Search Results by tag: Writers' Trust of Canada

Kai Cheng Thom wins 2017 Writers’ Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize

Kai Cheng Thom, the Toronto writer, performance artist, psychotherapist, and Everyday Feminism feature writer, has been named winner of this year's Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers, administered by the Writers' Trust of Canada. Awarded on June ... Read More »

June 5, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Noor Naga wins 2017 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers

By Becky Robertson

The Writer's Trust of Canada has named Canadian-Egyptian writer Noor Naga the winner of this year's RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. Naga received the $10,000 accolade for her poem “The Mistress and the Ping” at ... Read More »

May 31, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Photos: Shaughnessy Cohen Prize, Politics and the Pen gala

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada awarded the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing to Toronto author Kamal Al-Solaylee on May 10 at its annual Politics and the Pen Gala, held at Ottawa's Fairmont Chateau Laurier. Al-Solaylee ... Read More »

May 18, 2017 | Filed under: Awards, Events

Three emerging poets shortlisted for RBC Bronwen Wallace Award

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada has named three finalists for the 2017 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award, recognizing emerging unpublished writers age 35 and under. This year, the $10,000 award – doubled from last year's prize – is ... Read More »

May 2, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Photos: Writers’ Trust gala

By Becky Robertson

The Canadian publishing community gathered in Toronto on the evening of Nov. 23 for the annual Writers' Trust of Canada fundraiser gala. During the event‚ Toronto-based author Miriam Toews was named the second recipient of the trust's ... Read More »

November 28, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Miriam Toews receives Writers’ Trust Fellowship

By Becky Robertson

Manitoba–born novelist Miriam Toews was awarded the second Writers' Trust of Canada $50,000 fellowship on Nov. 23. The fellowship aims to provide Canadian authors found to have "exceptional creative ability and outstanding promise" with the ability ... Read More »

November 24, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize shortlist revealed

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada has named the finalists for the 20th annual Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize‚ which awards $25,000 to the Canadian author of a novel or short-story collection published the year prior. Each of the shortlisted ... Read More »

September 21, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Writers’ Trust names 2016 Journey Prize finalists

By Becky Robertson

The finalists for this year's Writers’ Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize were announced on Sept. 15. Charlie Fiset, “If I Ever See the Sun,” published in The Fiddlehead Colette Langlois, “The Emigrants,” published in PRISM ... Read More »

September 15, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: 2016 Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction jury named

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced the jury for this year's Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Non-fiction. The 2016 jury includes: Carolyn Abraham‚ former Globe and Mail science reporter and author of two books, both ... Read More »

August 23, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Lauren B. Davis, Trevor Ferguson, Pasha Malla comprise 2016 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize jury

By Becky Robertson

Authors Lauren B. Davis, Trevor Ferguson, and Pasha Malla are the judges of this year's Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize‚ the $25‚000 award for a novel or short-story collection, the Writers' Trust of Canada revealed on ... Read More »

August 16, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

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Search Results by tag: Writers' Trust of Canada

Kai Cheng Thom wins 2017 Writers’ Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize

Noor Naga wins 2017 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers

Photos: Shaughnessy Cohen Prize, Politics and the Pen gala

Three emerging poets shortlisted for RBC Bronwen Wallace Award

Photos: Writers’ Trust gala

Awards: Miriam Toews receives Writers’ Trust Fellowship

Awards: Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize shortlist revealed

Awards: Writers’ Trust names 2016 Journey Prize finalists

Awards: 2016 Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction jury named

Lauren B. Davis, Trevor Ferguson, Pasha Malla comprise 2016 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize jury

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