CBC Literary Prize

The CBC Literary Prize is a Canadian literary award, granted annually in three categories: short stories, poetry, and creative non-fiction. The Award is directed towards Anglophone writers.

About the prize

The CBC Literary Prize is granted annually in three categories: short stories, poetry, and creative non-fiction. For each category, the winner receives $6,000 and a two-week writing residency at the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity. Four runners-up receive $1,000 each, and all the winning works are published on the CBC Books website.[1][2][3]

The Prize was established as a partnership between the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Canada Council for the Arts and enRoute, Air Canada’s inflight magazine.[4] The Canada Council for the Arts has stated that, "these awards have brought to the public's attention many talented young people who have since gone on to become established writers."[4]

Notable previous winners include writers Michael Ondaatje, W.D. Valgardson, and Gwendolyn MacEwen, as well as poets Don Domanski, Mary di Michele, and diplomat Charles Ritchie.[5] Author Carol Shields wrote in a letter to CBC's chairperson that winning the CBC Literary Prize was fundamental to her career as a writer. [6]

Winners

The list of winners of the CBC Literary Prize include:[5]

Year Short Story Prize Poetry Prize Creative Non-fiction Prize
1979 Les Rites by Shaun Virgo A New Romance by David McFadden

The Pat Lowther Poem by Gail McKay

My Cousin Gerald by Charles Ritchie (memoir)
1980 A Matter of Balance by W.D. Valgardson Mimosa by Mary Di Michele

Birds by Bill Bissett

Aga Dawn by Bill Schermbrucker (memoir)
1981 The Leaving by Budge Wilson The Cave of Trophonius by Francis Sparshott The Fifth Man by Ronald R. Jeffels (memoir)
1982 The Passions of Lalla by Michael Ondaatje

The Hen's Castle by Alice Tomlinson (children's story)

Summer's Drug by Roo Borson Jupiter's Feet: A Love Story by Rachel Wyatt (radio drama)

A Taste of the Sweet Apple by Larry Snyder (radio drama)

1983 The Other Country by Gwendolyn MacEwen

Once Upon A Village by Christel Kleitsch (children's story)

Catchpenny Poems by David Helwig Women Waiting by Carol Shields (radio drama)
1984 An Interview by Ernst Havemann

To the Mountains by Morning by Diana Wieler (children's story)

Technologies/Installations by Kim Maltman Stations by John Gregory (drama)
1985 Mrs. Putnam at the Planetarium by Janice Kulyk Keefer Southeasterly by Andrew Wreggitt

