The winners of the 2026 PEN awards will be named at a ceremony on March 31.
Ivan Coyote and Cherie Dimaline on the 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction jury
Writers’ Trust announces new prize for nonfiction editing
The inaugural winner of the $25,000 Nancy Flight Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction Editing will be named at the Writers’ Trust Awards in November.
Canadian novelist, translator among those longlisted for Republic of Consciousness Prize
The Republic of Consciousness Prize, U.S. and Canada, now in its fourth year, celebrates literary merit in small-press books. A five-book shortlist will be announced on Feb. 24.
Karen Solie wins 2025 T. S. Eliot Poetry Prize
Solie is the second Canadian to win the £25,000 U.K. prize.
Mark Bourrie named winner of 2025 Pierre Berton Award
The $5,000 award is granted to someone whose work has made Canadian history engaging and broadly accessible.
Poet Anne-Marie Turza awarded inaugural Writer’s Trust Board Fellowship
The fellowship, which comes with $50,000 and a two-week residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, will reward one writer annually for “exceptional creative ability and outstanding promise in their publications to date.”
Andre Alexis shortlisted for 2026 Story Prize
The $20,000 (U.S.) prize is awarded annually for the best short-story collection published originally in English in the U.S the previous year.
Giller Prize names all-indie bookseller jury for 2026 prize
For the first time, the Giller Prize has named a jury made entirely of independent Canadian booksellers in what the prize calls “a radical reimagining” of its selection process.
15 books named to 2026 CBC Reads longlist
The five panellists for this year’s competition – and the books each panellist has chosen to champion – will be announced on Jan. 22.
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