Edna Staebler Award
| Edna Staebler Award | |
|---|---|
| Description | the best creative non-fiction book with Canadian significance by a new Canadian writer |
| Sponsored by | An Edna Staebler financial endowment |
| Country | Canada |
| Presented by | Faculty of Arts, Wilfrid Laurier University |
| Reward(s) | C$10,000 |
| First awarded | 1991 |
| Website | http://www.wlu.ca/homepage.php?grp_id=2529 |
The Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction is an annual literary award recognizing the previous year's best creative nonfiction book with a "Canadian locale and/or significance" that is a Canadian writer's "first or second published book of any type or genre". It was established by an endowment from Edna Staebler, a literary journalist best known for cookbooks, and was inaugurated in 1991 for publication year 1990. The award is administered by Wilfrid Laurier University's Faculty of Arts.[1] Only submitted books are considered.
For purposes of the award, "Creative non-fiction is literary not journalistic. The writer does not merely give information but intimately shares an experience with the reader by telling a factual story using the devices of fiction ... [details deleted] Rather than emphasizing objectivity, the book should have feeling, and should be a compelling, engaging read."
Winners
The panel may "grant or withhold the award in any year." In fact the award has been granted every year and there were two winners in 1993 (published 1992).
- 1991 – Susan Mayse, Ginger [2]
- 1992 – Marie Wadden, Nitassinan [3]
- 1993 – Liza Potvin, White Lies (for my mother) [4] and Elizabeth Hay, The Only Snow in Havana [5]
- 1994 – Linda Johns, Sharing a Robin's Life [6]
- 1995 – Denise Chong, The Concubine’s Children [7]
- 1996 – George G. Blackburn, The Guns of Normandy [8]
- 1997 – Anne Mullens, Timely Death [9]
- 1998 – Charlotte Gray, Mrs. King [10]
- 1999 – Michael Poole, Romancing Mary Jane [10]
- 2000 – Wayson Choy, Paper Shadows [11]
- 2001 – Taras Grescoe, Sacré Blues [12]
- 2002 – Tom Allen, Rolling Home [13]
- 2003 – Alison Watt, The Last Island [14]
- 2004 – Andrea Curtis, Into the Blue [15]
- 2005 – Anne Coleman, I'll Tell You a Secret [16]
- 2006 – Francis Chalifour, After [17]
- 2007 – Linden MacIntyre, Causeway [18]
- 2008 – Bruce Serafin, Stardust [19]
- 2009 – Russell Wangersky, Burning Down the House [20]
- 2010 – John Leigh Walters, A Very Capable Life [21]
- 2011 – Helen Waldstein Wilkes, Letters from the Lost [22]
- 2012 – Joshua Knelman, Hot Art [23]
- 2013 – Carol Shaben, Into the Abyss [24]
- 2014 - Arno Kopecky, The Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern Gateway[25]
See also
References
- ^ Faculty of Arts. "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Retrieved 11/20/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (1991). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Susan Mayse. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (1992). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Marie Wadden. Retrieved 11/20/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (1993). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Liza Potvin. Retrieved 11/20/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (1993). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Elizabeth Hay. Retrieved 11/26/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (1994). Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Linda Johns. Retrieved 11/21/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (1995). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Denise Chong. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (1996). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. George G. Blackburn. Retrieved 11/21/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (1997). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Anne Mullens. Retrieved 11/23/2012.
- ^ a b Faculty of Arts (1998). Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Charlotte Gray. Retrieved 11/24/2012. Cite error: The named reference "wlu98" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Faculty of Arts (2000). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Wayson Choy. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (2001). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Taras Grescoe. Retrieved 11/26/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (2002). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Tom Allen. Retrieved 11/26/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (2003). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Alison Watt. Retrieved 11/27/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (2004). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Previous winners. Andrea Curtis. Retrieved 11/27/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (2005). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Anne Coleman. Retrieved 11/27/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (2006). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Francis Chalifour. Retrieved 11/27/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (2007). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Linden MacIntyre. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (2008). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction".wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Bruce Serafin. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (2009). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Russell Wangersky. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
- ^ MacDonald, Scott, (October 14, 2010). "Kitchener author wins Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". Quill & Quire. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (September 8, 2011). "Helen Waldstein Wilkes wins 2011 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Helen Waldstein Wilkes. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (November 7, 2012). "Joshua Knelman wins 2012 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Joshua Knelman. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (July 30, 2013). "Carol Shaben named winner of the 2013 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction. wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Carol Shaben. Retrieved 12/3/2013.
- ^ "Arno Kopecky wins Edna Staebler Award". Quill & Quire, September 5, 2014.