, The Wreckage
- Lauren B. Davis, The Radiant City
- Allan Donaldson, Maclean
- Rabindranath Maharaj, A Perfect Pledge
[edit] 2006
Juried by Karen Connelly, Jeffrey Moore, and Anna Porter
- Kenneth J. Harvey, Inside
- Peter Behrens, The Law of Dreams
- Rawi Hage, DeNiro's Game
- Catherine Hanrahan, Lost Girls and Love Hotels
- Mary Lawson, The Other Side of the Bridge
[edit] 2007
Juried by Kevin Major, Kim Moritsugu, and Madeleine Thien
- Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes
- Shaena Lambert, Radiance
- Robert Hough, The Culprits
- Nancy Huston, Fault Lines
- M.G. Vassanji, The Assassin's Song
[edit] 2008
Juried by Lawrence Hill, Annabel Lyon, and Heather O'Neill
- Miriam Toews, The Flying Troutmans
- Rivka Galchen, Atmospheric Disturbances
- Rawi Hage, Cockroach
- Lee Henderson, The Man Game
- Patrick Lane, Red Dog, Red Dog
[edit] 2009
Juried by Marina Endicott, Miriam Toews, and R.M. Vaughan
- Annabel Lyon, The Golden Mean
- Nicole Brossard, Fences in Breathing
- Douglas Coupland, Generation A
- Alice Munro, Too Much Happiness
- Andrew Steinmetz, Eva's Threepenny Theatre
[edit] 2010
Juried by Andrew Pyper, Eden Robinson and Lisa Moore.[4]
- Emma Donoghue, Room
- Trevor Cole, Practical Jean
- Michael Helm, Cities of Refuge
- Kathleen Winter, Annabel
- Michael Winter, The Death of Donna Whalen
[edit] 2011
Juried by Emma Donoghue, Rabindranath Maharaj and Margaret Sweatman.
- Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brothers[5]
- Clark Blaise, The Meagre Tarmac
- Michael Christie, The Beggar's Garden
- Esi Edugyan, Half-Blood Blues
- Dan Vyleta, The Quiet Twin
[edit] References
- ^ The Writers' Trust of Canada, Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
- ^ The Writers' Trust of Canada, Prizes & Awards Guidelines 2009.
- ^ The Writers' Trust of Canada, Past winners
- ^ "Emma Donoghue’s Room a Writers’ Trust finalist". Toronto Star, September 29, 2010.
- ^ "Patrick deWitt’s 'The Sisters Brothers' wins Writers’ Trust Prize". The Globe and Mail, November 1, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, official website