The Blue Roofs of Japan by Robert Bringhurst

Ratzlaff vs. the Creator by Eric Nicol (radio drama)
1986 The Wind by Janice Kulyk Keefer A Natural History of Southwestern Ontario by Christopher Dewdney Mortal by Cordelia Strube (radio drama)
1987 Dream Land by Carol Windley Angels of Silence by Lorna Crozier Seiche by W.D. Valgardson (radio drama)
1988 A Van for Violet by Ernst Havemann Spring Descending by Michael Harris The Demon by Matthew Decter (radio drama)
1989 Peggy Lee in Africa by Patrick Roscoe A Glossary of the Intertext by Stephen Scobie Hungry Ghosts by Louise Young
1990 Hoodlums by Irena Friedman Karafilly Human Acts by Heather Spears Leaving the Farm by Ross Klatte
1991 -- -- --
1992 Elizabeth by John Givner Captain Kintail and The Church Not Made with Hands by John Terpstra Shame and Pleasure by Amy Friedman
1993 The Girl with the Bell Necklace by Gail Anderson-Dargatz Eleven Paintings by Mary Pratt by Diana Brebner A Careful Man by Carolyn Smart
1994 In the Water, Like This by Gayla Reid Poems by Roger Greenwald The Suit by Norman Doidge
1995 Bolero by Frances Itani Kicheraboo, We Are Dying by John B. Lee Flight by Judith Kalman
1996 Poached Egg on Toast by Frances Itani The Gold Luck of Carp by Susan Musgrave Jungle Fever by Jamie Zeppa
1997 Satya by Shauna Singh Baldwin Hoar Frost by Roberta Rees Hair by Elaine Kalman Naves
1998 Where It Comes From, Where It Goes by Bill Gaston One Version by Suzanne Buffam Boo by Timothy Wilson
1999 How can men share a bottle of vodka by David Bergen Drowning Water & Other Poems by Don Domanski Tunnels by Roberta Rees
2000 -- -- --
2001 Between Wars by Camilla Gibb Poems for Carl Hruska by Erin Noteboom A Desert Romance by David Tycho
2002 The Last Shot by Leon Rooke Once a Murderer: Poems for Three Voices by Zoë Landale Dents in the Laurentians by Roger Greenwald
2003 The Lost Boy by Jane Eaton Hamilton Selections from Muybridge's Horse by Rob Winger Girl Afraid of Haystacks (A story of travel and exile) by Stephen Osborne
2004 The Point David Made Earlier by Michael Winter The Workshop by Asa Boxer The Bus to Loja by Montana Jones
2005 The Chorus by Erin Soros The Mind's Eye by Alison Pick I, Witness by Kim Echlin
2006 The People Who Love Her by Amy Jones A Walker in the City by Méira Cook The Occupations of Muriel Thompson by Leona Theis
2007 White by Lee Kvern Sundress, Fortress by Jeramy Dodds In a Garden by Shelagh Plunkett
2008 Circus by Claire Battershill Outskirts by Sue Goyette Columbus Burning by Sarah de Leeuw
2009 Badger by Donald Ward Us unclean by Michael Langton The Rise by Marian Botsford Fraser
2010 Snapshots from My Father's Euthanasia Road Trip, or, Esau by Meghan Adams To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Brian Brett My Best Friend by Gina Leola Woolsey
2011 -- -- --
2012 Mine by Daniel Karasik Great Aunt Unmarried by Sadiqa de Meijer Holy Bald-Headed by Hilary Dean
2013 The Three Times Rule by Becky Blake The Trailer by James Scoles The Gods of Scrabble by Mohan Srivastava
2014 Smiley by Jane Eaton Hamilton Tar Swan by David Martin The Hunter and the Swan by Patti-Kay Hamilton
2015 Mountain Under Sea by D.W. Wilson String Theory by Mark Wagenaar If You Have a Good Seal, the Chest Will Rise by Carrie Mac
2016 Enigma by David Huebert African Canadian in Union Blue by Michael Fraser Adaptation by Leslie A. Davidson
2017 Witching by Alix Hawley Postcards for my Sister by Alessandra Naccarato Trust Exercise by Becky Blake
2018 Lipstick Day by Leah Mol Arrhythmia by Natalie Lim Easy Family Dinners by Sandra Murdock
2019 Green Velvet by Krzysztof Pelc Love Poem with Elk and Punctuation, Prairie Storm and Tasbih by Alycia Pirmohamed Slow Violence by Jenny Boychuck
2020 Gibson by Brenda Damen Tickling the Scar by Matthew Hollett Value Village by Jonathan Poh
2021 Kids in Kindergarten by Corinna Chong James by Lisa Gaston Umbrella by Chanel M. Sutherland
2022 Beneath the Softness of Snow by Chanel M. Sutherland Spell World Backwards by Bren Simmers Advice to a New Beekeeper by Susan Cormier

References

  1. ^ CBC Books (1 September 2020). "Calling all writers! The 2021 CBC Short Story Prize is now open". CBC Literary Prize. Archived from the original on 2020-09-02.
  2. ^ CBC Books (28 August 2020). "CBC Poetry Prize". CBC Literary Prize. Archived from the original on 2017-07-12.
  3. ^ CBC Books (28 August 2020). "CBC Non-fiction Prize". CBC Literary Prize. Archived from the original on 2017-07-12.
  4. ^ a b "CBC Literary Award". Canada Council for the Arts. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  5. ^ a b CBC Books (1 February 2020). "Past CBC Literary Prize winners". CBC Literary Prize. Archived from the original on 2017-07-12.
  6. ^ "Success stories from the CBC Literary Prizes - CBC.ca News". live.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2020-09-23.